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Saturday, February 8, 2020 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Everglades Day Challenge
21st Annual
Habitats of the Everglades Promoting awareness, appreciation, and an
understanding of the Everglades
1. Visit any 10 stations and have a representative initial their logo. 2. Stop by the Information Tent for a special prize.
The Everglades Day Committee would like to extend a HUGE THANK YOU to our 2020 sponsors: Friends of the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge • Audubon Everglades • The Curtis & Edith
Munson Foundation • Everglades Foundation • Kings HealthMart Pharmacy • The Sandwich Man and Pizza Too • South River Nursery • Southern Lawn Equipment • Women's Health Partners • Windmill Sprinkler • Mark Edoff
Thank you to Direct Mail Impressions for printing this program. If you would like to learn more or join the Everglades Day Committee, please contact [email protected].
The Institute for Regional Conservation
Everglades Day Program Schedule and Map
All programs are approximately 50 minutes unless otherwise noted.
Boat Ramp Area ALL DAY: Experience paddling with Loxahatchee Canoeing. 10am • Fish Electroshocking (In English and Spanish) 12pm • Fish Electroshocking (In English and Spanish)
Marsh Trail Pavilion 11am • Non-Native Reptiles • Stephanie Krug/FWC ** 12pm • Seminole Traditions • Alyssa Boge 1pm • Everglades Wildlife • Palm Beach Zoo ** 2pm • Native Snakes • South Florida Herpetological Society ** 3pm • Urban Wildfire Interface • Riki Hoopes
C-6 Pavilion ALL DAY: Youth activities, crafts, and games, fishing, archery range, and Every Kid Outdoors 4th Grade Pass giveaway. 10am • Native Snakes • South Florida Herpetological Society ** 11am • Florida Folk Music • Roadside Revue 12pm • Florida’s Native Wildlife • Okeeheelee Nature Center ** 1pm • Florida Folk Music • Roadside Revue 2pm • Everglades Restoration Report • Nick Aumen 3pm • Everglades Wildlife • Busch Wildlife Sanctuary **
Visitor Center Theater 10am • Gardening Naturally • Susan Lerner 11am • Alligators and Crocodiles • Laura Brandt 12pm • Everglades & More: FL Master Naturalist Program • Marty Main 1pm • Climate Change & the Everglades • Harold Wanless 2pm • Odyssey Everglades • Richard Kern 3pm • Art Exhibit • Plein Air Palm Beach
Great Blue Heron Trail Guided Walks 10am • Bird Walk • Audubon Everglades 11am • Gator Nest Walk • Barry Willette 12pm • What Lies Beneath • Elaine Abrams 1pm • Forest Bathing Walk • Ron Seifer
Turtle Trail Guided Walks 9am • Bird Walk • Audubon Everglades 10am • What Lies Beneath • Elaine Abrams 11am • Forest Bathing Walk • Ron Seifer 12pm • Tree Islands, Sawgrass Marsh, and Sloughs, Oh My! • Lowell Markey 2pm • Slough Walk • Barry Willette
**Live animals
LILA Tours With South Florida Water
Management District
10am to 2pm 30-minute tram tours
Sign-up tent is past food truck area.
Experience Paddling With Loxahatchee Canoeing
9am to 3pm
15-20 minute sessions
Location: Boat Ramp Area
Experience Fishing With Reel Fishing Charities
9am to 2pm First come, first serve
Location: C-6 Pavilion
Cypress Swamp Boardwalk Tours
10am, 11am, 12pm, & 1pm 45-minute guided walks
Location: Behind the Visitor Center.
Information Tent
Play a game, win a prize!
Photo Caption Game Photo Scavenger Hunt Everglades Day Challenge
FREE Shuttle Bus
8:30am to 4:30pm Runs continuously
Location: Drop-off & pick-up at Visitor Center.
Social Media
Post Your Photos!
#LoxEvergladesDay
Every Kid Outdoors Calling all 4th Graders!
Come by the EKO table near the C-6 Pavilion to obtain an EKO pass and visit America’s natural wonders for FREE. ?
Plein Air Paint-Out More than 40 artists are painting the occasion; feel free to stop, observe, and ask questions.
Exhibit in the Visitor Center Theater will follow the paint-out at 3pm.
