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Lower Suwannee and Cedar Keys NWR Volunteer Lunch at Seahorse Key

4/24/2015

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Though many of the Lower Suwannee and Cedar Keys NWR volunteers were not able to attend, about 8 volunteers enjoyed a boat ride out to Seahorse Key and a picnic lunch.  What a perfect day for the outing, with a cooling breeze, blue skies and low humidity.  It was great!  We volunteers want to thank the Refuge staff for the treat and for taking time out of their schedules to honor us with this special day!  
Highlight of the day was seeing Roger McDaniels receive a well deserved “Volunteer of the Year” plaque for all his efforts at organizing the Brazilian Pepper busting team and all his outstanding work attempting to eradicate this tree from the islands and refuge lands.  Good job, Roger! While there, Roger was able to find 4 more small Brazilian Peppers and pulled them up...
A special highlight of the day was getting to see a sleeping cottonmouth snake!  Maria Sgambati told us where we might see one and she was right!  Thanks, Maria!  Thank goodness for my zoom lens!

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Nancy B
5/26/2015 01:04:54 pm

We are planning to visit Cedar Key on June 8-10. We saw the excellent production on the Florida channel, and decided to make our overnight stay into a 2-day visit!
We are especially interested in birding and hiking. Also would like to see the Sea Farm if it is open to visitors.
We live in SW Florida.
Thanks for any help you can give!
P.S. We are Volunteer Naturalists at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary in Collier County.

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Nancy
5/27/2015 08:09:31 am

Hi Nancy,
So glad you saw the documentary and decided to visit.
The Cedar Key Chamber of Commerce is a great place to start and they can probably help you with the Sea Farm tour question.
http://www.cedarkey.org. They also have lots of brochures, information, and maps to get you started once you are here.

I'd highly suggest the River trail at Lower Suwannee and a visit to Shellmound if you are interested in local archaeology.

Within Cedar Key, the Train Trestle trail and the trail at Cemetery point are good birding spots and offer short hikes as well. I'd also encourage you to either rent a kayak and paddle around or hop on a tour boat in the marina (Tidewater tours is one option) and take a waterside tour of the Cedar Key National Wildlife refuge.

Hope you enjoy your visit!
Maria Sgambati, President-Elect Friends of the Refuges (and you may have seen me on the video in my day job at Seahorse Key Marine Lab - the place with the lighthouse!)

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Friends of the Lower Suwannee & Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuges
P. O. Box 532
Cedar Key, FL 32625
friends@friendsofrefuges.org

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