🔍 If you're getting ready for the CNC, or are interested in joining bioblitzes in your community this year, here is a simple guide on how to use inaturalist.
🤳 iNaturalist is a community science platform used to upload and identify nature observations.
#ParkScience #iNaturalist #CommunityScience
⭐ A special thanks to Channel 6 News' Paul Giorgio for reporting on our monthly SpringsWatch event!
📰 Read the detailed story by Channel 6, 🔗 link in bio!
#ParkScience #WekivaRiver #WildandScenicRiver #CommunityScience #Volunteer #WekivaVolunteer #WekivaScience #SpringsWatch #SpringsWatchScience
📌 Springs Academy is a free monthly lecture series (every second Tuesday, 12–1 PM). 💻 Can’t attend in person? You can watch live on Facebook through the Florida Springs Institute page.
#Hydrogeology #FloridaSprings #Conservation#Sustainability #SpringsAcademy #ParkScience #Wekiva
💚 We love Wetlands .... here's how they love us back! 🌿
🔍 Looking to learn about our Wekiva Wetlands? Go to our website or sign up for our newsletter (🔗 link in bio!) for volunteer work!
#WekivaWetlands #WetlandsScience #Volunteer #WekivaVolunteer #ParkScience #WekivaRiver #CommunityScience
📣 Calling all nature enthusiasts!
🧤Come meet us at EcoExpo 2026 and learn about volunteer opportunities.
🗓️ February 21st @ 10 AM - 3 PM
📍 Hickory Point Park
#ParkScience #volunteer #WekivaVolunteer #CommunityScience #WekivaScience #EcoExpo2026 #EcoExpo #ProtectOurRiver #ProtectOurWaterways
🌟 Presenting our very own 2026 vision board! 🎉
🗓️ Sign up for our monthly newsletters (🔗 link in bio) to stay informed on our upcoming events and activities. 💚🌿🧤
#ParkScience #WekivaRiverSystem #WekivaWildandScenic #CommunityScience #Wekiva2026 #WekivaVisionBoard
🧤Come meet us at EcoExpo 2026, where our RA Val will be available to speak on upcoming volunteer opportunities and community science projects.
🗓️ February 21st, @ 10 AM - 3 PM
📍 Hickory Point Park, Tavares
We can't wait to meet you! 💚
#ParkScience #volunteer #WekivaVolunteer #CommunityScience
💭 Truly wishing we were one of them today...
📌 Join our newsletter to keep up with all of our volunteer and community science opportunities- 🔗 link in bio!
#ParkScience #WekivaVolunteer #Wekiva2026
Note - these are just the Paleontology positions. Scientists in the parks hosts so many others too:
www.scientistsinparks.org
#ParkScience
#NPSpaleo
#NPSscience
#ScientistsInTheParks
#FindYourPark
#PaleoJobs
🔍💧 Join our monthly Springswatch to learn about water quality monitoring, and local plants and wildlife that depend on the springs systems.
🗓️ January 15th, 8:30 AM
✉️ To sign up, email Michelle at michelle@friendsofwekiva.org
#ParkScience #WekivaScience #CommunityScience #WekivaWildAndScenic
🪶North American bird populations have declined over the past decades, but here are some tips on how you can make a difference!
⭐ Want more? Join in on local Audubon activities and volunteering to get hands-on birding experience!
#ParkScience #communityScience #Birding #WekivaBirds
As one year ends, another begins... and here come volunteer opportunities galore🧤💫
🗓️ Don't miss our upcoming events: stay in the loop by signing up to our monthly newsletter 🔗 link in bio. We are ready to expand our volunteer group, and we're hoping you'll join us! ⭐💫
#ParkScience #WekivaVolunteer
⏰ Join our CBC Count Circle today! 🐦🔍
All you need:
🪶 At least a half-day commitment
🪶 Ability to walk on uneven terrain in any weather/insect conditions
🪶 Love for birds; any skill level welcome!
