Event Title: Regional Mobility Planning Meeting

Where: Leroy Collins Public Library

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Time: 5:30 PM EST

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Regional Mobility Planning Meeting
Leroy Collins Public Library
Program Room A
200 W. Park Ave.
Tallahassee, FL:
5:30 - 7:30 PM

Event Title: Board Meeting

Where: Atlanta Bread Company 1408 Timberlane Rd, Tallahassee

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Time: 7:00 PM EST

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Event Title: International Coastal Cleanup at Bottoms Road

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Time: 8:00 AM EST

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International Coastal Clean-Up and Awareness Day. Bottoms Road Beach Clean-Up Sponsored by Apalachee Audubon Society, Inc.. Bottoms Rd. runs through some of the most beautiful marshes of the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, ending on the Gulf of Mexico. Its marshes are home to Scott's Seaside Sparrows and Clapper Rails, trilling Marsh Wrens and nesting Wilson's Plovers as well as an unhealthy amount of human trash. Come spend the day with Apalachee Audubon, helping to restore this piece of scenic Florida to its natural beauty. You can join 40,000 other people worldwide in helping to make the Ocean Conservancy's 24rd International Coastal Cleanup day a big success! You'll be helping to make the world a little safer for us and for the world's seabirds and mammals. There is a "weigh-in" of trash at the end and friendly competition to see which community group can pick up the most pounds of trash too.
Level of difficulty: Tasks to accommodate all levels of ability. Walking on level, unpaved trails.
Be sure to bring: gloves, closed-toed shoes to get muddy, sunscreen, insect repellant, water, as well as your sense of humor & your friends! You just won't believe the amazing array of trash that is out there waiting to be picked up!
For more information, contact:
Melissa Forehand,(850) 510-4877

Event Title: Family Birdwatching Basics at Piney Z

Where: Piney Z lake at Lafayette Park (950 Piney Z Plantation Rd.).

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Time: 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST

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Family-Friendly Birding Field Trip to Piney Z / Lake Lafayette
with Melissa Forehand and Marvin Collins

This field trip will cater to beginning birders and kids over 5 but everyone is welcome. Expect to see great blue herons, kingfishers, green herons, red shoulder hawks, osprey, woodpeckers, and maybe some early migrants.
Meet at: Meet at Wild Birds Unlimited at 7:20 to car-pool to Piney Z, or at 8 AM at the park at Piney Z (950 Piney Z Plantation Rd.).
Driving east on Park Ave., cross Capital Circle and continue east on Conner Blvd. for 1.5 miles. Then turn left unto Heritage Park Blvd., and pass through the traffic circle, staying on Heritage Blvd. This will dead end at the end of the park.
Expect to be finished by: noon
Difficulty: walking on level, unpaved trails
Bring: binoculars, bug repellant, walking shoes, friends
For more information contact: Melissa Forehand, 510-4877 or

Event Title: Taking Stock of the Amazing Cradel of Life by Bruce Means

Where: The R. A. Gray Museum, 500 S. Bronough Street.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Time: 6:00 PM EST

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The Tallahassee Scientific SocietyAnnual Gold Medalist Presentation --
Bruce Means The Wild,Wild World of the Florida Panhandle:
Taking Stock of An Amazing Cradle of Life
7:00 PM Tuesday, 22 nd September 2009
The R. A. Gray Museum, 500 S. Bronough Street.
6:00 PM Social hour -- free parking & snacks.
A book signing will follow the presentation.

Event Title: “Get the Facts and then Act:”

Where: Amtrak Passenger Station, 918 Railroad Ave

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Time: 7:00 PM EST

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Fritz Davis will be speaking about Marjorie Carr; Archie Carr's wife who was an active environmentalist on her own.
"Get the Facts and then Act:" How Marjorie Harris Carr and the Florida Defenders of the Environment Stopped the Cross Florida Barge Canal.
This illustrated talk tells the story of Marjorie Harris Carr who fought the construction of the Cross Florida Barge Canal, first with the Alachua Audubon Society and then with the Florida Defenders of the Environment. This was one of the first successful grassroots environmental campaigns to challenge the Army Corps of Engineers.
Fritz Davis studied the history of science and environmental history at Harvard, the University of Florida and Yale. His first book: The Man Who Saved Sea Turtles: Archie Carr and the Origins of Conservation Biology was published by Oxford University Press. He is an associate professor in the Department of History at FSU.