DEP’S APALACHICOLA NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH RESERVE TO HOST RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY AND MEDIA TOUR

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DEP’S APALACHICOLA NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH RESERVE TO HOST RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY AND MEDIA TOUR

~Secretary Herschel T. Vinyard Jr. will be special guest speaker~


Kids learn at a newly opened exhibit at ANERR.

Kids learn about Florida's water and aquatic species at a newly opened exhibit at the Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve.


EASTPOINT – The Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve  will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new education and research facility and a media tour with Secretary Herschel T. Vinyard Jr. on Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at 10:30 a.m. The ceremony and tour of the Nature Center, research areas and labs will be open to the media and public.
 The event will take place:

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. EDT

Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve Nature Center

108 Island Drive

Eastpoint, Florida 32328