FOLA
The Friends Of Lake Apopka
| Lake Apopka shoreline seen from the DeWitt Pavilion at the Oakland Nature Preserve ©Mike Brinkley |
CALENDAR of FOLA Events
The FOLA Board of Directors
meets on the first Thursday of every month at the Oakland Nature
Preserve Education Building, 747 W Oakland Ave, at 5:00 PM.
Click above for directions on MapQuest.
Visitors are invited to
attend.
NOTICE !
There will not be a FOLA Board meeting in July.
Due to the recent heavy rainfall and the rising water level, the June 20 2nd
Annual Lake Apopka Cleanup has been postponed!
From Mike Brinkley on 6/5/09:
Unfortunately, we are going to have to postpone the
Lake Apopka Clean Up scheduled for June 20, 2009 to a future time to
be determined. High water levels (thanks to the no-name storm system
that sat over us for several days) have made the trash nearly
impossible to find and with the rain we’ve been getting daily, water
levels show no signs of receding by the 20th. Thank you for your
continued support and I will update you once we have another date.
Other Upcoming Events
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Oakland Nature Preserve
Board of Directors Lake Apopka Bird Survey - schedule change - conducted quarterly Greetings Avid Birders, In the past, we have conducted the Lake Apopka Bird Survey on the first Saturday of each month. Beginning in October 2008, we will be conducting the survey quarterly, rather than monthly. As a result, I wanted to send you the survey dates for the upcoming twelve months. The Lake Apopka Bird Survey will be held on the following dates: October 4, 2008 January 3, 2009 April 4, 2009 July 11, 2009 (conducted on the second Saturday due to the fourth of July holiday) If you are interested in joining us, please note these dates on your calendar. As I have in the past, I’ll continue to send out survey announcements prior to the survey date. My very special thanks go to each of you who have been so actively involved in the survey. Your efforts have been beneficial in allowing us to collect excellent bird data on the property. I truly appreciate all of the work that you have done on the project and I cannot thank you enough for your help. I hope you’ll continue to join us on the quarterly surveys. Pam Pamela J. Bowen Environmental Scientist St. Johns River Water Management District 4049 Reid Street/ Hwy 100 West P. O. Box 1429, Palatka, Florida 32178-1429 ph: (386) 329-4870, FAX: (386) 329-4585 e-mail: pbowen@sjrwmd.com |
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| TUESDAY
MORNING RESIDENTIAL HORTICULTURE CLINIC We are happy to inform you of the Tuesday morning residential horticulture clinics at the Mid-Florida Research & Education Center (MREC). Please stop by with your plant problem or soil for testing between the hours of 9:00 am and 12:00 noon. Here are some suggestions that will help you bring the best sample: |
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1. Please bring
about a pint of soil for testing taken from the surface to
six inches deep. 2. Plant samples should be representative of the problem and where possible include several leaves or even a whole branch. 3. We are also happy to look at bugs, which are best transported in a bottle. 4. Sod for examination should include a square foot of turf two inches thick cut from the border of a good and bad area. |
| During clinic hours a University of Florida
trained Master Gardener will respond to your concerns.
Otherwise the results will be sent promptly in the mail. The
center is located at the MREC, 2725 Binion Rd., Apopka, FL
32703 See
http://ocextension.ifas.ufl.edu/res_hort/res_hort_plc.html
for more information, or see
map to MREC. Ed Thralls Extension Agent Urban Horticulture, Orange County |
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