This is one of the most astonishing films I have ever seen. It will change your thinking about wildlife! After a local farmer left a bowl of eggs on Joe Hutto’s front porch, his life was forever changed. Hutto, possessing a broad background in the natural sciences and an interest in imprinting young animals, incubated the eggs and waited for them to hatch. As the chicks emerged from their … [Read more...]
Activities
- All Weather/Horse Trail Loop (MRSP)
- Alligator Point (MRSP)
- Avian Research and Conservation Institute
- Bee Island & Back (MRSP)
- BioBlitz at Celery Fields
- Bok Tower (Lake Wales, FL)
- Brooker Creek Preserve (Tarpon Springs, FL)
- Celery Fields (Sarasota, FL)
- Clay Gully/Mossy Hammock (MRSP)
- Climate Wise Landscaping
- Deep Hole (MRSP)
- Florida Scrub Life: Archbold Biological Station & Lake Wales Ridge
- Fox’s High & Low (MRSP)
- Hickey Creek Mitigation Park (Alva, FL)
- Highlands Hammock State Park (Sebring FL)
- Joan M Durante Community Park (Longboat Key, FL)
- Lake Wales Ridge Wildlife and Environmental Area (Lake Wales, FL)
- Leffis Key (Sarasota, FL)
- Lemur Foundation (Myakka City, FL)
- Lido Key (Sarasota, FL)
- My Life as a Turkey
- Myakka Hardwood Hammock (Sarasota, FL)
- Myakka Pinelands (Sarasota, FL)
- Myakka River State Park (Sarasota, FL)
- North Lido Beach (Sarasota, FL)
- North Lido Key (LK)
- One dozen things FNPS members need to know about cabbage palms with Jono Miller
- Oscar Sherer State Park (Sarasota, FL)
- Oscar Sherer Yellow Trail (OSSP)
- Pinecraft Park (Sarasota, FL)
- Power Line/Ranch House Loop (MRSP)
- Raymond Road Loop (CF)
- Red Bug Slough Preserve (Sarasota, FL)
- Red Bug Slough Preserve (Sarasota, FL)
- Red Bug Slough Slough Loop (RBS)
- Ringling Grounds (Sarasota, FL)
- Rothenbach Park (Sarasota, FL)
- Rothenbach Park Loop (RP)
- Spanish Point (Sarasota, FL)
- The Earthing Movie: The Remarkable Science of Grounding
- Three Sisters Springs (Crystal River, FL)
- Urfer Family Park (Sarasota, FL)
The Earthing Movie: The Remarkable Science of Grounding
This movie will make you think... particularly if you love walking around outside with bare feet! Down to Earth explores the scientific phenomenon of earthing, and how we can heal our bodies by doing the simplest thing that a person can do — standing barefoot on the earth. FIlmmakers Josh Tickell and Rebecca Tickell highlight a growing mountain of peer-reviewed research that shatters modern … [Read more...]
One dozen things FNPS members need to know about cabbage palms with Jono Miller
A program sponsored by the Florida Native Plant Society. The dozen: 1. Some basics 2. "Bootjacks" 3. Palms are not grasses 4.They are very long-lived and very slow growing 5. They can produce lots of shade 6. They are routinely over-pruned 7. And the pruning guidelines have changed 8. They are remarkably tough (fire, cold, flood, wind) 9. But they are threatened by Lethal Bronzing 10. They are … [Read more...]
Rothenbach Park (Sarasota, FL)
Rothenbach Park is a community park with about five miles of paved recreational trails that are perfect for walking, jogging, or cycling. Two playground areas with the latest in safe playground equipment, sit on top of a soft mulch surface so kids can run and jump with reduced risk of injury. The park has a pavilion that includes restrooms, picnic tables, and grills. The north side of the pavilion … [Read more...]
Red Bug Slough Preserve (Sarasota, FL)
This 72-acre preserve, Red Bug Slough is a remnant piece of natural Florida nestled in the midst of suburban Sarasota. The preserve has several miles of hiking trails, a small playground, picnic shelters and a fishing dock. The hiking trails are unpaved but accessible for most visitors. Some trails may flood after heavy rainfall and several trails may be wet year-round where they cross creeks and … [Read more...]
Oscar Sherer State Park (Sarasota, FL)
The habitats that are part of the park are pine flatwoods, scrubby flatwoods and the hardwood hammock surrounding South Creek. A variety of other plants exist within the park, like blueberry, persimmon, wild grape, cabbage palm, coontie, wax myrtle, prickly pear cacti, mangrove trees and giant leather ferns (Acrostichum danaeifolium). Land and aquatic inhabitants include bobcats, rabbits, foxes, … [Read more...]
Myakka River State Park (Sarasota, FL)
Myakka River State Park is a Florida State Park, that is located nine miles (14 km) east of Interstate 75 in Sarasota County and a portion of southeastern Manatee County on the Atlantic coastal plain. This state park consists of 37,000 acres (150 km2), making it one of the state's largest parks. It is also one of the oldest parks in the state. It was delineated in the 1930s by the Civilian … [Read more...]
Lido Key (Sarasota, FL)
Lido Key has a few great beach/water access areas worth exploring for plant, bird and marine life: North Lido Beach Park Ted Sperling Park (Launch into the mangrove tunnels) South Lido County Park Google Map Request Trail Maps … [Read more...]
Celery Fields (Sarasota, FL)
Mainly consisting of open marshlands, deep ponds, shallow pools, and canals, the Celery Fields are edged by oaks, willows, and pines on the eastern and southern boundaries. The site on the Great Florida Birding Trail, with an observation mound, trails & ponds. Google Map Trail Maps … [Read more...]
Florida Scrub Life: Archbold Biological Station & Lake Wales Ridge
This is a fascinating program about the unique plant life at Lake Wales Ridge. Serenoa Chapter Florida Native Plant Society presents: Archbold Biological Station's Director of Education, Dustin Angell, presents an overview of the Lake Wales Ridge geology and scrub ecology, and then focus on plants: highlighting both rare plants fighting to survive, as well as common plants with extraordinary … [Read more...]
Climate Wise Landscaping
Get some great ideas about landscaping around your house. Serenoa Chapter Florida Native Plant Society presents Ginny Stibolt, Botanist and award-winning author asks "What can we do, right now, in our own landscapes, to help solve climate change?" It’s not just digging in the dirt these days. Ginny will share practical actions for a sustainable future. … [Read more...]