June, 2011 – Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge Events

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ARTHUR R. MARSHALL LOXAHATCHEE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

EVENTS CALENDAR – JUNE 2011  

 

The following programs are being offered at the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge during the month of June 2011.  Please come and join us!

 

Roving Bird Naturalist

Every Friday

 8:00 AM – 10:30 AM

A refuge volunteer birder will be walking the Marsh Trail with a spotting scope ready to answer any bird question visitors might have. 

 

Roving Naturalist in Cypress Swamp

Every Tuesday

1:00 PM – 3:00 PM 

A refuge volunteer naturalist will be walking the Cypress Swamp Boardwalk with a plant guide ready to answer any question visitors might have.

 

Roving Bird Naturalist

Wednesday June 29 ONLY

7:30 — 9:30AM

A refuge volunteer birder will be walking the Marsh Trail with a spotting scope ready to answer any bird question visitors might have. 

 

 Dragonfly Talk

Every Sunday 

12 noon  

Come join a refuge volunteer naturalist in the air-conditioned theater of the visitor center to hear a presentation on our amazing summer residents, the dragonflies.    

 

The refuge is located off U.S. 441/SR 7, two miles south of SR 804 (Boynton Beach Blvd.) and three

 

miles north of SR 806 (Delray Beach’s Atlantic Avenue).  The refuge is currently open from 6 am to 8:30 pm, seven days a week.  Refuge hours change seasonally and are posted at each entrance.  The Visitor Center hours are 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., seven days a week.  An entrance fee of $5.00 per vehicle or $1.00 per pedestrian is charged. 

 

A variety of annual passes, including a $12.00 refuge specific annual pass, are available.  For additional information, please visit the refuge website at http//:fws.gov/Loxahatchee.  

 

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the principal Federal agency responsible for conserving, protecting, an enhancing fish and wildlife habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.  The Service manages the 150-million-acre

National Wildlife Refuge System comprised of over 553 national wildlife refuges,

thousands of small wetlands, and other special management areas.  It also

operates 70 national fish hatcheries, 64 fish and wildlife management offices,

and 78 ecological services field stations.  The agency enforces Federal wildlife

laws, administers the Endangered Species Act, manages migratory bird

populations, restores nationally significant fisheries, conserves and restores

wildlife habitat such as wetlands, and helps foreign governments with their

conservation efforts.  It also oversees the Federal Aid program that distributes

hundreds of millions of dollars in excise taxes on fishing and hunting equipment

to state fish and wildlife agencies.

 

For more information about the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, visit our home

page at www.fws.gov.