For volunteers interested in leading guided hikes.

Tuesday, February 9 at 2:00 p.m.

This program is free.

For more information, please call 321.264.5185.

We'll meet up again in April. The gardens have been hit hard by the frost and we will begin working on them in April. Please join us to help and learn about Florida Native Gardening.

This program is free.

For more information, please call 321.264.5185.

Guest Speaker Raleigh Berry of Natural Resources Management will will speak on 'Invasive Plants in Our Backyard'.

Bring your bag lunch and enjoy while discovering more about our community.

Tuesday, February 16 from Noon till 1 p.m.

This program is free.

For more information, call 321.264.5185.

We'll meet up again in April. The gardens have been hit hard by the frost and we will begin working on them in April. Please join us to help and learn about Florida Native Gardening.

This program is free.

For more information, please call 321.264.5185.

Come meet with the Friends group and help support the Enchanted Forest. They are the voluntter organization which helps the Enchanted Forest with programs, activities and volunteering.

Thursday, February 18, at 6:30 p.m.

This program is free.

For more information, please call 321.264.5185.

Come join us for this fun class on photography and share information and photos.

Presented by the FRIENDS OF THE ENCHANTED FOREST.

Saturday, February 20 from 9 a.m. - 11 a.m.

This program is free.

For more information, please call 321.264.5185.

Topic: Birds and Their Babies

This program is funded by The Friends of the Enchanted Forest

Sunday, February 21 at 2:00 p.m.

This program is free.

For more information, call 321.264.5185.

We'll meet up again in April. The gardens have been hit hard by the frost and we will begin working on them in April. Please join us to help and learn about Florida Native Gardening.

This program is free.

For more information, please call 321.264.5185.

Sea Rocket Chapter will now be meeting at the Enchanted Forest on the 4th Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m.

Topic: Pruning 101 and Florida's Native Plants with Sally Scalera. We invite you to join us for this fun and informative program

Wednesday, February 24 at 7 p.m.

This program is free.

For more information, please call 321.264.5185.

We'll meet up again in April. The gardens have been hit hard by the frost and we will begin working on them in April. Please join us to help and learn about Florida Native Gardening.

This program is free.

For more information, please call 321.264.5185.

We'll meet up again in April. The gardens have been hit hard by the frost and we will begin working on them in April. Please join us to help and learn about Florida Native Gardening.

This program is free.

For more information, please call 321.264.5185.

We'll meet up again in April. The gardens have been hit hard by the frost and we will begin working on them in April. Please join us to help and learn about Florida Native Gardening.

This program is free.

For more information, please call 321.264.5185.

We'll meet up again in April. The gardens have been hit hard by the frost and we will begin working on them in April. Please join us to help and learn about Florida Native Gardening.

This program is free.

For more information, please call 321.264.5185.

We'll meet up again in April. The gardens have been hit hard by the frost and we will begin working on them in April. Please join us to help and learn about Florida Native Gardening.

This program is free.

For more information, please call 321.264.5185.

Join Tim Kozusko, a native of Cocoa Beach and Environmental Engineer at the Kennedy Space Center with a passion for the history, ecology and conservation of the islands, on a special guided tour!

Saturday, February 13 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

To carpool, meet at 12:30 p.m. : Howard E Futch Memorial Park at Paradise Beach, 2301 N. Highway A1A in Indialantic.

Or at 1 p.m.: Ramp Road Park, launch in Cocoa Beach

Please wear water shoes and sunscreen and bring your water bottle, a snack and insect repellant. Binoculars and cameras are optional.

Cost of kayak rental is $38 per person - Tandem touring kayaks available for a party of 2 or singles for individuals. Children under 12 must paddle tandem with an adult.

Enrollment is limited to 20 people/10 kayaks.

Make your reservation by: Thursday, February 11. Call 321.723.3556.

No refunds after this date, unless minimum of 6 enrollment is not met.

If the weather does not permit, after meeting to launch, the rain date will be Sunday, February 14.

The sanctuary is a joint acquisition of the Brevard County Environmentally Endangered Lands Program and the State of Florida, acquired in 1995 with an addition in 2008. Vegetation is pine flatwoods, oak scrub, and freshwater depression marshes. Prescribed burning, mechanical treatment of fuels, and thinning of pines have been done to restore habitat conditions. There has been a positive response of the Florida Scrub-Jay population to habitat restoration. Several rare plants occur int he sanctuary.

Saturday, February 20 from 9 a.m. till noon

DIRECTIONS: Central Rockledge, just west of US Highway 1, 360 Barnes Boulevard

From I-95: Take Fiske Blvd., exit 195. At the intersection just north of I-95, go east on Barnes Boulevard 2.4 miles to the Sanctuary entrance and small parking area.

From US-1: Turn west onto Barnes Boulevard and travel 0.5 miles. The sanctuary entrance is on the north side of the road.

Please wear closed toe shoes and sunscreen and bring your water bottle, a snack and insect repellant. Binoculars and cameras are optional.

Join Tim Kozusko, a native of Cocoa Beach and Environmental Engineer at the Kennedy Space Center with a passion for the history, ecology and conservation of the islands, on a special guided tour!

Saturday, February 27 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Meet at: Sebastian Inlet State Park, south side boat launch, 9700 S Highway A1A, Melbourne Beach.

