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Volunteer Event - Ecological Restoration at South Beach Park, Boca Raton

Date & Time:

Saturday, March 28th from 9am - 11am

Location:

South Beach Park - 400 N A1A Ocean Boulevard - Boca Raton, FL

Join the Institute for Regional Conservation and the City of Boca Raton to restore the beach dunes at South Beach Park! On Saturday, March 28th come volunteer with us where participants will install native plants and remove invasive plant species that are causing harm to the dunes. This allows us to enhance and restore the native biodiversity of the important beach dune ecosystem.

There is no experience required! So grab a friend and come out to help repair the essential biodiversity of the South Beach Park. Whether this is your first volunteer event with us or you're a repeat volunteer, we are so excited to have you join the IRC family and see how much fun habitat restoration can be!

Please be sure to RSVP if you want to sign up to participate in this event.

We recommend that you wear comfortable outdoor clothing, you will be in full sun. Wear a hat and sunscreeen! Bring a reusable water bottle and anything else that makes you comfortable in the outdoors! We will provide the rest.

We will send a reminder email before the event so please be sure you sign-up to receive the details.

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EARTH DAY - Ecological Restoration & Bioblitz at Spanish River Park, Boca Raton

Date & Time:

Saturday, April 25th from 9am - 11am

Location:

Spanish River Park - 3001 N. State Road A1A - Boca Raton, FL

Join the Institute for Regional Conservation and the City of Boca Raton for a unique EARTH DAY event at Spanish River Park! On Saturday, April 25th where volunteers will participate in a "BIOBLITZ" which is an educational citizen science project using the app iNaturalist. We will give an overview on how to use the app, and then we will go on a nature tour of Spanish River Park, recording and uploading our nature observations all over the park. Our observations will contribute to a growing body of knowledge that is needed to restore the sensitive ecosystems at Spanish River Park. We will also work on removing a small area of invasive plants that are causing harm to the ecosystem.

There is no experience required! So grab a friend and come out to help repair the essential biodiversity of the Spanish River Park. Whether this is your first volunteer event with us or you're a repeat volunteer, we are so excited to have you join the IRC family and see how much fun habitat restoration can be!

Please be sure to RSVP if you want to sign up to participate in this event.

We recommend that you wear comfortable outdoor clothing, you will be in full sun. Wear a hat and sunscreeen! Bring a reusable water bottle and anything else that makes you comfortable in the outdoors! We will provide the rest.

We will send a reminder email before the event so please be sure you sign-up to receive the details.

For more information