Tours In Hendry Or West Palm Beach
CLEWISTON, FL. -- Through a partnership with Pine Jog Environmental Education
Center in West Palm Beach and Audubon Society of Hendry-Glades, the
South Florida Water Management District will offer to the public
escorted birding tours at Stormwater Treatment Areas 1 West in central
Palm Beach County and STA-5 in eastern Hendry County. The first trip is
scheduled Saturday, Sept. 17, at STA-1 West from 8:30 a.m. to noon, and
subsequent tours are scheduled regularly through April 2006 at both
STAs. Expert birders from Audubon Society of Hendry-Glades will conduct
the tours at STA-5; Pine Jog will conduct the tours at STA-1 West.
The stormwater treatment areas, owned and operated by the South Florida
Water Management District, are vast, constructed wetlands that use
vegetation to naturally cleanse excess nutrients from water before it
enters the Everglades. These remote, shallow-water marshes attract many
species of nesting wading birds, migratory and other water fowl such as
great blue herons, wood storks, snowy egrets, great egrets and roseate
spoonbills.
Tours are open to anyone, but participants must register to reserve a space
on the trips. To sign up for the STA-1 West Birding Tour: Call Annie
McElhatton at Pine Jog (561) 686-6600 with your name and contact
information, the date you want to go, and the number in your party. To sign
up for the STA-5
Birding Tour: Send an e-mail to Margaret England, at
sta5birding@earthlink.net with your name and contact information, the date
you want to go, and the number in your party. You may also leave a message
at (863) 674-0695 or (863) 517-0202.
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