DOCSLIB.ORG

Everglade Kite Yes, We All Know It Is “Fall”, by the Calendar, but Winter Is Only a Few Days Away Is the Newsletter of the Audubon (By the Calendar, That Is!)

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Everglade Kite Yes, We All Know It Is “Fall”, by the Calendar, but Winter Is Only a Few Days Away Is the Newsletter of the Audubon (By the Calendar, That Is!) EVERGLADENEWSLETTER OF THE KITE AUDUBON SOCIETY OF THE EVERGLADES Serving Palm Beach County, Florida Volume 54, Number 3 December 2013 CALENDAR Winging it with Claudine: Birds of South Florida Claudine Laabs Fri. Dec 6, 4:00 p.m. Wakodahatchee Wetlands. Delray Bch 13026 Jog Rd. Meet Tuesday, December 3, 7:30 p.m. at top of boardwalk. Leader: Valleri Brauer Claudine Laabs paints with light, capturing the magic of nature with her lens. She Sat. Dec 7, 7:45 a.m. STA 1E. Car pool was drawn to the Everglades after being entranced by a flurry of wading birds in around Storm Water Treatment Area an Everglades pond, and her course was set—Claudine discovered that she was a managed by South Florida Water naturalist at heart. Management District. Space limited. Call She has spent most of her career photographing prolifically in the Everglades, the Linda to register: 561-742-7791 Amazon, and more recently in the rainforests of Panama. Claudine’s work has Wed. Dec. 11, 7:30 a.m. ARM Loxahatchee been published by the World Wildlife Fund and the Audubon Society, as well as NWR. Boynton Beach, 10216 Lee Rd. in publications including Natural History and U.S. News and World Report. Her Meet at Marsh Trail. Entry $5 per car solo exhibitions include Boca Raton Museum of Art and the Historical Museum Leader: Sue Young of South Florida. Claudine is the past president of the Audubon Society of the Sat. Dec 14, 6:30 a.m. STA 5, Clewiston. Everglades, Palm Beach County Chapter. Meet at Burlington Coat Factory (NW Southern/441) to carpool. Call Linda to Claudine feels that wildlife does not have a voice. She would like to be their voice register: 561-742-7791 and remind people that we share the earth. She gives slide presentations of her Sat. Dec 14, 8:00 a.m. Wellington photography, and leads birding and photo expeditions throughout Florida’s Environmental Preserve, 3499 Flying Cow wetlands, the Amazon and Panama. Rd. Wellington. Park at second entrance. Please join us for this entertaining and educational program at Pine Jog. Free and 2-mile walk, no shade. Leader: Walt open to the public! 6301 W. Summit Blvd., in West Palm Beach. Hackenjos REMINDER: Our December meeting is our Holiday Pot Luck Dinner. For more Sun. Dec 15, 7:00 a.m. STA 1E. Meet as above. Call Linda to register: 561-742- details, see inside. Doors open at 5:45; dinner is at 6:30. The program is at the usual 7791 time, 7:30 p.m. Sun. Dec 15, 1:00 p.m. Pelican Island/ January Meeting Preview Sunset Cruise. Carpool only. $33. Contact ASE’s Jan. 7 meeting speaker is Jayantha Obeysekera, Chief Modeler, South Claudine Laabs to register (561) 655-9779 Florida Water Managment District. Climate Change and Sea Level Rise: Potential Fri. Dec 20, 7:30 a.m. Okeeheelee Nature Impacts on Water Resources Management. Center. WPB. 7715 Forest Hill Blvd. Meet Mr. Obeysekera is one of the District’s top people on climate change. He was on on porch. Contact Okeeheelee to register: local public radio station WLRN recently speaking about the challenges of trying 561-233-1400. Leader: Clive Pinnock, to assess and plan for sea level rise in south Florida. Manager Sat. Dec 28, 4:00 p.m. Green Cay THANK YOU, VOLUNTEERS Bird-of-the-Month Photos Wetlands. Boynton Bch. 12800 Hagen Green Cay Migration Day The 2014 Bird-of-the-Month calendar will Ranch Rd. Meet outside Nature Center Claudine Laabs, Bob Wershoven, be released online later this month, after main door. Leader: Cliff