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| 7 February-20 March 2008
Herpetology
St. Pete Co-operative Homeschoolers (Pinellas Park, Florida)
(weekly class for homeschooled children ages 7-11 interested in amphibians and reptiles)
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| 29 February 2008
Gopher Tortoise: Threatened Icon of the Uplands
Chinsegut Nature Center and Perry Oldenburg Mitigation Park (Brooksville, Florida)
(presentation and interpretive hike for the Florida Master Naturalist Program)
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| 8-9 March 2008
Boyd Hill Nature Preserve's Wildlife Weekend
Boyd Hill Nature Preserve (St. Petersburg, Florida)
(includes a Florida turtle educational exhibit and gopher tortoise interpretive hikes; call 727-893-7326 for more information)
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| 30 March 2008
Turtle Osteology: It's Cooler Than It Sounds
Camp Crystal Lake (near Keystone Heights, Florida)
(workshop at the League of Environmental Educators in Florida Annual Conference)
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| 31 March-4 April 2008
Florida Wildlife Spring Camp
Boyd Hill Nature Preserve (St. Petersburg, Florida)
(weeklong nature day camp for children ages 7-11 interested in Florida wildlife; call 727-893-7326 for more information)
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| 5-6 April 2008
Weedon Island Preserve’s Spring Weekend Turtle Workshops
Diamondback Terrapins: Living on the Edge
Weedon Island Preserve (St. Petersburg, Florida)
(Saturday morning classroom session and Sunday canoe trip; call 727-453-6500 for more information)
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| 12 April 2008
Recent Efforts to Conserve Florida’s Non-marine Turtles
Central Park Zoo (New York, New York)
(presentation at the New York Turtle and Tortoise Society Seminar 2008)
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| 20 April 2008
Gopher Tortoise Interpretive Hike
Boyd Hill Nature Preserve (St. Petersburg, Florida)
(call 727-893-7326 for more information)
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| 26-27 April 2008
Weedon Island Preserve's Spring Weekend Turtle Workshops
Florida's Riverine Turtles: Identification, Natural History and Conservation
Weedon Island Preserve (St. Petersburg, Florida)
(Saturday morning classroom session and Sunday canoe/snorkel trip to Rainbow Run; call 727-453-6500 for more information)
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| 10 May 2008
Weedon Island Preserve’s Spring Weekend Turtle Workshops
Gopher Tortoise: Threatened Icon of the Uplands
Weedon Island Preserve (St. Petersburg, Florida)
(classroom session and interpretive hike; call 727-453-6500 for more information)
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| 9-12 June 2008
Natural History and Conservation of Florida Turtles
Boyd Hill Nature Preserve (St. Petersburg, Florida)
(four day workshop for educators)
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| 30 June-4 July 2008
Herpetology Camp
Boyd Hill Nature Preserve (St. Petersburg, Florida)
(weeklong nature day camp for children ages 7-11 interested in amphibians and reptiles; call 727-893-7326 for more information)
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| 7-11 July 2008
Herpetology Camp
Weedon Island Preserve (St. Petersburg, Florida)
(weeklong nature day camp for children ages 7-11 interested in amphibians and reptiles; call 727-453-6500 for more information)
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| 4-8 August 2008
Herpetology Camp
Brooker Creek Preserve (Tarpon Springs, Florida)
(weeklong nature day camp for children ages 7-11 interested in amphibians and reptiles; call 727-453-6800 for more information)
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| 23-24 August 2008
Oxbow Eco-Center’s Fall Weekend Turtle Workshops
Florida’s Riverine Turtles: Identification, Natural History and Conservation
Oxbow Eco-Center (Port St. Lucie, Florida)
(Saturday morning classroom session and Sunday canoe/snorkel trip to Rainbow Run; call 772-785-5833 for more information)
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| 6 September-4 October 2008
Nature Detectives
Boyd Hill Nature Preserve (St. Petersburg, Florida)
(weekly natural history class for children ages 7-11 interested in wildlife tracks, bones, snake sheds, feathers, eggs, scat, seeds, and other bioartifacts; call 727-893-7326 for more information)
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| 28 September 2008
Oxbow Eco-Center’s Fall Weekend Turtle Workshops
Gopher Tortoise: Threatened Icon of the Uplands
Oxbow Eco-Center (Port St. Lucie, Florida)
(classroom session and interpretive hike; call 772-785-5833 for more information)
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| 10 October 2008
Florida's Riverine Turtles
Rainbow Run (Dunnellon, Florida)
(presentation and canoe/snorkel trip for the Florida Master Naturalist Program)
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| 11 October 2008
Chinsegut Nature Center’s Reptile and Amphibian Festival
Chinsegut Nature Center (Brooksville, Florida)
(presentation on Florida turtles)
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| 12 October 2008
Gopher Tortoise Interpretive Hike
Boyd Hill Nature Preserve (St. Petersburg, Florida)
(call 727-893-7326 for more information)
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| 25-26 October 2008
Oxbow Eco-Center’s Fall Weekend Turtle Workshops
Diamondback Terrapins: Living on the Edge
Oxbow Eco-Center (Port St. Lucie, Florida)
(Saturday morning classroom session and Sunday kayak trip to the Thousand Islands; call 772-785-5833 for more information)
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| 1-2 November 2008
Friends of Boyd Hill Nature Park’s Art Arbor
Boyd Hill Nature Preserve (St. Petersburg, Florida)
(Florida reptile presentations and live animal exhibit; call 727-893-7326 for more information)
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| 24-26 November 2008
Herpetology Fall Camp
Boyd Hill Nature Preserve (St. Petersburg, Florida)
(three day nature day camp for children ages 7-11 interested in amphibians and reptiles; call 727-893-7326 for more information)
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| December 2008 (dates TBA)
Florida Wildlife Winter Camp
Boyd Hill Nature Preserve (St. Petersburg, Florida)
(three day nature day camp for children ages 7-11 interested in Florida wildlife; call 727-893-7326 for more information)
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| 6-9 May 2009
Florida Keys and Everglades Natural History Tour
Pinellas County Extension
(hiking, canoeing and snorkeling in search of imperiled species at select natural areas)
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