Written by: wekiva
Date: November 7, 2021
Join Friends of the Wekiva River for a hike in Rock Springs Run State Reserve! Choose to hike with a guide or a self-guided hike. Provide feedback on your hike to improve the trail options at Rock Springs Run State Reserve.
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Written by: wekiva
Date: October 28, 2021
Join FOWR to paddle Emerald Cut! Reservations are required!
Paddle the section of Rock Springs Run known as Emerald Cut! Together with guides Jim Adamski, President of Friends of the Wekiva River, and Ashley Konon, River Ambassador for the Wekiva Wild and Scenic River, you will travel upstream on the beautiful waters of Rock Springs.
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Written by: wekiva
Date: Sunday October 10, 2021
Nancy Prine, a FOWR Board Member and expert on butterflies, will give an introduction on their habits and habitats and will lead a hunt through the longleaf pine sandhill area. Expect to see plenty of wildflowers among the wiregrass and turkey oaks.
The hike is free but the park entrance fee is $6/vehicle (up to 8 people) and $4 for a single driver.
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Date: September 11, 2021
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Documenting manatee sightings is important and provides important data for researchers as they are trying to further understand how manatees are using the Wekiva River. Save the Manatee Club has an online form where citizens can easily report sightings and upload photos or videos. In the summer of 2019 and 2020 several manatees were sighted in the Wekiva River that proved to be known individuals from Blue Spring! Among them were ‘Mata Hari’ and her calf, who made it all the way up to the Wekiva head spring, ‘Peyton’ and her calf who visited Wekiva Island, ‘Marge’ who may have given birth to her calf in a resident’s canal, and ‘Jocie’ with her small calf.
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Date: June 15th 2021
Join the Wekiva River Ambassador and the Wekiva River Aquatic Preserve for the 2021 Dragonfly Mercury Project!
Meet at the Lake Norris Conservation Area East Trailhead, 24542 Blackwater Creek Rd, Eustis, FL 32736 on Tuesday June 15th at 9:30 AM
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Spring cleaning work day at the Wekiva River Aquatic Preserve office. We love our volunteers!
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2020 presented new challenges on how to collect the required 10-15 dragonfly nymphs from each of the four designated sites within the Wekiva Basin. This was the 2nd year for samples to be submitted for analysis from the Wekiva Wild & Scenic River System.
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Written by: wekiva
Date: February 12-15th 2021
Count the birds you see for at least 15 minutes on one or more days of the count, and then enter your checklist online with eBird (https://ebird.org/about) or the Merlin Bird ID app (https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/)
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