Dean Ben Kolstad the newsletter goes to the printer. Please go to our website (auduboneverglades. Sat. Dec 28, 4:00 p.m. Evening arrival of Special Loxahatchee River District & Sand Hill Cranes. Meet at Seminole Inn, org) and look for the list there. As usual, Busch Wildlife Tour feel free to send January Bird-of-the Month 15885 SW War Field Blvd, Indiantown. Jim Howe Call Claudine to register: 561-655-9779 pictures (jpg format) to be posted on the Learn Green Conference ASE web site to [email protected]. Mon. Dec 30, 7:30 a.m. Wakodahatchee Judi Munro, Janet Schreiber, Susan Identify the name for credit, and if there Wetlands. Meet as above. Leader: Paton Snyder is anything specific to look for in your White picture (like banded, in molt, etc) feel VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Sat. Jan 4, XMAS BIRD COUNT. free to add a few words for the caption. Coordinator: Chuck Weber 561-602-0326 Hospitality Chair – Coordinate refresh- Meanwhile please enjoy our growing on- or [email protected] ments and organize helpers to bring line gallery of member pictures on the refreshments and attend the table. web site (click Bird of the Month on left Sun. Jan 5, STA 1E. Meet as above. Contact side scroll-down topic list). Linda for details 561-742 -7791 Contact [email protected] AH, THE BREATH OF FALL IN THE AIR The Everglade Kite Yes, we all know it is “Fall”, by the calendar, but winter is only a few days away is the newsletter of the Audubon (by the calendar, that is!). Right now is the best time of year for individual activities, Society of the Everglades, published depending on their seasonal choices. Birding is likely going to lead the way, but 10 times a year. don’t forget to consider the opportunities! Walking along trails for “Fall” leaves or President flowers, or other unexpected things like mice, insects and the slither of a snake!And, Cynthia Plockelman 561-585-1278 the heat has abated, for now! 1st Vice President Normally, we would have had a few more showers, to relieve the dry soils. So, OPEN a chance to get out and “water” the tropical and semi-tropical plantings is a 2nd Vice President good excuse for not taking part in “Fall house cleaning.” The parade of hawk Linda Humphries 742-7791 species moving south has been remarkable—and they can be noisy about wanting Secretary attention. Ah, the “call of the wild”—in the midst of downtown, from the top of a Alan Parmalee 498-0996 tall building. Yes, it does happen—and of course, you never have a camera at hand Treasurer (regardless that our downtown buildings are too tall to access for photos). Last Janet Schreiber 689-2530 week, I had a gorgeous Cooper’s Hawk calling to me as I went into the City Hall Corresponding Secretary for a meeting. It made my day!! Judy Munro 379-9465 The first warblers went through last month, and if you have Florida plantings, Field Trips attracting insects—you may find these take up home in the shrubbery along an Valleri Brauer 385-9787 alleyway, or the nearby city park. We have had a variety coming and going from Membership our alley for many years...don’t water it, don’t mow, etc. Common yellowthroat Gail Tomei 969-7567 went through last week, and several other species competing for territory. Bird ID If “Fall” is your time of year...lucky you! Hope you are getting the chance to “bird,” Clive Pinnock 233-1400 x4 take walks or just sit and vegetate under your favorite tree. We are fortunate that Library most of our winters are “mild.” Of course, that is WHY we LIVE IN FLORIDA! Anne Hoctor 601-8007 Invite your relatives for a visit and enjoy it ALL. Conservation Rosa (Cissie) Durando 965-2420 Cynthia Plockelman Pres., ASE Education Susan Snyder 627-7829 Christmas Bird Count Information [email protected] The regular West Palm Beach Christmas Bird Count will be conducted on