Join ACT and the Pride Community Center of North Central Florida for a hike on Santa Fe River Preserve!
WHEN
Saturday, April 9th
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
WHERE
Santa Fe River Preserve
27025 North State Road 121
Alachua, FL 32615 (Google Map)
WHAT TO BRING
Be sure to wear comfortable hiking clothes and we recommend bringing water, snacks, bug spray, sunscreen, and hat.
ABOUT THE PRESERVE
Santa Fe River Preserve protects 1,067 acres on the banks of the Santa Fe River near Worthington Springs. The preserve includes high bluffs along the river and an interesting tangle of floodplain forest where the New River converges with the Santa Fe.
The preserve has an interesting mix of flora which in turn support a wide diversity of wildlife. There are wild azaleas and rain lilies along the banks; river birch, cypress and tupelo in the bottomland; patches of longleaf pines and sand post oaks with wiregrass groundcover in the uplands, and a rich slope forest that surrounds Santa Fe Creek along the Gracy Trail. Bears frequent the river corridor, and rare and endangered mussels persist along the river bottom. Learn more here.
FOR MORE INFORMATION & TO RSVP
Contact Alachua Conservation Trust by email at info@alachuaconservationtrust.org to RSVP or for more information.
Banner by Alison Blakeslee
