LECTURE HIGHLIGHTS EFFORTS TO SAVE TROPICAL HARDWOOD HAMMOCK 

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Michael Chenoweth will communicate in regards to the efforts to discourage growth from Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammock Botanical State Park on Wednesday, Feb. 5 at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park. CONTRIBUTED

Michael Chenoweth, president of the Florida Keys chapter of the Izaak Walton League, will communicate on “How North Key Largo Grew to become a State Park,” for the fourth presentation of the thirty fourth annual lecture collection, “A Delicate Steadiness of Nature,” on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. 

The Seventies and Nineteen Eighties have been a time of unconstrained growth within the Keys. Chenoweth will describe the method via which the hardwood hammock of North Key Largo was redirected from changing into vacation spot resorts and as a substitute established as Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammock Botanical State Park.

Take heed to his story on the customer middle and aquarium constructing at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park. The park is positioned at MM 102.6, oceanside, and there’s no value to enter for the lecture collection. Doorways open at 7 p.m. and the lecture begins at 7:30. Seating is restricted, so it is suggested that guests arrive on time to be assured of a seat within the auditorium, which is wheelchair accessible. Guests might want to carry a cushion for added seating consolation, in addition to a sweater or gentle jacket, as a result of temperatures within the auditorium differ. Attendees are requested to accommodate those that are chemically delicate by not sporting fragrances and different scented merchandise.  

Extra info is obtainable from Elena Muratori, park companies specialist at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, upfront at 305-676-3786. Extra info on Florida’s state parks is at FloridaStateParks.org.

The collection is sponsored by the Florida Division of Environmental Safety’s Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammock Botanical State Park and the Pals of John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park and Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammock Botanical State Park.

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