Nassau County Group
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Our Yulee Historic Council has annually sponsored a hike to
commemorate John Muir's walk through Nassau County. We would like
to invite all current and former Sierra Club members from Nassau and
Duval Counties to join us for the next commemorative walk. Due to
limits on the size of the group we can handle, attendance will be by
invitation only.
This year the walk will be held on October 11 in Crandall Pasture.
Rayonier's Chief Forester will lead the walk and provide a narrative
about the history of the area and modern timber farming practices.
The trail will take us from a large picnic site near the Bells
River, through uplands to a scenic viewpoint on a high bluff and
return and will be approximately 3-4 miles round trip. We will
probably offer a shorter walk for those who do not want to make the
full hike. This area is, without a doubt, the most scenic and
geographically unique in Nassau County.
We will all meet at the John Muir Park in Yulee near the US Post
Office at 9am on October 11. There will be a short ceremony
where Rayonier will convey ownership of several acres of land
for park expansion to the Yulee Historic Council. Then we will
drive in convoy to Crandall for the hike. Attendees should plan
to bring a picnic lunch and beverage and dress for the hike.
We are doing our final planning now and need your help. Could you
please provide me with either the names and mailing addresses of
individual members (preferred) or a Club mailing address as soon as
possible so Rayonier can mail out formal invitations with RSVP
instructions? I need to build a comprehensive attendee list ASAP.
Please call me if you have any questions. I look forward to seeing
you there, too!
Mike Pikula
904-556-1098
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Please join us for this year’s walk that will take us to the John Muir Ecological Park in Yulee, FL and to some very lovely woods in Nassau County for a light walk and picnic. We are most grateful to Pat Edwards and Stan Longenecker for allowing us to visit their woods. We will meet in Yulee for a brief visit to Nassau County’s newest park, the John Muir Ecological Park, on the 140th anniversary of naturalist John Muir’s famous visit to this site. We will then drive in our cars ten minutes to the Edwards/Longenecker woods, a private hunting preserve that will be ours for the day. We will have an easy two-mile walk through a lovely forest and then return to the John Muir Ecological Park for our picnic lunch. Families, children, and dogs are welcome. This is a joint event of the Yulee Historic Council (that helped develop the Park) and Sierra Club of Northeast Florida. Leaders are Todd Sack, Brian Paradise, Lawrence Piper and Mike Pikula. Where: Meet at 10:00am in Yulee, FL at the John Muir Ecological Park, located on the north side of Highway AIA, 2.4 miles east of Interstate 95 (Exit 373, “Fernandina Beach, Callahan”), approximately 45 minutes from downtown Jacksonville. What to bring: wear long pants, walking shoes, hat, bug repellant, camera, picnic lunch, and plenty of water. Reservations: For safety, we need to know who is coming along. Please call Brian Paradise (904-710-0479), Todd Sack (904-403-6446 or 904-733-6500), or Mike Pikula (491-8673). If lost or questions on Oct 13, call Todd Sack. No fee.
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Join Nassau County Sierra Club for a working outing this Saturday, October 6, at Egan’s Creek Greenway, 9 am at the Atlantic Recreation Center entrance to the park. Wear long pants, bring gloves, sunscreen and bug spray, and a hat if it’s hot. We’ll help remove invasive plants, then move to Jasmine Street entrance, where we’ll take salinity readings and monitor the tree die-off. Call Winifred, 277-4187, if you have any questions.
Here are pics from this morning's (very wet) Public Lands
Celebration. Actually, 4 groups were using the Greenway this
morning, we have pics from our local birding group (with some
brave souls from Duval Audubon), our Sierra Club celebration,
the Our Greenway cleanup, and representative City, County and
State employees! A soggy but good time was had by all, until it
really poured and began to lightning and thunder. We postponed
the salinity study (a superabundance of fresh water, though),
pulled up invasive morning glories, and spotted anghina, a
peregrine falcon, house finches, and a great number of wading
birds! Not to mention 3 alligators. Bright spot: the rain kept
all mosquitoes away! We had a pretty good turnout for the
weather, and considering several faithful members are taking a
course to be Master Naturalists, and Teen and Jeff Peterson's
daughter is getting married today! Congratulations to the young
couple!! I did suggest they relocate the wedding on the
greenway, but considering the weather, perhaps it is just as
well.
click pix to enlarge
December - Audubon Christmas Counts
January 5, 2008 - Fort Clinch State Park Fishing Pier
February 2, 2008 - Huguenot Park
March 15, 2008 - Amelia Island Plantation
April 12, 2008 - Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
May 3, 2008 - Simmons State Forest
June 2008 - Summer Break
July 2008 - Summer Break
August 16, 2008 - Huguenot Park for Fall Migration
Trips are generally on Saturday at 8 AM. We will determine the time
for the January 5, 2008 as we get closer to that date and know what
the tides are.
Directions and instructions will be available before each trip.
For more information call Carol Wyatt at 261-9272 or Bob Wells at
491-6166. Or E-mail Carol at
carolinewy@aol.com or Bob at
rwellsjr@bellsouth.net.
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