Current Fall &
Winter 2010-11 Ranger Led Programs
Gopher Tortoise Talk
- at the Learning Center
Nature "Walk" on Wheels - 1st Parking Lot near the Learning
Center Friday 10-11 (Call 252-4024 for Reservations)
Canoe Trip through Estuary
(6 yrs old & up) Cost $10.00 Per Person. Meet at Learning
Center (Call 252-4024 for Reservations) prepay and
reservation is a must.
2010-11 Lecture Series
Schedule and Information
Saturdays at 10 AM at the
Learning Center at Barefoot Beach Preserve
Don't miss out on our
exciting upcoming lecture series for 2010-11. Many
interesting and thought provoking lectures on a wide variety
of subjects, both old and new, will be presented all the way
through March.
PLACE: Barefoot Beach
Learning Center (2 miles west of US 41 off Bonita Beach
Road, left turn at Barefoot Blvd. light. Drive south
through second guard gate and park in the first parking lot.
Lectures will be held in the Chickee Hut between the
butterfly garden and the cactus garden.
The Lecture Series is sponsored by the Friends of Barefoot
Beach Preserve, a non-profit organization concerned with the
protection and preservation of our precious marine and
wetland environment. There is no charge for the lectures,
however, a parking fee will be charged for those visitors
who do not have a Collier County Beach Parking Permit.
Permits are available free of charge to all individuals who
own property in Collier County, and may be purchased by
others. If you plan to visit the beach often or attend
lectures on a regular basis, purchasing a permit makes
sense. A pass, granting free access to Barefoot Beach is
also available to individuals who volunteer to work as
docents on a regularly scheduled basis at the Friends
Learning Center during season.
This season's lectures are
listed below:
|
01/08/11 |
Dr. Gary Pettit |
River Otters |
|
01/15/11 |
David Piper |
Animals of SW Florida |
|
01/22/11 |
Mike Savarese |
Climate change, sea level rise, and the past and
anticipated effects for SW Florida |
|
01/29/2011 |
Becky Speers |
The Reintroduction
of Gopher Tortoises to the Naples Preserve |
|
02/05/11 |
Jeff Schmidt |
Juvenile Sea Turtles in the Gulf |
|
02/12/11 |
Ted Below |
Shore bird identification |
|
02/19/11 |
Dr. Aswani Volety |
Invasive Shellfish species in our local waters
/Shellfish and sea grass restoration |
|
02/26/11 |
Kathy Worley |
Mangroves & Hurricanes |
|
03/05/11 |
Mike Malloy |
Butterflies |
|
03/12/11 |
Nancy Olson |
“Of time and Place” Native plants, Native people |
|
03/19/11 |
Jose Leal |
SW Florida Shells |
|
03/26/11 |
David Tetzloff |
Snakes of SW Florida |
|
04/02/11 |
Bruce Holst |
Air plants and other epiphytes
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* indicates a new topic or
a new speaker this season
Questions about the upcoming lecture series? Call lecture
chairman Dr. Gary Pettit 947-7822