Saturday, Community Relations January 4, 2014. A December 21 date was originally listed on ASE’s activities Debbie Smithh 779-3736 schedule, but it became apparent participation would suffer at this earlier time. So Publicity the count will take place January 4. Those interested in taking part, contact Chuck Sheila Hollihan-Elliot 629-7516 Weber at 561-602-0326 or [email protected]. Sales The STA-1 East field trip scheduled for the first weekend of January, will now take Stella Rossi 732-4786 place Sunday, January 5, instead of January 4. Contact Linda Humphries to sign Hospitality up (561-742-7791). OPEN There will be no CBC centered around STA-1 East this year, as originally planned. Kite, Webmaster 367-7689 We are still exploring the possibility of conducting such a CBC, but we were not Ben Kolstad [email protected] able to proceed this season. ASE on the Internet http://www.auduboneverglades.org Apologies for any confusion or problems these adjustments may cause. Audubon Society of the Everglades, incorpo- Chuck Weber rated in 1966, serves communities in Palm Beach County. Our purpose is to promote the PAPER COPY OF THE KITE conservation of wildlife and the natural envi- ASE has converted our Kite subscription list from paper delivery to electronic ronment and to advance human understand- delivery (email) because of the monthly expense. If you are a CHAPTER ing of our place in the total ecological system. MEMBER OF ASE you are receiving your copy in the form (email or paper) as you requested and do not need to contact us. If you are a NATIONAL M EMBER and want to continue to get your Kite (email or paper) and have not already Consider ASE In Your Giving Plans contacted us, you must contact Gail Tomei (561-969-7567/blackgrouper@ Please consider a donation to comcast.net). You will always be able to read the Kite on our website, www.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • On the Move... Miami-Dade County's Pocket
    Guide Cover 2013_English_Final.pdf 1 10/3/2013 11:24:14 AM 111 NW First Street, Suite 920 Miami, FL 33128 tel: (305) 375-4507 fax: (305) 347-4950 www.miamidade.gov/mpo C M On the Y CM MY Move... CY CMY K Miami-Dade County’s Pocket Guide to Transportation Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) 4th Edition Table of Contents Highway Information Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) p. 1 FDOT’s Turnpike Enterprise p. 2 Florida Highway Patrol p. 2 95 Express Lanes p. 3 Miami-Dade Expressway Authority (MDX) p. 4 SunPass® p. 5 511-SmarTraveler p. 5 Road Rangers p. 5 SunGuide® Transportation Management Center p. 6 Miami-Dade Public Works and Waste p. 7 Management Department Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) p. 8 Driving and Traffic Regulations p. 8 Three Steps for New Florida Residents p. 9 Drivers License: Know Before You Go p. 9 Vehicle Registration p. 10 Locations and Hours of Local DMV Offices p. 10-11 Transit Information Miami-Dade Transit (MDT) p. 12 Metrobus, Metrorail, Metromover p. 12 Fares p. 13 EASY Card p. 13 Discount EASY Cards p. 14-15 Obtaining EASY Card or EASY Ticket p. 15 Transfers p. 16-17 Park and Ride Lots p. 17-18 Limited Stop Route/Express Buses p. 18-19 Special Transportation Services (STS) p. 20 Special Event Shuttles p. 21 Tax-Free Transit Benefits p. 21 I Transit Information (Continued) South Florida Regional Transportation Authority p. 22 (SFRTA) / TriRail Amtrak p. 23 Greyhound p. 23 Fare & Schedule Information p. 24 Local Stations p.
    [Show full text]
  • Segment 16 Map Book