Please bring clothes to layer as needed...and if it is a bit chilly the boat is equipped with a deck enclosure and has a head (bathroom) on board! Pocket change for drinks and snacks, binoculars and cameras are optional.

Cost is $20 per person

Enrollment is limited to 24 people.

Make your reservation by: Thursday, February 25. Call 321.723.3556.

No refunds after this date, unless minimum of 10 enrollment is not met.

If the weather does not permit, after meeting to launch, the rain date will be Sunday, February 28.

Help the Nature Conservancy with their community project to renew oyster reefs in the Mosquito Lagoon of North Brevard County.

Wednesday, February 10 at 10:00 a.m.

Volunteering is fun, rewarding, and best of all, free!

Join local birding expert, Andy Bankert, to hone your bird observation skills, learn more about our local birds, and make a great contribution to their protection!

Saturday, February 13 at 9 a.m.

There is no cost to participate.

Volunteering is fun, rewarding and best of all free.

Join Tim Kozusko, a native of Cocoa Beach and Environmental Engineer at the Kennedy Space Center with a passion for the history, ecology and conservation of the islands, on a special guided tour!

Saturday, February 13 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

To carpool, meet at 12:30 p.m. : Howard E Futch Memorial Park at Paradise Beach, 2301 N. Highway A1A in Indialantic.

Or at 1 p.m.: Ramp Road Park, launch in Cocoa Beach

Please wear water shoes and sunscreen and bring your water bottle, a snack and insect repellant. Binoculars and cameras are optional.

Cost of kayak rental is $38 per person - Tandem touring kayaks available for a party of 2 or singles for individuals. Children under 12 must paddle tandem with an adult.

Enrollment is limited to 20 people/10 kayaks.

Make your reservation by: Thursday, February 11. Call 321.723.3556.

No refunds after this date, unless minimum of 6 enrollment is not met.

If the weather does not permit, after meeting to launch, the rain date will be Sunday, February 14.

Weave a coconut palm leaflet rose for your someone special!

Saturday, February 13 at 1 p.m.

There is no cost to participate.

Bring your Valentine on this special 1 mile guided hike to see what's in bloom from dune to lagoon!

Sunday, February 14 at 2 p.m.

Meet at: Juan Ponce de Leon Landing beach park, 4500 Highway A1A, Melbourne Beach.

Please wear closed toe shoes, sunscreen and bring your water bottle and a snack. Binoculars and cameras are optional.

Enrollment is limited to 20 people.

Make your reservation by calling: 321.723.3556.

There is no cost to participate.

Hold the beach close to your heart by helping to clean it up!

Saturday, February 20 at 9 a.m.

Volunteering is fun, rewarding and best of all free.

Celebrate the Lagoon's legacies by helping the Nature Conservancy with their community project to renew oyster reefs in the Mosquito Lagoon of North Brevard County while listening to native, Chris Kahl's Floridiana style music!

Sunday, February 21 at 9 a.m.

Volunteering is fun, rewarding, and best of all, free!

Join Tim Kozusko, a native of Cocoa Beach and Environmental Engineer at the Kennedy Space Center with a passion for the history, ecology and conservation of the islands, on a special guided tour!

Saturday, February 27 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Meet at: Sebastian Inlet State Park, south side boat launch, 9700 S Highway A1A, Melbourne Beach.

Please bring clothes to layer as needed...and if it is a bit chilly the boat is equipped with a deck enclosure and has a head (bathroom) on board! Pocket change for drinks and snacks, binoculars and cameras are optional.

Cost is $20 per person

Enrollment is limited to 24 people.

Make your reservation by: Thursday, February 25. Call 321.723.3556.

No refunds after this date, unless minimum of 10 enrollment is not met.

If the weather does not permit, after meeting to launch, the rain date will be Sunday, February 28.

Learn how you can have less impact on the Indian River Lagoon by using native landscape plants with Nichole Perna, Barrier Island Center Assistant Land Manager.

Sunday, February 28 at 2 p.m.

* * * NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING * * *

Environmentally Endangered Lands Program

Recreation and Education Advisory Committee

Thursday, February 18th

6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M.

EEL Program Office
91 East Drive
Melbourne, Florida

The purpose of this meeting is to review proposed recommendations for public access, passive recreation, and environmental education plans on EEL Program managed conservation lands.

Any questions regarding this meeting should be directed to Brad Manley, EEL Public Access and Volunteer Coordinator at 321.255.4466 or bmanley@brevardparks.com

If a person desires to appeal any decision made by this board, agency or commission with respect to any matter considered at this meeting or hearing, such a person will need a record of this proceeding and that, for such purposes, such person may need to ensure that a verbatim record of this proceeding is made, at his/her own expense, which record includes testimony and evidence upon which any such appeal is to be based.

In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 286.26, F.S., persons needing accommodations or any interpreter to participate in the proceeding should contact Laura Clark, Parks and Recreation Environmentally Endangered Lands Program, no later than 48 hours prior to the meeting at, 255.4466.

Come meet with the Friends group and help support the Enchanted Forest. They are the voluntter organization which helps the Enchanted Forest with programs, activities and volunteering.

Thursday, February 18, at 6:30 p.m.

This program is free.

For more information, please call 321.264.5185.