It’s swampin’ time!

August 30th, 2007 Sandra Friend

Headed down to Big Cypress for the annual Muck About at Clyde Butcher’s … three days of wandering through the beauty of Big Cypress Swamp and explaining it to the excited visitors, parents and children, grandparents and out of state folks, native Floridians who’ve never set foot in a swamp … much fun! Details…

Books FROM Hikers…

August 20th, 2007 Sandra Friend

…would be greatly appreciated by children throughout Florida during a special literacy campaign with Florida State Parks partnering with state and local literacy programs.

Bring a new or gently used family-appropriate book to your favorite state park in SEPTEMBER and they will accept it in lieu of admission.

Celebrate International Literacy Day on September 8 … visit a state park near you! Find special events in the parks, including educational programs specific to the literacy campaign, at www.floridastateparks.org