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Nikon and The Brevard Nature Alliance present Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival November 16 - 20, 2005 -- Brevard County, Florida A celebration of birds and wildlife. |
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Nikon and The Brevard Nature Alliance present Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival November 16 - 20, 2005 -- Brevard County, Florida A celebration of birds and wildlife. |
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Contact the festival office by phone: 1-800-460-2664 or 321-268-5224 or by eMail: neta@natureandspace.com. The office is staffed from 9am to 4pm Monday through Friday. If we are not available, please leave a message and we will get back to you! You may also visit the festival web site www.nbbd.com/fly/. Office functions will move to the Brevard Community College – Titusville campus (1311 North U.S. 1, Titusville, FL 32796) on November 15, 2004. The Festival Registration Desk is located in the Gymnatorium and will be open during the following hours:
Food service (including vegetarian and heart healthy items) will be available from Hot Stuff Catering at the snack bar located in the Gymnatorium. Tables are available there and outside in the Pavilion area. Coffee and breakfast items will be available each morning prior to bus departure.
- Wednesday, November 16 – 6am to 6:30pm
- Thursday, November 17 – 6am to 6:30pm
- Friday, November 18 – 6am to 6:30pm
- Saturday, November 19 – 6am to 6:30pm
- Sunday, November 20 -- 6am to 11am
WE LOOK FORWARD TO HELPING YOU ENJOY THE FESTIVAL!
SEMINAR AND FIELD TRIP TIPS ... ...
- A long sleeved shirt or light jacket may make your seminar experience more enjoyable – all rooms are air conditioned.
- The field trip staging area is in front of the college gnmnatorium. Most buses will depart from that area. (Field trips leaving from Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge and any other location will be noted in the Program.) Signs will designate trip name and you will be directed to the specific bus location. Scheduled departure times are firm so please arrive 10-15 minutes early.
- Please bring sunglasses, sunscreen, a hat, insect repellent, and rain gear (just in case).
- It is recommended for field trips that you wear comfortable shoes/sneakers, comfortable shirts (short or long sleeved), and long pants (protection against insects and thorns).
- Don’t forget your camera, binoculars, or other equipment that will make your festival experience more memorable
Oyster Research Project Needs Volunteers
The Nature Conservancy's Indian River Lagoon Program was recently awarded a two-year grant to restore oyster reefs in the Canaveral National Seashore area of the Mosquito Lagoon. The grant is being funded through a National Partnership between the Conservancy's Global Marine Initiative and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Community-based Restoration Program. The project is the brainchild of Dr. Linda Walters from the University of Central Florida, our primary partner on the grant. Other partners include Canaveral National Seashore and the St. Johns River Water Management District/National Estuary Program.Dr. Walters has been investigating why oyster reefs are declining in this segment of the lagoon and discovered that boat wakes are having a major impact. Wakes cause extensive shell movement and sediment re-suspension. Dr. Walters has developed an easy, elegant system to create oyster mats to restore the reefs. If successful, the system may be used in other areas of the lagoon where oyster reefs are in decline.
We need your help! Dr. Walters and her graduate students need to make several hundred oyster mats and are looking for a few good volunteers (actually many good volunteers!). If you have a spare moment while you're at the festival, please take the time to stop by the Nature Conservancy booth and help to make some oyster mats for the good of the Mosquito Lagoon. For information about making oyster mats, call Anne Birch at the Nature Conservancy, 321-956-7711.