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News & Events |
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Upcoming Tours:
Discover the rich natural and cultural heritage of Manatee County.
Guides are Professionally Certified Master Naturalists through the
University of Florida and National Association of Interpretation (NAI)
 We offer outdoors tours, classes, field trips, and day camps
in parks and on the water for groups of all ages.
Our Mission is to give a sense of Florida as “home” by hearing the stories of the land and learning the science of sustainability.
...And to encourage greater
appreciation of Florida’s rich history and conservation of Florida’s wildlands for future generations of people,
native plants and animals.
FREE Field Trips Opportunities Available!
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| From Sarasota Magazine: "To encounter strange new life forms, you don’t need to visit outer space. Around the Bend’s Critter Catching Family Adventure is a dip-netting investigation of the denizens of the grass flats of Sarasota Bay." View the article |
| Some of our Curriculm Based Programs |
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Manatee Mineral Springs Archaeology Trip |
| These field trips help students learn what happens during the archaeological process before a shovel turns dirt. Read more |
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Consider The Crab |
| In this inquiry-based activity, students are told a story about “Why the Crab Has No Head”. Observations are made with live crabs and potentially the group may collect their own crabs for observation and release.Read more |
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Native American Discovery |
| Emerson Point juts into southern Tampa Bay and contains the largest remaining Temple Mound in the area. Pathways through the middens bring you back to ancient lifeways.Read more |
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Dip Netting Adventures |
| In the grass flats of the Manatee River or Sarasota Bay to understand the complex interdependence of life in the oceans. We will catch and release bay inhabitants after we identify them.Read more |
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