Palm Beach County
October 25-December 6, 2008
Registration closes October 12, 2008
Upland Habitats Module
(Course Code: uh8-10)

Organization: UF/IFAS Palm Beach County Cooperative Extension Service
Facility: Palm Beach County Cooperative Extension Service
Bldg: Mounts Building
Room: Auditorium
Address: 559 N. Military Trail, West Palm Beach, FL 33415
Phone: 561-233-1724
Fax: 561-233-1768
Email: ADodd@ifas.ufl.edu  

   Instructors:
   1. Steve Bass, Retired Manager of Gumbo Limbo Nature Center
   2. Alyssa Dodd, Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension Agent, Palm Beach County Extension  

   Course Schedule

   Day 1 (Saturday, October 25, 2008)  

      8:00am-4:00pm     Uplands in the Human Landscape Video; Presentations on Ecology, Upland Birds I,
                                    Invertebrates I; Field Trip: Mounts Botanical Garden
 

   Day 2  (Saturday, November 1, 2008)  

      9:00am-4:00pm     Florida’s Pine Habitats Video; Presentations on Pineland Communities,
                                   Upland Birds II, and Upland Mammals
                                   Field Trip: Royal Palm Beach Pines Natural Area
 

   Day 3  (Saturday, November 8, 2008) 

      9:00am-4:00pm     Scrub, Dry Prairie and Rangelands Video; Presentations on Scrub, Dry Prairie and
                                   Rangelands, Upland Herpetofauna, Invertebrates II;
                                   Field Trip:Hypoluxo Scrub Natural Area/High Ridge Natural Area, Hypoluxo
 

   Day 4  (Saturday, November 15, 2008)  

      9:00am-4:00pm     Florida’s Hardwood Forests Video; Presentations on Upland Hardwood Forest
                                   Communities, Environmental Ethics, and Interpretation
                                   Field Trip: Delray Oaks Natural Area, Delray
 

   Day 5  (Saturday, November 22, 2008)  

      9:00am-4:00pm    All Day Field Trip to Jonathan Dickinson State Park, Hobe Sound
 

   November 29 NO CLASS
 

   Day 6 (Saturday, December 6, 2008)

      9:00am-4:00pm     Final Projects, Graduation Lunch

*Note: All Field Activities Subject to Change