Saturday, October 7, from 8 am to around noon.

Help preserve the Nature Conservancy's Tiger Creek Site by installing fencing

Creek Bluff's Trail's Entrance near Frostproof

Maintaining good boundaries helps conservation preserves by reducing damaging intrusions and poaching.  We’ll be helping TNC staff construct a new fence along the eastern boarder of Tiger Creek.

Please wear sturdy footwear, long pants/long sleeves, and a hat. Please bring your workgloves and a hiker's water bottle or similar. We'll have cold drinking water and all the tools necessary.

See http://outreach.myfwc.com/event/TigerCreekOct2017 for the details and sign up.

Named after the pristine blackwater stream that forms its spine, Tiger Creek Preserve contains hardwood swamps, hammocks, scrubby flatwoods, pine flatwoods, sandhill and longleaf pine/wiregrass habitat. It’s a land that must be burned in order to survive, and one where some animals literally swim through ancient white sands.

Saturday, October 14, from 8 am to around noon.

Remove Old Barb Wire Fence

FWC Carter Creek, Near Sebring

Sometimes we put 'em up, and sometimes we take 'em down! On this workday we'll be removing an old unused fence to help return the area to a pristine natural state.

Please wear sturdy footwear, long pants/long sleeves, and a hat. Please bring your workgloves and a hiker's water bottle or similar. We'll have cold drinking water and all the tools necessary.

Full details and signup at http://outreach.myfwc.com/event/CarterCreekOct2017

The FWC Carter Creek Unit is part of the Lake Wales Ridge Wildlife and Environmental Area. The most distinctive natural community on the Lake Wales Ridge is scrub, home to one of the rarest collections of plants and animals in the world. Healthy scrub has the appearance of a miniature forest with trees seldom taller than 10 feet and open patches of sand. The WEA contains 20 of 22 federally listed plant species known to occur on the Lake Wales Ridge

Friday, October 20, 2017, from 8 am to around noon.

Remove Invasive Plants

Bok Tower Gardens Conservation Site, near Lake Wales

We'll be meeting at Bok Tower Gardens and then moving to a nearby sandhill restoration site where we’ll be removing invasive plants by hand.

This work day at  BTG's sandhill restoration site  to remove invasive vegetation is an important step to help this area recover and transition back into ideal Sandhill habitat.  This area once contained the rare Clasping Warea, Warea amplexifolia, and the clean-up efforts should help to uncover any remnant seedbank of this and other important native Sandhill species.

See http://outreach.myfwc.com/event/OctoberBTG2017 for maps, details, and to register.

Bok Tower Gardens is a leader in conservation in central Florida, with efforts including:

• Curating a National Collection of rare plants
• Performing rare plant rescues
• Researching the basic biology of plant species
• Reintroducing plants into the wild
• Offering educational opportunities
• Networking with other conservation organizations

Saturday, October 28, from 8 am to noon.

Reduce Sand Pines to Help Endangered Scrub-Jays

FWC Carter Creek, Near Sebring

We'll be cutting down intruding sand pines to create more useable habitat for Scrub-Jays. Sand Pines will take over a Scrub Habitat, eliminating homes for endangered Scrub-Jays and harboring predators.

Please wear sturdy footwear, long pants/long sleeves, and a hat. Please bring your workgloves and a hiker's water bottle or similar. We'll have cold drinking water and all the tools necessary.

Meeting location, details, and sign up at http://outreach.myfwc.com/event/OctoberBTG2017

The FWC Carter Creek Unit is part of the Lake Wales Ridge Wildlife and Environmental Area. The most distinctive natural community on the Lake Wales Ridge is scrub, home to one of the rarest collections of plants and animals in the world. Healthy scrub has the appearance of a miniature forest with trees seldom taller than 10 feet and open patches of sand. The WEA contains 20 of 22 federally listed plant species known to occur on the Lake Wales Ridge