Join FWC Biologist Brad Kolhoff at the FWC Royce Unit for bird viewing in oak hammock and wetland areas … you’ll want to bring your binoculars and camera!

Some walking required. Please bring a hiker's water bottle or similar (we'll have plenty of cold drinking water).

From 7:30 AM to around 10:30 AM. See http://outreach.myfwc.com/event/RoyceBirdWatchingDec2015  

Help maintain scrub oak sprouts for restoration planting and learn about native plants.

The Royce Native Plant nursery is shaded and all work is done on tables.

From 9 AM to noon on most Tuesdays, see the Ridge Rangers Online Calendar.

This workday is part of Project Acorn, a multiyear effort by the Ridge Rangers to gather and pot scrub-oak acorns, maintain the sprouts, and plant the resulting baby oaks in damaged scrub oak habitat to help endangered species on the Lake Wales Ridge

We’ll be digging up or herbiciding invasive lantana as we move through a former citrus grove that's now part of the LWR State Forest.

Invasive plants like lantana will dominate an area, taking away habitat from native Florida species.

From 8:30 AM to around noon. Meet in the parking lot at the nearby Boy Scout Flaming Arrow Reservation. See http://outreach.myfwc.com/event/HesperidesDec2015

We'll be removing invasive Chinese Tallow Trees from along the Peace River in the 280 acre Upper Peace River Conservation Area (we won't be working in water).
Eliminating chinese tallow trees reduces harmful invasive plants that out-compete with native floodplain forest species. 
We'll be working in teams, using hand saws, sawsalls, and chainsaws (for qualified persons) to cut down or girdle the trees.

 From 8 AM to around noon. Meet at the end of South Clear Springs Road in Bartow. See http://outreach.myfwc.com/event/PeaceRiverNovember2015