April 15, 2007
Activities – August 2007
Aug 14 Tues Apalachee Chapter Meeting Program: “Butterflies of North Florida”
Most of the 120 species of butterflies in North Florida can be found along the trails we hike–like in Elinor-Klapp Phipps Park, with 78 recorded species. Dean and Sally Jue, of the Florida Natural Areas Inventory and the local Hairstreak Chapter of the North American Butterfly Association, will provide an overview on local butterfly identification and good places to see a variety of them. (Field trip on Aug. 18.)
Aug 18 Sat P/L Butterfly Identification Field Trip
Seventy-eight butterfly species have been recorded in Elinor Klapp-Phipps Park. Dean or Sally Jue will take us on an easy walk in the Park looking for butterflies. Checklists will be provided. Linda Patton (850) 668-4334.
We’ll put in at Hwy 20 and paddle downstream to Drake Landing. Meet at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time at the Hwy 20 river crossing. Limit 12 canoes. Ronny Traylor (850) 643-5517 or rtraylor@fs.fed.us
Aug 26 Sun P/L Ichetucknee Float Trip & Picnic
Don’t let the August heat get you down. We’ll enjoy a leisurely float down the refreshing Ichetucknee with a picnic midway downstream. Gwen Beatty (850) 942-7165