Crocodile Lake NWR
Est. 1987

National Key Deer Refuge
Est. 1957

Key West NWR
Est. 1908

Great White Heron NWR
Est. 1938

 
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March 2010
 WOWD:
Monday, March 29th, 6 pm Full Moon Kayak

The Volunteer recognition for the Lower Florida Keys NWRS volunteers has been tentatively set for Friday March 19, 5 - 8 pm at the administration office. The refuge will provide the main food and volunteers are asked to bring a covered dish. More details will be made available as we get closer to the event.

 KKIN Teachers Mtg
 

April 2010
Last WOWD
Pennekamp Earth Day.
FAVOR Earth Day 5K Run/Walk
Bahia Honda Earth Day
KKIN Training
• Keys Kids in Nature Field Trips
• Croc Lake Birthday
• Crane Pt Earth Day
• NFWF grant due?
• Christmas Card Due (Rubino)

 

May 2010
Youth Leadership Month
Endangered Species Day


June 2010
Artreach grant application due
• Blue Hole Workday?


July 2010
International Butterfly Count


August 2010
8th: KWNWR Birthday
22nd: NKDR Birthday


September 2010
• Florida Keys Birding & Wildlife Festival
• National Public Lands Day
 

October 2010
Saint Francis Day, Patron St of Animals
Potluck with KDPA
National Wildlife Refuge Week
27th GWHNWR Birthday
Trick or Treat at WD Plaza 6-7pm
Full Moon Kayak
 

Croc Lake Schedule

 Croc Lake activities, (contact Nicky Laak)
 

Greetings Volunteers:

Crocodile Lake 2010 Winter/Spring Schedule


Photo by Clay DeGayner: Volunteers stand atop a Crocodile nesting site they built January 16.

March 20 Saturday) 9AM – 11 AM
Butterfly Garden maintenance morning Enjoy spending time in our beautiful Butterfly Garden and learning about butterfly plants while you get some exercise doing some trimming, watering and light weeding. Everyone welcome.

April 3 (Saturday) 9 AM - Noon
Butterfly Garden maintenance morning Enjoy spending time in our beautiful Butterfly Garden and learning about butterfly plants while you get some exercise doing some trimming, watering and light weeding. Everyone welcome.

April 17 Saturday) 9AM – 11 AM
Butterfly Garden maintenance morning Enjoy spending time in our beautiful Butterfly Garden and learning about butterfly plants while you get some exercise doing some trimming, watering and light weeding. Everyone welcome.

April 24 (Saturday) 9AM – 11 AM
Crocodile Lake Butterfly Garden workday. We will be conducting our annual makeover and trimming session. Please bring gloves and whatever gardening tools you like to use (especially clippers, loppers, etc). CR 905 MM 1.5 , Key Largo.

We are looking forward to a fun and very constructive volunteer season protecting wildlife at Crocodile Lake. Please contact me if you have any questions/comments/ suggestions.

Nicky Laak: e-mail
Florida Keys Friends and Volunteers of Refuges (FAVOR)
Crocodile Lake Rep.
Phone 305-453-9235

 

To learn more about building artificial nests for the Endangered Key Largo woodrat, click on this FAVOR website link: Key Largo Woodrat Nests

 

 

Visitors Center Front Desk: Have a gift for gab?  Like to meet new people?  This four hour shift ( 9am-1pm or 1-5pm ) will keep you entertained and keep our tourists from feeding the deer.  Training is provided.  Your first shifts will be with a 2nd volunteer.  We especially need Saturday volunteers to help with our busiest day!  Call Jim Bell to sign up or for more info: 872-0774.

Blue Hole Volunteers:  Click here or on Blue Hole, above Left.

 

 Please sign the Endangered Species Act Legacy pledge today: http://www.stopextinction.org

--Last modified: Saturday, March 13, 2010

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