    Hollywood BROWARD Hallandale M aa p 44 -- B North Miami Beach North Miami Hialeah Miami Beach Miami M aa p 44 -- B South Miami F ll o r ii d a C ii r c u m n a v ii g a tt ii o n Key Biscayne Coral Gables M aa p 33 -- B S a ll tt w a tt e r P a d d ll ii n g T r a ii ll S e g m e n tt 1 6 DADE M aa p 33 -- A B ii s c a y n e B a y M aa p 22 -- B Drinking Water Homestead Camping Kayak Launch Shower Facility Restroom M aa p 22 -- A Restaurant M aa p 11 -- B Grocery Store Point of Interest M aa p 11 -- A Disclaimer: This guide is intended as an aid to navigation only. A Gobal Positioning System (GPS) unit is required, and persons are encouraged to supplement these maps with NOAA charts or other maps. Segment 16: Biscayne Bay Little Pumpkin Creek Map 1 B Pumpkin Key Card Point Little Angelfish Creek C A Snapper Point R Card Sound D 12 S O 6 U 3 N 6 6 18 D R Dispatch Creek D 12 Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserve 3 ´ Ocean Reef Harbor 12 Wednesday Point 12 Card Point Cut 12 Card Bank 12 5 18 0 9 6 3 R C New Mahogany Hammock State Botanical Site 12 6 Cormorant Point Crocodile Lake CR- 905A 12 6 Key Largo Hammock Botanical State Park Mosquito Creek Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge Dynamite Docks 3 6 18 6 North Key Largo 12 30 Steamboat Creek John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park Carysfort Yacht Harbor 18 12 D R D 3 N U O S 12 D R A 12 C 18 Basin Hills Elizabeth, Point 3 12 12 12 0 0.5 1 2 Miles 3 6 12 12 3 12 6 12 Segment 16: Biscayne Bay 3 6 Map 1 A 12 12 3 6 ´ Thursday Point Largo Point 6 Mary, Point 12 D R 6 D N U 3 O S D R S A R C John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park 5 18 3 12 B Garden Cove Campsite Snake Point Garden Cove Upper Sound Point 6 Sexton Cove 18 Rattlesnake Key Stellrecht Point Key Largo 3 Sound Point T A Y L 12 O 3 R 18 D Whitmore Bight Y R W H S A 18 E S Anglers Park R 18 E V O Willie, Point Largo Sound N: 25.1248 | W: -80.4042 op t[ D A I* R A John Pennekamp State Park A M 12 B N: 25.1730 | W: -80.3654 t[ O L 0 Radabo0b.
    [Show full text]
  • Comprehensive Development Master Plan (CDMP) and Are N KE Delineated in the Adopted Text
    E E A E I E E E E E V 1 E V X D 5 V V V V I I V A Y V A 9 A S A A A D E R A I 7 A W 7 2 U 7 7 K 2 7 O 3 7 H W 7 4 5 6 P E W L 7 E 9 W T W N V F E W V 7 W N W N W A W V N 2 A N N 5 N 7 N A 7 S 7 0 1 7 I U GOLDEN 1 1 8 BEACH W S DAIRY RD W SNAKE CREEK CANAL IVE W N N N AVENTURA NW 202 ST BROWARD COUNTY MAN C NORTH LEH SWY MIAMI-DADE COUNTY MIAMI BEACH MIAMI GARDENS SUNNY NW 186 ST ISLES BEACH E K P T ST W A NE 167 D NW 170 ST O I NE 163 ST K R SR 826 EXT E E E O OLETA RIVER E V C L V STATE PARK A A H F NORTH O 0 2 1 B 1 E MIAMI E E T E N R N D X ADOPTED 2030 AND 2040 MIAMI LAKES E NW 154 ST 9 Y R FIU/BUENA S W VISTA LAND USE PLAN * H 1 OPA-LOCKA OPA E AIRPORT I S LOCKA HAULOVER X U FOR MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA I PARK D NW 138 ST W BAY RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES HARBOR G ISLANDS R BAL HARBOUR ESTATE DENSITY (EDR) 1-2.5 DU/AC A T B ROA ESTATE DENSITY W/ ONE DENSITY INCREASE (DI-1) IG D N C Y SWY LOW DENSITY (LDR) 2.5-6 DU/AC AMELIA EARHART BISCAYNE PKY E PARK E V E E E V PARK INDIAN V LOW DENSITY W/ ONE DENSITY INCREASE (DI-1) A V HIALEAH V V A D I SURFSIDE A A A MDOC A V CREEK M GARDENS 7 2 L LOW-MEDIUM DENSITY (LMDR) 6-13 DU/AC 2 7 NORTH 2 1 HIALEAH A B I 2 E E W W E E M V W LOW-MEDIUM DENSITY W/ ONE DENSITY INCREASE (DI-1) N N N W N V A N N NW 106 ST Y N A 6 A MEDIUM DENSITY (MDR) 13-25 DU/AC C S E S I MIAMI SHORES N N MEDIUM DENSITY W/ ONE DENSITY INCREASE (DI-1) B I L L E MEDIUM-HIGH DENSITY (MHDR) 25-60 DU/AC O V E MEDLEY C A NORTH HIGH DENSITY (HDR) 60-125 DU/AC OR MORE/GROSS AC V EL PORTAL 2 NW 90 ST A BAY 3 TWO DENSITY INCREASE WITH
    [Show full text]
  • Miami - Multifamily Projects 3Q19
