Friends of Brooker Creek Return the Preserve Work Day

Brooker Creek Preserve Environmental Education Center 3940 Keystone Rd, Tarpon Springs

Return The Preserve Work Days focus on areas within Brooker Creek Preserve where we can apply some hands-on help.

Free

From Shore to Sea: Ecology Out At Sea – Day 3

MarineLab 51 Shoreland Drive, Key Largo

Learn about the ecology around us in the Florida Keys through interactive labs, discussions, and guided snorkel trips. This is the third day of a four-day series, but you can attend any day individually and still learn a lot!

$20

Virginia Key Volunteer Habitat Restoration Event

Virginia Key Outdoor Center 3801 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami

A service learning program mobilizing student and adult volunteers to remove invasive plants from the landscape and propagate new native plants to restore the endangered coastline and the endangered ecosystem

Free

Beach Exploration Day — Ponta Vedra

GTM Research Reserve Visitor Center 505 Guana River Road, Ponta Vedra

This is a “Beaches 101” experience that the entire family will enjoy.

Free

Gopher Tortoise: Superhero of the Scrub, Pine and Coastal Dunes

Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area At Flagler Beach 3100 S Oceanshore Blvd, Flagler Beach

Discover the superhero living in our parks at this educational talk on Gopher Tortoises. Learn about this threatened keystone species and the easy ways you can help. The program will be followed by an optional walk to see burrows and possibly gopher tortoises in the park.

Free

Bats, Bees and Butterflies Reception

Patch of Heaven Sanctuary 21900 Southwest 157th Avenue, Miami

During the "Bats, Bees and Butterflies" reception, you will be immersed in Patch of Heaven’s (POH) 20-acre historic estate located in Redland, Florida.

Free

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