Join us at Fox Pen Preserve to tour one of ACT and Alachua County's newest preserves. Led by ACT staff, the tour will take you on a 1.5-mile hike through longleaf pines and beautiful sandhill habitat restoration areas. Get to know more about the ecology of longleaf pine ecosystems, prescribed fire, and wildlife that depend on this habitat on our morning walk.
During this event, ACT staff will also provide an overview of the eBird smartphone app and its uses while birding in natural areas. This event is ideal for beginning birders.
Masks will be required to be worn at all times during this event.
WHAT TO WEAR & BRING
Be sure to wear closed-toe shoes and long pants. Bring water, snacks, bug spray, sunscreen, and hat. If you have them, please feel free to bring your own binoculars and/or spotting scopes for birding while on the tour. Face masks are required.
WHEN
Tuesday, October 19
9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
WHERE
Fox Pen Preserve - Trailhead & Parking Area
10777 Holden Park Road
Hawthorne, FL 32640
ABOUT THE PRESERVE
In partnership with Alachua County, ACT purchased Fox Pen in early 2019. The preserve includes 578 acres of land in eastern Alachua County that are part of a key tract in the Lockloosa Forest project area. The preserve is also located within the Orange Creek Basin, which includes several outstanding Florida waterways.
The preserve includes a diverse mix of longleaf sandhill habitat, flatwoods, wetlands, mesic hammock, and shoreline of Moss Lee Lake. It also provides habitat for a diversity of wildlife, including gopher tortoise, Northern bobwhite quail, multiple species of reptiles and amphibians, and Florida black bear. Lear more here.
FOR MORE INFORMATION & TO RSVP
Contact Alachua Conservation Trust by email at info@alachuaconservationtrust.org to RSVP or for more information. Due to Covid-19, space is limited to the 15 first people who RSVP.
