Public Affairs
Department
301 North Olive Avenue
Suite 1102
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
(561)355-2754
FAX:(561)355-3819

Palm Beach County
Board of County
Commissioners
Jeff Koons, Chairman
Burt Aaronson,
Vice Chairman
Karen T. Marcus
Shelley Vana
Mary McCarty
Jess R. Santamaria
Addie L. Greene
County Administrator
Robert Weisman
http://www.pbcgov.com
"An equal opportunity
Affirmative Action Employer"
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Wetlands Day 2006 at Green Cay Wetlands:
Friday, March 3rd, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
For immediate release: March 1, 2006
Contact: Brenda Duffey, Water Utilities Department: 561-493-6062
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| Who: |
Palm Beach County Water Utilities Department |
| What: |
A celebration of constructed wetlands and their wildlife |
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- Wetland wildlife presentations
10 a.m.: presented by Palm Beach Zoo at Dreher Park
1 p.m.: presented by Busch Wildlife Sanctuary
- Guided boardwalk tours: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Release of rehabilitated wildlife: 2 p.m.
- Wetland photography presentations
9 a.m.: Birds of Florida, presented by John J. Lopinot
11 a.m.: Birds of South Florida, presented by Claudine Laabs
12 p.m.: The Great Blue Herons of Wakodahatchee, presented by Arlene Spagna
- Environmental displays
- Free native plant seedlings
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| Where: |
Green Cay Wetlands, 12800 Hagen Ranch Road, Boynton Beach
(between Atlantic Avenue and Woolbright Road) |
| When: |
Friday, March 3, 2006, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Participants: |
Arthur R. Marshall Wildlife Refuge, Audubon Society of the Everglades, Busch Wildlife Sanctuary, CH2M Hill, Daggerwing Nature Center, Green Cay Nature Center, Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, Lake Worth Drainage District, Nature’s Pleasures Interpreted, Okeeheelee Nature Center, Palm Beach County Department of Environmental Resources Management, Palm Beach Zoo at Dreher Park, Sierra Club Loxahatchee Group, Solid Waste Authority, South Florida Water Management District, University of Florida-IFAS and the Wildlife Care Center. |
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