Watershed & Coastal
​Climate Walks

All walks are short with lots of time interpreting the natural and cultural history. Focus is on positive outcomes with community solutions. Wear walking shoes and dress for the weather. 

​This year we will expand inland to discover how the watershed is affected by climate change.  

2020 Coastal Climate Walks

For the 2020 Watershed & Coastal Climate Walk series: 
       You can register for one trip, a discounted 4 trip package, or get one FREE when you register for all 7 trips. 
One walker said that this was "one of the best environmental education experiences I've attended!"
Below are the walks from this year's Coastal Climate Walk series, maps and directions follow. 
Contact us to schedule a custom Coastal Climate Walk for any group!  

Florida's First People
​Emerson Point Preserve
Palmetto, FL

Discover how Florida's First People adjusted to a moving coastline. Learn native technology and ethnobotany.
January 10 or March 6
Sea Level Rise
Ken Thompson Park 
Sarasota, FL​

Discover how sea level rise is affecting our coast. Enjoy a mangrove boardwalk, plant and animal identification, and more. 
​January 17 or March 13
Coastal Resilience
Perico Preserve
Bradenton, FL

Discover how Florida's land managers re-create a coastline. Encounter native plants, animals, gopher tortoise habitat, and new seagrass meadows. 
January 24 or March 20
Inland Invader Issues
Red Bug Slough
Sarasota, FL

Changing climate conditions are allowing for more plants to invade our native habitats. Learn how local land managers deal with this pestilence.
​January 31 or March 7
Early Restoration Efforts
Leffis Key
Bradenton Beach, FL

Discover the first mangrove coastal restoration project on Sarasota Bay. Hear how to plant mangroves, enjoy a mangrove forest boardwalk and bird migration stopover, and learn about inlet dynamics.
​February 7 or April 3
Mangrove Migration
Robinson Preserve
Bradenton, FL

Discover how mangroves are adapting to a moving coastline. Learn and experience mangrove physiology, salterns, fiddler crabs, and coastal restoration. 
February 21 or April 10
Birds! + Stormwater Solutions
The Celery Fields
Sarasota, FL

Learn how this former celery farm became an international birding destination. Sarasota Audubon built a LEED Gold Nature Center with native gardens and volunteer docents on the boardwalks. Phillippi Creek headwaters are treated and tamed to prevent flooding downstream.

Emerson Point Preserve

5801 17th St. W
Palmetto, FL

Meet at the classroom pavilion - turn into Temple Mound parking, first on your left as you enter the Preserve, then drive through gate to ranger station parking.

Ken Thompson Park 

2000 Ken Thompson Parkway
Sarasota, FL

Follow road to the bus loop. Meet us at the playground located at the end of the road, right near the restrooms. 



​

Perico Preserve

11700 Manatee Ave. W
Bradenton, FL

Meet in the parking lot directly off of Manatee Avenue West.

​
​
​

Red Bug Slough

5200 S Beneva Road
Sarasota, FL 

Meet in the parking lot directly off of Beneva Road in central Sarasota. 



​

Coquina Baywalk at Leffis Key

2350 Gulf Drive South
Bradenton Beach, FL

Meet in the parking lot directly off of Gulf Drive. Leffis Key is on the bayside of public Coquina Beach. Do not go to the boat ramp.
​

​

Robinson Preserve

1704 99th Street Northwest
​Bradenton, FL

Meet at the far southern end of the parking area, under the pine trees.

The Celery Fields

​6893 Palmer Boulevard
Sarasota, FL

Meet at the Sarasota Audubon Nature Center picnic tables located under the building porch, between the parking lot and the nature center. 

Subscribe