Protect Our Public Lands Passport Challenge
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH St. Johns Riverkeeper
Take the Protect Our Public Lands Passport Challenge!
Timucuan Parks Foundation is partnering with St. Johns Riverkeeper for the Protect Our Public Lands Passport Challenge.
National Public Lands Day is September 26. Throughout September, St. Johns Riverkeeper and its partners are challenging you to get out and explore our public lands. More than 50 locations have been included on the Protect Our Public Lands Passport, from Indian River County to Duval, where you can explore wilderness parks and preserves supported by us!
From September 1 to September 30, visit as many public lands throughout the St. Johns River watershed as you can. You can find great new places to explore along the 310-mile-long St. Johns.
First, sign up for your Digital Passport:
Check in at each location by geolocating or by submitting a photo showing where you are! The more check-ins you accumulate on your digital passport, the more prizes and points you earn – and the more you learn about the mighty St. Johns.
Public conservation lands are vital to maintaining healthy waterways. They provide wildlife habitat, hiking trails, hunting/fishing grounds, and pristine wetlands that filter water, prevent flooding, and recharge our groundwater.
Spending more time in parks and public lands makes people more likely to care about them and fight to protect them – so invite a friend to join you!
Awards and Prizes
St. Johns Riverkeeper Prizes:
Novice Explorer Award – Visit 5 Different Locations
You’ve started to get your feet wet and found your way to five different public lands. Keep going – there are 310 miles of river to navigate!
Prize: Sticker
Ranger in Training Award – Visit 10 Different Locations
Your dedication to the journey is clear. You’re a true river explorer! Don’t let the adventure stop here – there’s so much more to see.
Prize: Sticker + Patch
Honorary Naturalist Award – Visit 20 Different Locations
Pine flatwoods, hardwood hammocks, coastal wetlands, freshwater spring runs… you’ve seen it all! We’re sure your journey through Florida’s natural landscapes is just beginning.
Prize: Sticker + Patch + T-Shirt
Visit Timucuan Parks Foundation lands listed on the passport to earn even more special prizes.
Visit 3 parks on the TPF List
Jacksonville’s wilderness parks and preserves are beautiful places, so choose three of the parks we support. It is a great way to start your adventure!
Prize: Sticker
Visit 7 parks on the TPF List
You are hiking your way to some great prizes in some of the area’s most amazing places. We are proud of your progress as you explore the public lands right here in Duval!
Prize: Sticker + TPF T-shirt
Visit 12 parks on the TPF List
Way to go! You are a real park pro! You visited 12 of the incredible natural spaces that we are lucky to have in our own backyard and earned the ultimate TPF prize!
Prize: Sticker + TPF T-shirt + TPF Hat
Bonus! If you join or renew a Timucuan Parks Foundation membership, you earn one extra point towards these prizes.
Include these picturesque public lands in your Protect Our Public Land Passport Adventure. We have plenty of parks for you to choose from:
- Betz-Tiger Point Preserve
- Big Talbot Island
- Camp Milton Historic Preserve
- Cedar Point Preserve
- Exchange Club Island
- Fort Caroline National Memorial
- Huguenot Memorial Park
- Jacksonville-Baldwin Rail Trail
- Julington-Durbin Creek Preserve
- Kathryn Abbey Hanna Park
- Kingsley Plantation
- Little Talbot Island State Park
- Pumpkin Hill Creek Preserve State Park
- Reddie Point Preserve
- The Ribault Club and Fort George Island
- Theodore Roosevelt Area
- Tillie K. Fowler Regional Park
Park and Trail Etiquette
To protect wildlife and their habitat (and fellow visitors), please follow these rules of the outdoors:
- Dogs must be on 6-foot leash.
- Dispose of bagged dog waste in trash receptacles.
- Admire plants and wildlife from afar, keep a safe distance.
- Leave No Trace / Pack in & Pack Out – take your litter with you when you leave the trails.
- Bike riders yield to hikers. All yield to horses.
