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Natural Area Teaching Laboratory Annual Report. 2008-2009

Natural Area Teaching Laboratory Annual Report. 2008-2009. Doug Levey Chair, 2007-09. 34 th Street. NATL-East. NATL-West. Archer Rd. Proposed Activities for 2008-09. Finish developing NATL-east Build new walkway (200 ft across wooded marsh) Produce content for kiosk

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Natural Area Teaching Laboratory Annual Report. 2008-2009

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  1. Natural Area Teaching LaboratoryAnnual Report. 2008-2009 Doug Levey Chair, 2007-09

  2. 34th Street NATL-East NATL-West Archer Rd

  3. Proposed Activities for 2008-09 Finish developing NATL-east Build new walkway (200 ft across wooded marsh) Produce content for kiosk Finish basic trail guides for all trails Host a ribbon-cutting ceremony for trails Advertise NATL to departments; record use of NATL Continue eradication of exotic species Continue pine restoration (burning & planting) Revise kiosk content and signs (as needed)

  4. Completed Activities 2008-09 Finish developing NATL-east Build new walkway (200 ft across wooded marsh) Produce content for kiosk Finish basic trail guides for all trails Host a ribbon-cutting ceremony for trails Advertise NATL to departments; record use of NATL Continue eradication of exotic species Continue pine restoration (burning & planting) Revise kiosk content and signs (on-going) Still working on this

  5. NATL-east Walkway Built by Tom Walker and Bob Guggenheim from mostly scrap lumber

  6. We are moving away from trail guides, replacing them with stake signs 20% of plant species at NATL now have stake signs.

  7. Self-Guided Nature Trails 3 Nov 2008: Student Body President Kevin Reilly and UF President Bernie Machen cut “ribbon” to open trails.

  8. Survey of Use

  9. 2008-09 Minigrants 1. NATL without borders: a community approach for management of invasives. Gerardo Celis & Corrie Pieterson • Brochure • Ardisia removal • Files for an invasives layer in NATL’s GIS map 2. Historical context of NATL. David Munroe • Digitized records

  10. Miscellaneous • TrailMaster camera purchased to record trail use. • Burns and planting of wiregrass and lopsided Indian grass plugs • Mapped and measured original pines in NATL-east • Updated and enhanced online vascular plant list • Jack Putz: new chair of NAAC

  11. Budget Report and Spending Plan “[The chair of NATL] … will annually submit a spending plan to the Lakes, Vegetation and Landscaping Committee (LVLC) for its approval, and the Chair of NAAC will submit an annual report about the uses of endowment funds to LVLC.” See handout

  12. 2009-10 Proposed Budget

  13. 2009-10 Proposed Budget

  14. Naming request On 6 October 2009, the NAAC unanimously approved a letter requesting that the NATL Conservation Area be named in honor of Tom Walker: “Thomas Walker NATL Conservation Area”

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