    Miami - Multifamily Projects 3Q19 26 ID PROPERTY UNITS Oleta River State Park 1 Doral 4200 250 3 La Vida Apartments at Blue Lagoon 272 7 Soleste Twenty2 338 Haulover Park 9 Columbus on Fifth 72 10 District West Gables Phase II 221 50 32 Total Lease Up 1,153 12 Wave, The 410 15 Plaza Coral Gables, The 174 16 MiMo Bay 237 NORTH BEACH 17 Alexan Doral 350 27 18 Elan at Downtown Doral South 383 38 37 19 Sanctuary Doral 226 20 University Bridge 886 16 22 Gables Station 450 Miami Beach 23 One at University City, The 293 24 Century Parc Place 230 1 18 MID BEACH 26 MiLa Phase III 486 19 17 BAYSHORE 27 Corridor, The Phase III 62 29 Soleste Alameda 310 31 275 Fontainebleau Blvd 133 35 32 Prestige Waterfront Redevelopment 51 24 SOUTH BEACH 34 Baccarat 100 3 34 31 12 35 Belle Isle Key 172 DOWNTOWN Dodge Island 9 MIAMI 37 Triton Center 325 29 23 20 Fisher Island 38 Grand Doral 80 10 44 MB Station 190 44 Vizcaya Museum 45 Henry, The 120 7 15 & Garden 48 Cassa Grove 130 45 48 Virginia Key 50 Las Vistas at Amelia 174 22 Total Under Construction 5,972 1 mi Source: Yardi Matrix LEGEND Lease-Up Under Construction a Berkshire Hathaway and Jefferies Financial Group company Miami - Multifamily Projects 3Q19 5 33 40 8 36 14 Margaret International Links Pace Park Melreese Country Club 25 NE 15th St 2 Jungle Island 39 ID PROPERTY UNITS 13 2 Art Plaza 667 11 5 Quadro 198 28 Port Miami 6 Maizon at Brickell 262 42 8 Blu27 330 Total Lease Up 1,457 InterContinental Miami 11 Luma at Miami Worldcenter 434 13 Miami River Walk 346 14 Modera Biscayne Bay 296 25 Miami Plaza 437 41 28 Reflections 138 33 Midtown 6 447 6 36 Bradley, The 175 39 Lantower River Landing 507 40 AMLI Chiquita 719 41 Megacenter Brickell 57 42 Park - Line MiamiCentral 816 Total Under Construction 4,372 2000 ft Source: Yardi Matrix LEGEND Lease-Up Under Construction a Berkshire Hathaway and Jefferies Financial Group company Miami - Multifamily Projects 3Q19 49 43 Matheson Hammock Park R Hardy Matheson County Preserve Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserve 21 30 Biscayne 47 Bay-Card Sound Spiny ID PROPERTY UNITS Lobster..
    [Show full text]
  • SPECIALTY OPERATIONS (VALUE ADDED SERVICES) Adopted
    SPECIALTY OPERATIONS (VALUE ADDED SERVICES) Adopted Range MARINA FEES Minimum Maximum Wet Slips Annual Contract (per boat foot, per month) 1 $11.10 $32.10 Daily Transient (per boat foot, per day) $1.00 $2.50 Monthly Transient (per boat foot, per month) $16.43 $43.50 Daily Transient electrical charges $2.00 $11.50 Charter Annual Contract (per month) 1 $500.00 $900.00 Charter Monthly Transient $750.00 $750.00 Shrimp Boat Annual Contract $200.00 $200.00 Shrimp Boat Transient (per boat foot, per month) $1.00 $1.00 Additional Wet Slip Patron Parking Decal (limit 1 per boat) $25.00 $25.00 Moorings Annual Contract (per month) 1 $150.00 $250.00 Monthly Transient $15.00 $50.00 Trailer Dry storage Annual Contract (per month, up to 30 feet) 1 $150.00 $200.00 Each additional foot In excess of 30 feet (per month) $10.00 $10.00 · Daily Transient $20.00 $25.00 Weekly Transient $50.00 $75,00 Monthly Transient $200.00 $225.00 Trailer Only (per month) $75.00 $100.00 Launching Fees Car, Truck, SUV Boat Launch $10.00 $20.00 Bus, RV Boat Launch $12.00 $25.00 Annual Permit $165.00' $265.00 Annual Permit Replacement Fee $25.00 $25.00 Kayak/Canoe/Paddle Board Fee $6.00 $10.00 Landing Fees 6 Passengers or Less $7.00 $17.25 Over 6 Passengers $30.00 $46.00 Commercial Landing Fees 6 Passengers or Less $75.00 $115.00 Over 6 Passengers $100.00 $230.00 Electricity Fee 30 AMP Service • per day $3.00 $8.00 50 AMP Service • per day $10.00 $16.00 100 AMP Service · per day $12.00 $18.00 SPECIALTY OPERATIONS (VALUE ADDED SERVICES) Adopted Range MARINA FEES (continued) Minimum Maximum Miscellaneous Fees Key Deposit {non-taxable) $50.00 $50.00 Replacement Key $5.00 $10.00 Pelican Skipper Charter, per hour $250.00 $350.00 Pelican Island Transportation $1.00 $5.75 Pelican Island Educational Fee $5.00 $5.00 Pelican Island Sunset Cruise $10.00 $70.00 Marina Access Service Fee $25.00 $143.75 Office Support Services -faxes, copies, etc.
