Saturday, February 8, 2020 9:00 am to 4:00 pm

Everglades Day Challenge

21st Annual

Habitats of the Everglades Promoting awareness, appreciation, and an

understanding of the Everglades

1. Visit any 10 stations and have a representative initial their logo. 2. Stop by the Information Tent for a special prize.

The Everglades Day Committee would like to extend a HUGE THANK YOU to our 2020 sponsors: Friends of the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge • Audubon Everglades • The Curtis & Edith

Munson Foundation • Everglades Foundation • Kings HealthMart Pharmacy • The Sandwich Man and Pizza Too • South River Nursery • Southern Lawn Equipment • Women's Health Partners • Windmill Sprinkler • Mark Edoff

Thank you to Direct Mail Impressions for printing this program. If you would like to learn more or join the Everglades Day Committee, please contact Serena_Rinker@fws.gov.

The Institute for Regional Conservation

Everglades Day Program Schedule and Map

All programs are approximately 50 minutes unless otherwise noted.

Boat Ramp Area ALL DAY: Experience paddling with Loxahatchee Canoeing. 10am • Fish Electroshocking (In English and Spanish) 12pm • Fish Electroshocking (In English and Spanish)

Marsh Trail Pavilion 11am • Non-Native Reptiles • Stephanie Krug/FWC ** 12pm • Seminole Traditions • Alyssa Boge 1pm • Everglades Wildlife • Palm Beach Zoo ** 2pm • Native Snakes • South Florida Herpetological Society ** 3pm • Urban Wildfire Interface • Riki Hoopes

C-6 Pavilion ALL DAY: Youth activities, crafts, and games, fishing, archery range, and Every Kid Outdoors 4th Grade Pass giveaway. 10am • Native Snakes • South Florida Herpetological Society ** 11am • Florida Folk Music • Roadside Revue 12pm • Florida’s Native Wildlife • Okeeheelee Nature Center ** 1pm • Florida Folk Music • Roadside Revue 2pm • Everglades Restoration Report • Nick Aumen 3pm • Everglades Wildlife • Busch Wildlife Sanctuary **

Visitor Center Theater 10am • Gardening Naturally • Susan Lerner 11am • Alligators and Crocodiles • Laura Brandt 12pm • Everglades & More: FL Master Naturalist Program • Marty Main 1pm • Climate Change & the Everglades • Harold Wanless 2pm • Odyssey Everglades • Richard Kern 3pm • Art Exhibit • Plein Air Palm Beach

Great Blue Heron Trail Guided Walks 10am • Bird Walk • Audubon Everglades 11am • Gator Nest Walk • Barry Willette 12pm • What Lies Beneath • Elaine Abrams 1pm • Forest Bathing Walk • Ron Seifer

Turtle Trail Guided Walks 9am • Bird Walk • Audubon Everglades 10am • What Lies Beneath • Elaine Abrams 11am • Forest Bathing Walk • Ron Seifer 12pm • Tree Islands, Sawgrass Marsh, and Sloughs, Oh My! • Lowell Markey 2pm • Slough Walk • Barry Willette

**Live animals

LILA Tours With South Florida Water

Management District

10am to 2pm 30-minute tram tours

Sign-up tent is past food truck area.

Experience Paddling With Loxahatchee Canoeing

9am to 3pm

15-20 minute sessions

Location: Boat Ramp Area

Experience Fishing With Reel Fishing Charities

9am to 2pm First come, first serve

Location: C-6 Pavilion

Cypress Swamp Boardwalk Tours

10am, 11am, 12pm, & 1pm 45-minute guided walks

Location: Behind the Visitor Center.

Information Tent

Play a game, win a prize!

Photo Caption Game Photo Scavenger Hunt Everglades Day Challenge

FREE Shuttle Bus

8:30am to 4:30pm Runs continuously

Location: Drop-off & pick-up at Visitor Center.

Social Media

Post Your Photos!

#LoxEvergladesDay

Every Kid Outdoors Calling all 4th Graders!

Come by the EKO table near the C-6 Pavilion to obtain an EKO pass and visit America’s natural wonders for FREE. ?

Plein Air Paint-Out More than 40 artists are painting the occasion; feel free to stop, observe, and ask questions.

Exhibit in the Visitor Center Theater will follow the paint-out at 3pm.