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Volume 2, Issue 1

Loxahatchee River Environmental Center


April 2007
MOVING DAY!
Recently the Board of
County Commission-
ers for Palm Beach
County met and ap-
proved the lease for
the building at 805 N.
US Highway 1 at the
Burt Reynolds Park
in Jupiter, Florida.
The Loxahatchee Left: Furniture and equipment is
being loaded into the new center by
River District has Loxahatchee River District staff so
received the keys to that renovations and operations can
the building and has begin soon.
RIVER TIDINGS

begun to move into


the new Environ-
mental Center. Offices
LOXAHATCHEE RIVER ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER

and administration will be


set up as quickly as possi-
ble so that renovations
can soon begin. Jocelyn
O’Neill, Environmental
Educator, and Loxahat-
chee River District Wild-
Pine Laboratory and
Maintenance staff have
helped to set up the office
in the new space.

Featured Exhibit 16—Piling Tank


Exhibit— Piling Tank
Staged as a dock setting homes and docks are com- fect for our local ecosys-
with a boat suspended from mon in our area. This ex- tems. In this case, if proper
the ceiling and moored to a hibit will give visitors a care is taken to avoid dam-
piling, this exhibit allows look at what happens be- aging surrounding habitats,
an insightful glimpse at the neath the water. Human dock pilings can produce
colorful ecosystem found impacts on our environ- vibrant communities of
on a local dock. Coastal ment can sometimes pro- their own with sponges,
living is a fact of life in duce an unintentional yet encrusting organisms, and
south Florida. Waterfront surprisingly beneficial ef- colorful fish.

Come view the exhibit drawings and layout Special points of interest:
at the next • Over 5,700 people attended Riv-
Friends of the Loxahatchee River Meeting erFest (3/25/07), hosted by Loxa-
Thursday, May 3, 2007 hatchee River District and
7 p.m.
Friends of the Loxahatchee River.
This event raised awareness and
Loxahatchee River Environmental Center funds for the new Loxahatchee
(Burt Reynolds Park) River Environmental Center.
805 N. US 1, Jupiter, FL 33477

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