Today is another waiting day, waiting to make sure
that everything is in place for us to buy our TT and Truck.
We have decided to visit a nature center.
As in the UK conservation, environmental protection and access to ‘nice areas’ is controlled and managed on several levels.
There are National Parks, with some aspect of national importance, such as Yellowstone, Gettysburg, or in Florida the Everglades. Very popular and usually well known. Similar to our National Parks, like the Peak District. Many have campgrounds in them (often several) which are owned and run by the National Parks Dept
There are State Parks which are run by the State and they protect important areas within the state, they are often quite large, up to 100 square miles, or maybe a specific site of interest, such as Stephen Foster House, on the Suwannee River (We hope there will be more on that later if we visit it). These are also well known and often popular. Many of them have campgrounds in them
there are also conservation areas on a county level, sites of interest to the local environment, or community. They may be local parks, walking or cycling routes, bird sanctuaries, small lakes, fishing ponds etc. Also in this section are the many Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Areas, to you and me they is hunt’n’, shoot’n’ and fish’n’ places. (More about hunting later)They do not usually have full time staff. THE UNFORTUNATE PART about them is that they are only publicised locally. They are often virtually unknown except to local interest groups, so are often almost completely deserted. THE GREAT THING about them is that they are often virtually unknown except to local interest groups, so are often almost completely deserted.
Finding out about them can be difficult. What as happened in Florida is that the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has an environmental conservation plan which links all these local sites and state parks, plus forestry and fishing administrated areas, together, so that they form a chain of habitats which are linked to geological features, such as hill ranges, water and drainage basins etc? This database has been used to create guides to fishing and bird watching. All very clever. The end result is there is The Great Florida Birding Trail which a 2000 mile long, state-wide trail of locations that are special for bird watching. Using the guide to a local section we were able to find a number of little nature reserves, which may be only yards away from busy highways, or shopping areas and all close to where we are staying. One such site is the Lake Region Audubon’s Street Nature Center. It was situated behind a large K Mart store (about half a mile away). We had to use the directions in the guide to find it, as it was tucked away in a residential area, down a cull de sac.
We have decided to visit a nature center.
As in the UK conservation, environmental protection and access to ‘nice areas’ is controlled and managed on several levels.
There are National Parks, with some aspect of national importance, such as Yellowstone, Gettysburg, or in Florida the Everglades. Very popular and usually well known. Similar to our National Parks, like the Peak District. Many have campgrounds in them (often several) which are owned and run by the National Parks Dept
There are State Parks which are run by the State and they protect important areas within the state, they are often quite large, up to 100 square miles, or maybe a specific site of interest, such as Stephen Foster House, on the Suwannee River (We hope there will be more on that later if we visit it). These are also well known and often popular. Many of them have campgrounds in them
there are also conservation areas on a county level, sites of interest to the local environment, or community. They may be local parks, walking or cycling routes, bird sanctuaries, small lakes, fishing ponds etc. Also in this section are the many Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Areas, to you and me they is hunt’n’, shoot’n’ and fish’n’ places. (More about hunting later)They do not usually have full time staff. THE UNFORTUNATE PART about them is that they are only publicised locally. They are often virtually unknown except to local interest groups, so are often almost completely deserted. THE GREAT THING about them is that they are often virtually unknown except to local interest groups, so are often almost completely deserted.
Finding out about them can be difficult. What as happened in Florida is that the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has an environmental conservation plan which links all these local sites and state parks, plus forestry and fishing administrated areas, together, so that they form a chain of habitats which are linked to geological features, such as hill ranges, water and drainage basins etc? This database has been used to create guides to fishing and bird watching. All very clever. The end result is there is The Great Florida Birding Trail which a 2000 mile long, state-wide trail of locations that are special for bird watching. Using the guide to a local section we were able to find a number of little nature reserves, which may be only yards away from busy highways, or shopping areas and all close to where we are staying. One such site is the Lake Region Audubon’s Street Nature Center. It was situated behind a large K Mart store (about half a mile away). We had to use the directions in the guide to find it, as it was tucked away in a residential area, down a cull de sac.
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