Florida Suncoast Sierra Club recently issued the following announcement.
THE ENVIRONMETAL Event of the Year!
Pine Tree Planting Event at Ft. DeSoto
February 5 at 0900
* Follow Signs to The Event upon entering The Park, beginning after the Pay Station (see map)
* Free Park Entrance to all Volunteers!
* Wear: long sleeved pants and shirt, closed toed shoes, gloves, hat, sunscreen.
* Bring water.
* Fruit, bagels and additional water provided.
* We'll create two to three acres of Pine Flatwoods community for possible gopher tortoise habitat.
* We'll plant 300, seven-gallon South Florida Slash Pine "densa" trees on now spoil (waste) area.
* The Pruitt Foundation (https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/592876499) is the major sponsor of The Event.
* Other sponsors are T.R.E.E. (tree.org), Keep Pinellas Beautiful (kpbcares.org), Pinellas County Parks (pinellascounty.org/park), WunderFarms (wunderfarms.com), Florida Native Plant Society Pinellas Chapter (Pinellas.fnpschapters.org), The Ivy Group (www.ivygroupconsultants.com), Ideas For Us (www.ideasforus.org)
*Event Coordinator: Contact Ray Wunderlich at rwunderlic@gmail.com
Original source can be found here.
Source: Florida Suncoast Sierra Club
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