Community Volunteers Archives - UF/IFAS Extension Polk County

Category: Community Volunteers

Volunteers engage in a “BioBlitz” at Se7en Wetlands Park!

Posted: November 15, 2018

Approximately 12 volunteers and 10 community partners joined together at Se7en Wetlands Park to inventory the area’s plants, insects, and wildlife on Thursday, November 15, 2018 during the park’s first ever BioBlitz event. Participants used the iNaturalist app to… Read More

Category: Community Volunteers, Conservation, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, Wildlife

Tags: BioBlitz, citizen science, Lakeland, Polk County, Shannon Carnevale

Lakewatch in Polk County: A Volunteer Water Program that needs YOUR help!

Sunset over Lake May in Winter Haven, FL.

Polk County and Florida LAKEWATCH are looking for volunteers for 22 Polk County Lakes! Lakewatch is a citizen volunteer lake monitoring program that facilitates “hands-on” citizen participation in the management of Florida lakes, rivers and coastal sites through… Read More