CHANGE OF PLANS!
Our Emory Cares event scheduled for Nov. 12 has moved to a new date and location because of the aftereffects of Hurricane Nicole in the area.
Here is our new plan:
Date: Nov. 18, 2022
Activity: Workday at Tuscawilla Preserve
Details: https://www.alachuaconservationtrust.org/upcoming-events/tuscawillaworkday
Emory Cares - Gainesville will join the Alachua Conservation Trust for a morning of preserve maintenance at Santa Fe River Preserve in Alachua, Florida. Together we will be walking the trails doing restoration work and trail maintenance. While there, we will experience and enjoy the beauty of the Preserve.
You do not have to be affiliated with Emory to participate. There is no minimum age for this event, but we ask that all participants under 18 be accompanied by a parent. All participants will be asked to complete the Alachua Conservation Trust Waiver of Liability, which will be available on site.
WHAT TO WEAR/BRING
Closed-toe shoes, long pants, water, bug spray, hat and full water bottle are advised.
27025 North State Road 121
Alachua, FL 32615
ABOUT THE PRESERVE
Santa Fe River Preserve protects 1,067 acres on the banks of the Santa Fe River near Worthington Springs. The preserve includes high bluffs along the river and an interesting tangle of floodplain forest where the New River converges with the Santa Fe.
The preserve has an interesting mix of flora which in turn support a wide diversity of wildlife. There are wild azaleas and rain lilies along the banks; river birch, cypress and tupelo in the bottomland; patches of longleaf pines and sand post oaks with wiregrass groundcover in the uplands, and a rich slope forest that surrounds Santa Fe Creek along the Gracy Trail. Bears frequent the river corridor, and rare and endangered mussels persist along the river bottom.
TO REGISTER
Step 1: Click here to go to the Emory Cares registration page for this project
Step 2: Click on the "Register Now" button
Step 3. Enter your name and click "Find Me" to select your existing profile or enter your information. Under “Relationship(s) to Emory”, if none of the other options apply, select “Community/Other.”
Step 4. Select "Continue" to add the name of any guests who might be accompanying you
Step 5. Proceed through the form using the "Continue" button on each page, and submit your registration.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Contact Alachua Conservation Trust by phone: (352) 373-1078 or email: info@AlachuaConservationTrust.org.
Banner image by Alison Blakeslee.
