| March 2009 | March 1st 8 - 11 AM | Eagle Watch & Invasive Plant removal  Meet at the Flagler Trail Head at the St Johns River. We will be removing invasive plants & picking up litter along the trail. Great family outing, easy trail. Bring water, sun screen, gloves & a camera. 2195 Osceola Fish Camp Road Geneva, FL. Call Craig Clossen, 407-312-9434 for more details. | March 7th 2 - 3 PM | KSB will be a part of a community panel that will brief Girl Scouts at the "Metamorphous: Change through Advocacy" event.
| | March 14th 9 - 4 PM | Girl Scout Camporee Wekiva State Park KSB is going to give a series of presentations to about 150 Girl Scouts & their parents on Non-Native Invasive Plants. | | March 14th 10 - 4 PM | Non-Native Invasive Plant Program Girl Scouts at Oviedo Campground - Citrus Council | | March 15th 3 - 7 PM # 526 | ECO-Action River or Lake Clean-up Directions to Dinky Dock Park: From the west: Take Fairbanks Ave east past downtown Park Avenue. At the second traffic light, take a right onto Ollie Avenue where you should find a parking attendant to guide you to a parking place. You should find the ECO-Action vehicle with the canoe trailer, near the arrow indicated on the map below. From the east: Take Aloma west past Lakemont Avenue. At the second traffic light, take a left onto Ollie Avenue where you should find a parking attendant to guide you to a parking place. You should find the ECO-Action vehicle with the canoe trailer, near the arrow indicated on the map below. Google Map
ECO-Action
PO Box 181102
Casselberry, Florida 32718-1102
Phone / Fax: 407-695-5050
| | | | | March 21st 9 - 11 AM | Adopt-A-Road The Libertarian Party Wekiva Springs Road Cleanup Meet at the corner of SR 434 & Wekiva Springs Road by Publiz. Bring sun screen and gloves. Call Sean Concannon for more information at 407-625-6839 | | March 21st 9 - 11 AM | Non-Native Invasive Plant Eradication Effort At the Seminole ounty Environmental Studies Center - more details soon... | | March 22nd 10 - Noon | Park Clean-up Liter & Invasives A joint venture between Southwest Airlines "Project Save" and Keep Seminole Beautiful.
We will be doing a general clean-up of trash & a non-native invasive plants. Wear comfortable clothing, closed toe shoes, bring sunblock and bug repellant just in case. Southwest will provide a cooler with soda and water; Keep Seminole Beautiful, the trash bags (bio-degradable), grabbers, gloves, and a hand saw & shovel (for Brazilian Pepper plants). The tasks range from easy tasks like pulling invasive plants & picking up trash to more skilled tasks such as cutting down a small bush or digging up roots. If you have canoes or kayaks, you can bring them and help clean the lake.
Here is the info: Kewannee Park/Trail 1505 Kewannee Trail, Casselberry, FL 32707
(YOU CAN JUST TAKE 436 NORTH ABOUT 14 MILES AND AFTER REDBUG WATCH FOR KEWANNEE TRAIL AND TURN LEFT.) IF YOU GET LOST CALL Sheila DiPace, 407 474 5517 or Mike Barr, 407-234-7283. | | March 22nd 3 - 8 PM # 527 | ECO-Action River or Lake Clean-up Directions to Lake Baldwin: From south/southwest (Colonial & 17/92): Two miles east to Bumby Avenue, turn left (North), one and a half miles to Corrinne, turn right (East), 3/4 mile to General Reese, turn left (North), 3/4 mile to Glenridge, turn right (East), one mile to Lakemont, turn right (South), 1/8 mile, park is on left. From I-4: Take Princeton Exit, head east on Princeton one mile, plus, to 17/92 or Mills Ave., turn right (South), one mile to Virginia, turn left (East) and stay on Virginia through turns, left and then right, until it turns into Corrinne and passes Bumby Avenue, then follow instructions above. From north/northeast, head to near Whole Foods in Winter Park at Aloma and Lakemont intersection, go south on Lakemont two and 1/2 miles south, park will be on left after passing Glenridge Road intersection. Google Map
ECO-Action
PO Box 181102
Casselberry, Florida 32718-1102
Phone / Fax: 407-695-5050 | | | | | March 29th 8 - 11 AM | Eagle Watch & Invasive Plant removal Meet at the Flagler Trail Head at the St Johns River. We will be removing invasive plants & picking up litter along the trail. Great family outing, easy trail. Bring water, sun screen, gloves & a camera. 2195 Osceola Fish Camp Road Geneva, FL. Call Craig Clossen, 407-312-9434 for more details. | March 29th 3 - 8 PM # 528 | ECO-Action River or Lake Clean-up Directions to Blue Springs:
Blue Springs is located in Orange City. Take I-4 east to Orange City/Deland exit (472 west). Cross over I-4 and at the first light, turn left. At the next light go right on Graves and take it to 17-92. Go right (north) on 17-92 until you see the sign on your right for the entrance to the park on the left. Go left (west) off 17-92 into the park road and continue to the end. Do not turn left into the entrance, instead go past the entrance and down to the end of the dirt road where we will be waiting. If there is a line of cars waiting to enter the park, drive around them to get to the dirt road.
We plan to launch at 3 pm. Please arrive at least 15 minutes early to assist with setup. We will return to the launch site just before sunset with enough light to load the canoes and equipment.
Google Map
ECO-Action
PO Box 181102
Casselberry, Florida 32718-1102
Phone / Fax: 407-695-5050 |
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