    [Show full text]
  • THE CITY BEAUTIFUL October - December 2020
    living in THE CITY BEAUTIFUL OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2020 Renovated City Parks Marlin Park, 6540 Marlin Drive Catalonia Park, 807 Catalonia Avenue Sarto Park, 241 Sarto Avenue Majorca Park, 937 Majorca Avenue James T. Barker Park, 1047 Venetia Avenue WHAT’S INSIDE: Community Recreation Programs, Events, and more… A Magazine for City of Coral Gables Residents P R ODUCE D BY THE C ITY OF C ORAL G ABLES Your City Government from City Commission Raúl Valdés-Fauli, Mayor THE MAYOR Vince Lago, Vice Mayor This year for our City, much like the rest of the world has been unlike any other. The Jorge L. Fors, Jr., Commissioner tragedy of the lives and livelihoods the pandemic has claimed won’t be forgotten. These past Pat Keon, Commissioner months I’ve been especially inspired by the commitment, resilience and adaptability of Coral Mayor Michael Mena, Commissioner Raúl Valdés-Fauli Gables’ public servants – not only our frontline police, fire and sanitation workers, but our entire team who’ve continued to provide essential services to businesses and residents despite so many challenges. Peter J. Iglesias, City Manager Contact Mayor Valdés-Fauli [email protected] Since this is a Community Recreation focused publication, I wanted to highlight our parks and Miriam Soler Ramos, City Attorney 305-460-5220 recreation team. The lockdown demonstrated that parks have never been more essential to the Billy Y. Urquia, City Clerk or visit health and well-being of our families than during these times when outdoor spaces have been coralgables.com/mayor identified as the safest places to visit.
    [Show full text]
  • WOTW-Miami Booklet Lowspreads
    What’s Out There® Miami South Florida Dear What’s Out There Weekend Visitor, Welcome to What’s Out There Weekend Miami, organized by The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF). The materials in this guide will tell you about the history and design of the places you can tour during this free event, the ninth in a series that we offer each year in cities and regions throughout the United States. Please keep this guide as a reference for future explorations of the greater Miami area’s significant landscapes. On April 12th and 13th, during What’s Out There Weekend Miami, residents and visitors have opportunities to discover more than thirty of the region’s publicly accessible landscapes through free, expert-led tours. Miami and South Florida’s landscape legacy extends from its Spanish Colonial roots to the present, where strong Modernist, Beaux Arts, and Mediterranean design concepts from Europe and the Eastern U.S. are expressed in unique gardens, parks, plazas, estates, and streetscapes. Explore Miami and South Florida landscapes through tours that include entertaining anecdotes and intriguing stories about city shaping, landscape Photo courtesy The Biltmore Hotel architecture, and the city’s design history. The tours reveal the story behind these valued places and the individuals who designed or made them. What’s Out There Weekend dovetails with the Web-based What’s Out There, the nation’s most comprehensive searchable database of historic designed landscapes. The database currently features more than 1,500 sites, 10,000 images, and 750 designer profiles. In 2013What's Out There was optimized for iPhones and similar handheld devices, and includes a new feature – What's Nearby – a GPS-enabled function that locates all landscapes in the database within a 25-mile radius of any given location.
