From 9/1/2009 to 12/31/2009
Last updated on 11/02/2009. Most recent updates are highlighted. Special activities: - Native plant nursery - every Thursday morning at Royce Ranch; schedule is flexible and individual work any day of the week is encouraged! Your schedule becomes our schedule.
- Lakewatch - Initial training, Oct. 14. Additional lakes and positions available.
- Invasive Plant - GPS location and identification - Initial training, November 3 at Pelican Island; FWC vehicle(s) will leave Sebring at 7:30 a.m. for a full-day training session with USFWS at their Pelican Island location. Check the schedule and contact volunteer coordinator if you are interested. Youth programs - watch the schedule; bring new ideas to the volunteer coordinator.
To work on any of these you can write in a remark at the bottom of the sign-in page. Ridge Ranger Coordinator: Jim Reed
james.reed@MyFWC.com
863-699-3742 (office)
863-699-3741 (fax)
1630 Royce Ranch Ave., Lake Placid, FL 33852 Click here to sign up for a workday. | Date: 10/3/2009 | Start Time: 9:00 | | Location: | Mackay Gardens and Lakeside Preserve
| | Mission: | Help restore Mackay Gardens and lakeside preserve | | Event Activity: | Joint activity with Polk County Master Gardeners to improve native plant areas around Mackay Gardens | | Remarks: | Cookout to follow morning activities | | Host POC Name : | Daly, Nancy | POC Phone: 863-412-4547
POC E-mail: erdiii@aol.com |
| Date: 10/10/2009 | Start Time: | | Location: | | | Mission: | Activities postponed until a later date. | | Event Activity: | | | Remarks: | | | Host POC Name : | | |
| Date: 10/13/2009 | Start Time: 9:00am | | Location: | Walk-in-Water tract of Lake Wales Ridge State Forest | | Mission: | Protect and improve Walk-in-Water tract of the Lake Wales Ridge State Forest | | Event Activity: | Transplant live oak nursery stock into the landscape | | Remarks: | | | Host POC Name : | David Hunt | POC Phone: 863-635-8589
POC E-mail: huntd@doacs.state.fl.us |
| Date: 10/17/2009 | Start Time: 6:45 | | Location: | Bok Tower Gardens | | Mission: | Public information and recruiting | | Event Activity: | Operate information booth at Boktoberfest to inform the public about Ridge Rangers and recruit new members | | Remarks: | | | Host POC Name : | Noland, Katrina | POC Phone: 863-676-1408
POC E-mail: knoland@boktower.org |
| Date: 10/17/2009 | Start Time: 9:00 | | Location: | Highlands Hammock State Park | | Mission: | Assist Highlands Hammock State Park habitat and operations
Remove invasive plants | | Event Activity: | | | Remarks: | | | Host POC Name : | Parks, Jeanne | POC Phone: 863-386-6099
POC E-mail: Jeanne.parks@dep.state.fl.us |
| Date: 10/21/2009 | Start Time: 9:00 | | Location: | Bok Tower Gardens | | Mission: | Assist Bok Tower Gardens sandhill and environmental preservation efforts | | Event Activity: | Stewardship - details to be provided later | | Remarks: | | | Host POC Name : | Noland, Katrina | POC Phone: 863-676-1408
POC E-mail: knoland@boktower.org |
| Date: 10/24/2009 | | | Location: | | | Mission: | Original Activity postponed until a future date.
