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International Coastal Cleanup Day is coming up on Saturday, Sept. 16 and Timucuan Parks Foundation will be leading cleanups at two parks: Fort Caroline National Memorial and Reddie Point Preserve. Volunteers are needed from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Fort Caroline and 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at Reddie Point to remove litter that was left behind or washed … Read more
July is Park and Recreation Month, and this year’s theme is “Where Community Grows.” Jacksonville is surrounded by natural spaces saved for public benefit, the majority of which are free for all to enjoy. Here at Timucuan Parks Foundation, we are all about bringing the community to the parks. It is our mission and we do it with the community’s … Read more
Timucuan Parks Foundation and the National Park Service’s Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve have awarded $1000 and $500 grants, respectively, to two University of North Florida (UNF) students. Victoria Hayes, an undergraduate student of anthropology, and Hunter Mathews, a graduate student and research assistant in the biology department, will be conducting research in the Timucuan Preserve. Each project will be … Read more
Timucuan Parks Foundation and the City of Jacksonville’s JaxParks are asking the community to join them throughout the summer for service projects in city preserves around Jacksonville. The projects are a chance for the community to help with park beautification and for students to earn community service hours. The community clean-up events will take place on the following dates and … Read more
The National Park Trust, in partnership with the National Park Service (NPS), recently announced $375,1000 to fund 18 education and outdoor recreation projects through the 2023 NPS Challenge Cost Share Program. Each project connects a local community to a nearby national park, national trail, or wild and scenic river. This year’s group of awardees will engage more than 8,600 participants … Read more
Timucuan Parks Foundation invites the community to the launch party of the Timucuan Trails Lager by Ink Factory Brewing to learn about the nonprofit’s work supporting local wilderness parks and trails. The brewery created the beer as a collaboration to help raise awareness and support for Timucuan Parks Foundation’s programming, promotion, and volunteer efforts in Jacksonville’s national, state, and city … Read more
Timucuan Parks Foundation and the National Park Service’s Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve are offering student research grants to college students. The $500 grants will be awarded to undergraduate and graduate students who are involved in a research project within or about the Timucuan Preserve. The grant program is open to all degree-seeking students in any academic field that are … Read more
The Timucuan Parks Foundation Trail Team volunteers recently took part in a project at Kingsley Plantation to help stabilize the shoreline and restore habitat by building and repairing reef molds made from recycled oyster shells. Together with students from the University of North Florida and the National Park Service’s Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve rangers, the volunteers spent the morning … Read more
Timucuan Parks Foundation wants to remind students that they have an opportunity now to earn community service hours by participating in the nonprofit’s self-guided volunteer cleanup program. From now through the end of March, students can earn two hours or more of community service by picking up litter at Jacksonville’s wilderness parks and preserves and they will have a chance … Read more
To bring accessible fishing opportunities and environmental education to local military families, Timucuan Parks Foundation recently teamed up with the National Park Service Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve for a Junior Ranger Angler Fishing Clinic for Blue Star Families Jacksonville. About 25 families from Naval Station Mayport, Naval Air Station Jacksonville and Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay participated in the … Read more