Join Mark Rizzo and Beth Jackson, Green PLACE Program, to learn about the importance of ecological corridors and how to maintain them through proper land management.    Workshop will include a field trip to the Pine Lily Preserve, a 409 acre preserve owned and operated by the Orange County Environmental Protection Division.

Participants will experience pine flatwoods, freshwater marshes, dome swamps, and hydric hammocks associated with Long Branch , a major tributary of the Econlockhatchee River . The site is a designated Birding Trail site by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.  In late summer, visitors can see the Lilium catesbaei (pine lily) in bloom.

Workshop: Sheraton Orlando North, 600 North Lake Destiny Drive , Maitland - 10:00 -11:15 AM

Field Trip: Pine Lily Preserve in East Orange County (depart hotel at 11:40 AM)

Degree of Difficulty: Easy Handicap Access: No

This workshop & fieldtrip is being held in conjunction with the Florida Native Plant Society Annual Conference (FNPS).  You do not have to register for the conference to attend the Ecological Corridors Workshop & Fieldtrip.   

FNPS Members $35; Non-Members $50; Lunch included.  

On-line Registration Deadline – Sunday, May 8^th, Register today; if you have questions about registration or block is filled, call Nancy Rodlun at (407) 836 – 1442