Please come out and enjoy the sights and sounds of the forest in the evening. Florida folk music will be played on the screened porch.

You may bring a picnic dinner to enjoy.

5-8 p.m. on Saturday, September 4

This program is free and fun for all!

For more information, call 321.264.5185.

* * * NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING * * *

A public meeting to present and receive comment on the proposed public access plan for the Fox Lake Sanctuary.

Meeting Date: Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Meeting Location: Enchanted Forest Sanctuary 444 Columbia Blvd., Titusville FL 32780 Meeting Time: 5-7 p.m.

The purpose of this meeting is to review lands under consideration for public acquisition and management by the Brevard County Environmentally Endangered Lands Program.

Any questions regarding this meeting should be directed to Laura Clark, EEL Program at 321.255.4466 or laura.clark@brevardparks.com

If a person desires to appeal any decision made by this board, agency or commission with respect to any matter considered at this meeting or hearing, such a person will need a record of this proceeding and that, for such purposes, such person may need to ensure that a verbatim record of this proceeding is made, at his/her own expense, which record includes testimony and evidence upon which any such appeal is to be based.

In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 286.26, F.S., persons needing accommodations or any interpreter to participate in the proceeding should contact Laura Clark, Administrative Secretary for the Parks and Recreation Environmentally Endangered Lands Program, no later than 48 hours prior to the meeting at 255.4466.

We will not be meeting in August, but will be back in September.

7 p.m. Wednesday, September 22

This program is free.

For more information, call 321.264.5185.

Help The Nature Conservancy with their community project to restore oyster reefs in the Mosquito Lagoon of North Brevard County.

10 a.m., Wednesday, September 8

Volunteering is fun, rewarding and best of all free!

For more information, please call 321.723.3556

Join lifelong birder, Andy Bankert, and discover some remarkable long-distance migratory shorebirds of the artic tundra. Learn about shorebirds, their nesting biology and the factors limiting their populations as Andy shares his journey to Alaska to participate in an ongoing scientific study to ensure shorebird conservation.

There is no cost to attend!

1 p.m., Saturday, September 11

For more information, please call 321.723.3556

Together we can show our love for the world by creating land, sea and sky mosaic murals to be exhibited at the Barrier Island Center!

There is no cost to participate.

For more information, please call 321.723.3556

Visit www.nhc.noaa.gov/HAW2/english/disaster_prevention.shtml to make your hurricane preparations.

June 1 through November 30

For more information, please call 321.723.3556

Join Master Scuba Instructor, Joe Bartoszek to learn about the unique deep water coral reef system found along the edge of the continental shelf from Cape Canaveral to Fort Pierce and nowhere else on earth! These reefs are comprised of a single species of coral and host a diversity of fishes and invertebrates, but due to extensive fishery damage they are now designated an 'Area of Concern'.

For more information, please call 321.723.3556

Celebrate International Day of Peace by imagining'whirled'peace and creating pinwheels to gift to children around the world!

There is no cost to participate.

For more information, please call 321.723.3556

And it's also National Public Lands Day and National Estuary Day!! As trash falls from our hands and travels from land to sea and around the world leaving no shoreline or waterway untouched the time has come to turn the tide on marine debris. You can assist the Ocean Conservancy with their mission to care for the health of the world's ocean by recording and removing trash from our beaches and islands of the lagoon.

Please wear water shoes, sunscreen and bring your water bottle, a snack and insect repellant.

9 a.m. Saturday, September 25

Volunteering is fun, rewarding and best of all free!

For more information, please call 321.723.3556

Sea turtle nesting season is here! Prevent disorientation of nesting female and hatchling sea turtles by turning off all indoor and outdoor lighting visible from the beach after dark.

9 p.m., May 1 through October 31

Visit www.nhc.noaa.gov/HAW2/english/disaster_prevention.shtml to make your hurricane preparations.

