People United to Restore Our Rivers & Estuaries
People United to Restore Our Rivers & Estuaries
Contact: Karen Bickford
Friends of the Charlotte Harbor Aquatic Preserves, Inc
(239) 246-4460
Punta Gorda, FL, September 26, 2008 — In partnership with the Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program, the Friends of the Charlotte Harbor Aquatic Preserve is pleased to announce National Estuaries Days, a time to highlight the importance of estuaries. The official National Estuary Day is Saturday, September 27, but National Estuaries Days will be celebrated until November 22 with special events, guided walks, boat and paddling tours, wading trips and cleanups to learn about estuaries by experiencing them firsthand.
The Friends of the Charlotte Harbor Aquatic Preserves, Inc., (FCHAP) is a nonprofit Citizen Support Organization that assists the Florida Department of Environmental Protection in the management of Charlotte Harbor Aquatic Preserves and Charlotte Harbor Preserve State Park through increasing public awareness by providing public education programs, resource-based activities, and special events in the community and on the Preserve.
The Friends are pleased to sponsor the following kayaking events for National Estuaries days in coordination with Mel at Gulf Coast Kayak and Capt. Marian Schneider at Grande Tours!
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Event: National Estuaries Days Matlacha Pass Paddle
Meeting Place: Gulf Coast Kayak, Matlacha, FL
Fee: $15
Registration: 8:30am
Launch: 9:00am
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Event: National Estuaries Days Cape Haze Paddle
Meeting Place: Grande Tours, Placida, FL
Fee: $15
Registration: 8:30am
Launch: 9:00am
Space is limited so please contact Karen as soon as possible!
For more information, visit the following Web sites:
www.chnep.org/Events/NED/NED.htm
www.dep.state.fl.us/coastal/sites/charlotte/info.htm
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"The River of Grass was only the most distinctive link of an interconnected ecosystem that once blanketed almost all of south Florida, from its headwaters atop the Kissimmee chain of lakes near modern-day Orlando down to the coral reefs of the Keys, an area twice the size of New Jersey. "
~ Michael Grunwald, The Swamp ~