    [Show full text]
  • Matheson Hammock History
    Matheson Hammock History In 1930, William J. Matheson and his son Hugh donated approximately 85 acres of tropical hardwood hammock forest off old cutler road to Dade County, to be used and maintained perpetually as a botanical garden. This 85 acre tract referred to as the “Matheson Botanical Hammock” was the original extent of Matheson Hammock Park, which was also the first public park to be established in Dade County. Shortly afterwards, in 1934-35, Dade County purchased an additional 420 acres of mangroves and hammock lands adjacent to Matheson Hammock Park, thus increasing its size to over 500 acres, with a mile of frontage on Biscayne Bay1. Matheson Hammock opened in 1930 originally administered by the county's first director of public parks, A. D. Barnes, and designed by the landscape architect William Lyman Phillip; today it is owned and managed by Miami-Dade County. Matheson wanted the land to be used as a park "to preserve the wild and natural beauty." It grew with further donations by the Matheson heirs, purchases by county commissioner Charles Crandon, and other donations to its current 630 acres. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) crews were assigned to Matheson Hammock in 1936 and began to develop the Bayfront park area. Coral stone buildings rose and the picnic area had a coral stone shelter. Without the use of the inexpensive and skilled labor force under the state and federal assistance programs, it would have been impossible to build the miles of carefully hewn coral stone walls and native stone buildings. The quality of the CCC's work was verified in 1945 when a hurricane resulted in 12-foot waves rolling over Matheson Hammock, causing immense damage to equipment and furnishings, and depositing layers of mud and trash in the park, but the basic CCC structures stood firm and the park recovered.2 A Hardwood Hammock limestone ridge parallels the east of Southern Florida and separates it from the vast everglades and Big Cypress Swamp to the west.
    [Show full text]
  • Southeast Regional Working Group
    Southeast Regional Working Group The Southeast Regional Working Group liaison is Mr. Joe Maguire, Miami-Dade Parks and Recreation, 22200 S.W. 137th Avenue, Miami, Florida 33170, phone: 305-257-0933, fax: 305-257- 1086, e-mail: [email protected] 60 John U. Lloyd Beach State Park County: Broward PCL Size: 311 acres Project ID: SE-071, TC-036 91.5 acres $451,099 Project Manager: Florida Park Service (DEP) Sid Leve, Park Manager 6503 N. Ocean Drive, Dania, Florida 33004 Phone: 954-924-3859, Fax: 954-923-2904 E-mail: [email protected] John U. Lloyd State Park is a linear park running north to south along the southeastern coast of Florida. The tropical hardwood hammock community of the park was heavily invaded by exotics, primarily Australian pine. The project area was divided into sixteen zones and focused on the mechanical removal of Australian pine in preparation for replanting native species on the site. This was a cost share project with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service providing a grant for $39,670, and the Florida Park Service funding work in one zone at a cost of $13,800 and providing an additional $18,135 in labor and materials as an in-kind match, for a total project cost of $522,704. Target Plants Common Name FLEPPC Rank Treatment Herbicide Casuarina spp. Australian pine Category I cut stump/mechanical Garlon 4 Colubrina asiatica latherleaf Category I cut stump/mechanical Garlon 4 Schinus terebinthifolius Brazilian pepper Category I cut stump/mechanical Garlon 4 61 John U.