See new entry below. | | Event Activity: | | | Remarks: | | | Host POC Name : | | |
| Date: 10/24/2009 | Start Time: 9:00 | | Location: | Avon Park AF Range | | Mission: | Prepare sites to receive additional quantities of the endangered red cockaded woodpecker | | Event Activity: | Clean up around nesting area and vacuum out existing cavities and get information on new releases, in preparation for a shipment of additional birds | | Remarks: | Activities will prepare site for a shipment of additional red cockaded woodpeckers, expected shortly. Volunteers will get information on methods of releasing new birds in preparation for the volunteers' involvement in working with the new shipment. | | Host POC Name : | Lauren N. Gilson | POC Phone: (863) 452-4182
POC E-mail: lgilson@archbold-station.org |
| Date: 10/31/2009 | Start Time: 8:00 | | Location: | Circle B Bar Reserve | | Mission: | Public information and recruiting | | Event Activity: | Water and Wings display at Circle B Bar | | Remarks: | | | Host POC Name : | Biehl-Gabbart, Tabitha | POC Phone: 863-899-8157
POC E-mail: tabithabiehl@polk-county.net |
| Date: 10/31/2009 | Start Time: 9:00 | | Location: | Other | | Mission: | Jaywatch | | Event Activity: | Install Jaywatch survey point markers at Silverlake | | Remarks: | | | Host POC Name : | McMillian, Michael | POC Phone: 863-699-3937
POC E-mail: mike.mcmillian@myfwc.com |
| Date: 11/03/2009 | Start Time: 7:30 (Sebring), 10:00 (Pelican Island) | | Location: | Pelican Island NWR (Near Vero Beach, FL) | | Mission: | GIS / GPS preparation for invasive plant study | | Event Activity: | At Pelican Island, observe and get orientation into use of Trimble GPS unit and prepare to conduct a similar study at Flamingo Villas | | Remarks: | Group will leave from Sebring at 7:30 for travel to Pelican Island in FWC vehicle(s). Start time at Pelican Island is 10:00 a.m. Return to Sebring by late afternoon. | | Host POC Name : | Kneifl, Kristen | POC Phone: 772-216-1420
POC E-mail: Kristen_Kneifl@fwc.gov |
| Date: 11/05/2009 | Start Time: 9:00 | | Location: | TNC's Tiger Creek Preserve, Babson Park | | Mission: | Help TNC protect and improve Tiger Creek Preserve | | Event Activity: | Remove newly discovered invasive plants (showy rattlebox - Crotalaria spectabilis) before they have a chance to seed. | | Remarks: | Late addition to schedule | | Host POC Name : | Bea Pace-Aldana | POC Phone: 863-635-7506
POC E-mail: bpace-aldana@tnc.org |
| Date: 11/7/2009 | Start Time: 8:00 | | Location: | Highlands Hammock State Park | | Mission: | Public information and recruiting | | Event Activity: | CCC Day activities | | Remarks: | | | Host POC Name : | Parks, Jeanne | POC Phone:863-386-6099
POC E-mail: jeanne.parks@dep.state.fl.us |
| Date: 11/7/2009 | Start Time: 9:00 | | Location: | Lake McLeod tract of the Lake Wales Ridge National Wildlife Refuge | | Mission: | Protect and improve Lake McLeod tract of the Lake Wales Ridge National Wildlife Refuge | | Event Activity: | Fenceline cleanup or other activity for later decision | | Remarks: | | | Host POC Name : | Wirwa, Nick | POC Phone: 321-302-1303
POC E-mail: nick_wirwa@fws.gov |
| Date: 11/14/2009 | Start Time: 9:00 | | Location: | Lake Kissimmee State Park | | Mission: | Assist Lake Kissimmee State Park habitat and operations | | Event Activity: | Stewardship - details to be provided later | | Remarks: | | | Host POC Name : | Wilson, Kiersten | POC Phone: 863-696-1112
POC E-mail: kiersten.l.wilson@dep.state.fl.us |
| Date: 11/21/2009 | Start Time: 9:00 | | Location: | Bok Tower Gardens | | Mission: | Assist Bok Tower Gardens sandhill and environmental preservation efforts | | Event Activity: | Stewardship - details to be provided later | | Remarks: | | | Host POC Name : | Noland, Katrina | POC Phone: 863-676-1408
POC E-mail: knoland@boktower.org |
| Date: 12/5/2009 | Start Time: 9:00 | | Location: | Highlands Hammock State Park | | Mission: | Assist Highlands Hammock State Park habitat and operations | | Event Activity: | Remove invasive plants | | Remarks: | | | Host POC Name : | Parks, Jeanne | POC Phone: 863-386-6099
POC E-mail: jeanne.parks@dep.state.fl.us |
| Date: 12/12/2009 | Start Time: 9:00 | | Location: | Mackay Gardens and Lakeside Preserve | | Mission: | Help restore Mackay Gardens and lakeside preserve | | Event Activity: | Restore native areas; possible joint event with Polk Master Gardeners | | Remarks: | | | Host POC Name : | Daly, Nancy | POC Phone: 863-412-4547
POC E-mail: erdiii@aol.com |
| Date: 12/16/2009 | Start Time: 9:00 | | Location: | Bok Tower Gardens | | Mission: | Assist Bok Tower Gardens sandhill and environmental preservation efforts | | Event Activity: | Stewardship; details to be provided later | | Remarks: | | | Host POC Name : | Noland, Katrina | POC Phone: 863-676-1408
POC E-mail: knoland@boktower.org |
| Date: 12/19/2009 | Start Time: 9:00 | | Location: | Lake Louisa State Park | | Mission: | Assist Lake Louisa State Park habitat and operations | | Event Activity: | Tentative plan: Stewardship, remove invasives from park area | | Remarks: | | | Host POC Name : | Kehlenbeck, Jenny Vogel | POC Phone: 352-394-3436
POC E-mail: jenny.kehlenbeck@dep.state.fl.us |
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