June 1 through November 30

For more information, please call 321.723.3556

Visit www.nhc.noaa.gov/HAW2/english/disaster_prevention.shtml to make your hurricane preparations.

June 1 through November 30

For more information, please call 321.723.3556

Sea turtle nesting season is here! Prevent disorientation of nesting female and hatchling sea turtles by turning off all indoor and outdoor lighting visible from the beach after dark.

9 p.m., May 1 through October 31

Visit www.nhc.noaa.gov/HAW2/english/disaster_prevention.shtml to make your hurricane preparations.

June 1 through November 30

For more information, please call 321.723.3556

Visit www.nhc.noaa.gov/HAW2/english/disaster_prevention.shtml to make your hurricane preparations.

June 1 through November 30

For more information, please call 321.723.3556

Visit www.nhc.noaa.gov/HAW2/english/disaster_prevention.shtml to make your hurricane preparations.

June 1 through November 30

For more information, please call 321.723.3556

* * * NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING * * *

A meeting of the Environmentally Endangered Lands Program's Procedures Committee.

Thursday, September 16, 2010
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
EEL Program Office
91 East Drive
Melbourne, Florida 32904

The purpose of this meeting is to review lands under consideration for public acquisition and management.

Any questions regarding this meeting should be directed to Laura Clark 321.255.4466 or Laura.Clark@brevardparks.com.

If a person desires to appeal any decision made by this board, agency or commission with respect to any matter considered at this meeting or hearing, such a person will need a record of this proceeding and that, for such purposes, such person may need to ensure that a verbatim record of this proceeding is made, at his/her own expense, which record includes testimony and evidence upon which any such appeal is to be based.

In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 286.26, F.S., persons needing accommodations or any interpreter to participate in the proceeding should contact Laura Clark, EEL Program Administrative Secretary, no later than 48 hours prior to the meeting, at 255.4466.

* * * NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING * * *

A public meeting to present and receive comment on the proposed public access plan for the Fox Lake Sanctuary.

Meeting Date: Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Meeting Location: Enchanted Forest Sanctuary 444 Columbia Blvd., Titusville FL 32780 Meeting Time: 5-7 p.m.

The purpose of this meeting is to review lands under consideration for public acquisition and management by the Brevard County Environmentally Endangered Lands Program.

Any questions regarding this meeting should be directed to Laura Clark, EEL Program at 321.255.4466 or laura.clark@brevardparks.com

If a person desires to appeal any decision made by this board, agency or commission with respect to any matter considered at this meeting or hearing, such a person will need a record of this proceeding and that, for such purposes, such person may need to ensure that a verbatim record of this proceeding is made, at his/her own expense, which record includes testimony and evidence upon which any such appeal is to be based.

In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 286.26, F.S., persons needing accommodations or any interpreter to participate in the proceeding should contact Laura Clark, Administrative Secretary for the Parks and Recreation Environmentally Endangered Lands Program, no later than 48 hours prior to the meeting at 255.4466.

* * * NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING * * *

Environmentally Endangered Lands Program

Recreation and Education Advisory Committee

Thursday, September 30, 2010

6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M.

EEL Program Office
91 East Drive
Melbourne, Florida

The purpose of this meeting is to review proposed recommendations for public access, passive recreation, and environmental education plans on EEL Program managed conservation lands.

Any questions regarding this meeting should be directed to Brad Manley, EEL Public Access and Volunteer Coordinator at 321.255.4466 or bmanley@brevardparks.com

If a person desires to appeal any decision made by this board, agency or commission with respect to any matter considered at this meeting or hearing, such a person will need a record of this proceeding and that, for such purposes, such person may need to ensure that a verbatim record of this proceeding is made, at his/her own expense, which record includes testimony and evidence upon which any such appeal is to be based.

In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 286.26, F.S., persons needing accommodations or any interpreter to participate in the proceeding should contact Laura Clark, Parks and Recreation Environmentally Endangered Lands Program, no later than 48 hours prior to the meeting at, 255.4466.