    [Show full text]
  • Janitorial Services and Special Events Personnel for the Re-Opening of Parks; Ref
    To: The Honorable Carlos A. Gimenez, Mayor, Miami-Dade County From: Mary T. Cagle, Inspector General Date: May 11, 2020 Subject: PRELIMINARY REPORT - Janitorial Services and Special Events Personnel for the Re-Opening of Parks; Ref. IG 20-0009-O & 20-0010-O INTRODUCTION The OIG was contacted by the Parks and Open Spaces Department (PROS) and the Internal Services Department (ISD) and advised of the County’s planning for the phased re-opening of the parks. We were advised that two emergency contracts would be awarded for janitorial services and special events personnel to assist in that endeavor. ISD asked that the OIG review and monitor the procurements. At the same time, PROS requested the OIG’s oversight assistance in reviewing the contracts and monitoring the implementation of the program to re-open parks. This memorandum provides a simple summary of the OIG’s contract recommendations that were incorporated into the two agreements, and some of our observations to date. We are providing these preliminary observations so that PROS staff can make any needed adjustments without delay, as we enter the second week of the parks being re-opened. PRE-OPENING CONTRACT OVERSIGHT & RECOMMENDATIONS On April 23, 2020, during a video conference meeting, PROS advised the OIG that they were planning for the phased re-opening of the parks on Wednesday, April 29th. In preparation for this re-opening, the County was in the midst of contracting with Able Business Services, Inc. (ABS) and Whelan Event Staffing Services, Inc. d/b/a WESS, for cleaning services and special events personnel respectively, to assist in the re-opening of the parks.
    [Show full text]
  • Park Access and Equity Strategy
    park access and equity strategy park access and equity strategy Table of Contents Deliverable #1 1. Introduction 1.1. Goal 1.2. Outcomes 1.3. Output 1.4. Plan for Sustainability 2. Community and Department Context 2.1. MD County Description 2.2. Department Description 2.2.1. Regional Provider 2.2.2. Local Provider Deliverable # 2 3. Review of Guiding Documents 3.1. Miami-Dade County Park and Open Space System Master Plan 3.2. South Florida Park Coalition 3.3. Comprehensive Development Master Plan 3.3.1. Recreation and Open Space Element 3.4. Land Acquisition Strategy Plan 3.4.1. Acquisition Analysis Criteria 3.5. Park Impact Fee Ordinance 3.5.1. Land Dedication 3.6. Red Fields to Green Fields Initiative 3.7. Summary of Guiding Documents 3.8. Recommendations for Access and Equity Criteria 1 park access and equity strategy Deliverable #3 4. Senior Staff Review Meeting and Recommendations 4.1. Meeting Summary and Recommendations 5. Research 5.1. Best Practice Models 5.2. County Demographic Profile 5.2.1. Ethnic Distribution 5.2.2. Age Distribution 5.2.3. Education Attainment 5.2.4. Median Household Income 5.2.5. Family Composition: Single Family Households – Female Parent 5.3. Health 5.3.1. Cardiovascular Mortality Rates 5.3.2. Infant Mortality Rates 5.3.3. Low Birth Weight 5.3.4. Teen Birth Rates 5.4. Safety 5.4.1. Bicycle/Pedestrian Accidents 5.5. Research Summary & Recommendations 5.5.1. Access and Equity Criteria 6. Inventory and Analysis 6.1. Acreage 6.1.1.
    [Show full text]
  • Fire in Eye, Plea on Lips 1St Avenue
    BOX 1673 ST AUGU3TI:J2 FLA Summ er! June 18-22, 1966 Hi Lo Rain Sat. 85 73 .45 Thursday Sun. 88 71 .10 Mon. 87 71 .40 Tues. 85 69 0 Edition Wed. noon 87 71 Trace BOCA RATON NEWS Vol. 11 No. 62 Boca Raton, Florida June 23, 1966 22 Pages PRICE City Changes Plan For Civic Center Boca Raton's long-awaited pearance Board. The only resi- made. Civic Center zoning plan hit dential construction to be per- Council will again have to another stump Tuesday night mitted would be single family review the Planning and Zoning and was sent back to the Plan- and duplex buildings. High-rise Board's recommendations and ning and Zoning Board for ap- (R-4) was deleted Tuesday night hold a public hearing on the final proval. ~ the only major change to be ordinance. The plan to set up a separate zoning area around the city's public buildings and to upgrade residential and business zon- ing nearby was created by Walt- Many Money Problems er Young several weeks ago. Surgery was administered to the planning director's design following a public hearing which Occupy Council's Time packed the city hall with dissi- It was money night for City the agenda was a contract with dent citizens. Council at Tuesday's session. Florida Power and Light for Additional chopping was ad- (There are no more "bank new and improved lights in the ministered Tuesday by city nights" — remember?) Estates Section. The tab on this Parrot Jungle was the top attraction in Boca took the day-long field trip.
    [Show full text]