The $3 park entrance fee is waived for volunteer participants in this project.
Description
Join our AmeriCorps Invasive Plant Terminators in celebrating National Gopher Tortoise Day by volunteering to remove invasive plants from gopher tortoise habitats.
Invasive plants push out many of the native plants that gopher tortoises prefer to eat. Also, the rapid and continuous growth of invasive plants change the landscape which prevents gopher tortoises from making their homes.
Volunteers that participate in this activity will have their entrance fee waived for the day to Savannas Preserve State Park.
Hawk's Bluff Trail has some hills and can get hot from the sun reflecting off the white sugar sand. There are no restrooms at this site, so plan accordingly. Please bring a refillable water bottle, sun protection, closed-toe shoes, gloves*(if you have them), and wear long pants(recommended to protect you from brush).
*A limited supply of gloves will be available to borrow.
An ice water cooler will be brought for volunteers to refill their water bottles, a 10x10 canopy to serve as a shady break spot, and plenty of garbage bags will be provided.
For questions, please call 772-398-2779