👉 Ready to join? Email Jay Exum at jay.h.exum@gmail.com to register.
#CBC2025 #ParkScience
💧Our Springs Need You! 🩵🫵
Join the Florida Springs Council tomorrow to learn how you can do your part to #SaveOurSprings
🗓️When: Tuesday, December 9th @ 12:00 PM
📍Where: 18645 High Springs Main Street or 💻FB Live
🔗 Link in bio for additional details 💫
#FloridaSprings #WekiwaSprings #parkscience
🌴❄️ Florida Winter is coming and we are ready for the holiday season!
Subscribe to our monthly newsletter (🔗 link in bio) and stay tuned to our socials for some exciting end-of-year science events coming your way! 🔬🩵
#ParkScience #CommunityScience #VolunteerEvents #LoveYourRiver #WekivaWinter
🐦 Training our ear to listen out for the 2025 Christmas Bird Count! 🎵
Stay tuned for upcoming information on the Wekiva River's count circle this year, its sure to be a blast! ⭐💫
#CBC2025 #ParkScience #CommunityScience
🤳 our social media manager is on leave.... but the show must go on! 💚🌿
Interested in hands-on science? Click the link 🔗 in our bio to sign up for our monthly newsletter, where you'll find all of our community science volunteer events. 🔍💚
#WekivaRiver #CommunityScience #ParkScience
🐝 Meet us around the basin to participate in the Wekiva River System’s Parks for Pollinators BioBlitz. We’ll be uploading photos of wildlife to learn about pollinators in our area through the inaturalist app. 📷🌿
Link 🔗 in our bio. 🌿⭐
#Parks4Pollinators #ParkScience #CommunityScience
🐝 We're Buzzing With Excitement For #NationalHoneybeeDay! 🌸🐝
🌍💛 From pollinating native wildflowers to helping our food grow, theres no doubt they deserve real recognition on this special day.🌼✨
🐝 Have any buzzing bee facts? Comment them down below 👇
#ParkPollinators #ParkScience
💧 Our friends at @floridaspringscouncil are hosting a live discussion this Wednesday on the basics of springs protection.
🔗 Webinar link in bio, check out the Florida Springs Council for more info! 💧
#ParkScience #SaveOurSprings #SpringsAdvocacy #CommunityScientists
🌿 Happy #WildWekivaWednesday ! 💚
🌿 Damselflies are smaller and slender than dragonflies, and also rest with their wings folded upward as opposed to having them perpendicular to their bodies.
🔍 Can you identify this fellow? Challenge yourself next time you're outdoors!
#Damselfly #ParkScience
❓ Ever wonder how we got our name? 💧🌿
📹 Our origin story video explains how the Wekiva became Florida's first partnership Wild & Scenic River. 💧
🔗 Link in bio to watch!
#WildandScenic #WekivaRiver #ParkScience
🔬 Thats a wrap on DMP! 🌡️
🧤 Thank you to all of our hardworking volunteers for this DMP season.
🗓️ Couldn't make it ? Subscribe to our newsletter (🔗 link in bio) for more volunteer opportunities. You can be a park scientist, too! 🔍
#ParkScience #DragonflyMercuryProject2025 #CommunityScientists
🪶Join the OAS Summer Bird Survey in Wekiwa Springs 🔍
🐦 Survey around the Wekiwa Springs park led by Park Naturalist Paul Lammardo and OAS's Kathy Rigling.
🗓️ July 13th
⏰ 7:00 AM
🔗 Link in bio for sign-up information! 💫
#OASBirdSurvey #ParkScience
🌿 This #WildWekivaWednesday, we bring you the Black Swallowtail caterpillar (Papilio polyxenes) 🐛
🐛 When threatened this little guy pops out orange "horns" called osmeteria behind its head, and releases a smelly chemical to frighten off predators. 😤
Fabulous and Foul! 💫
#WekivaTrivia #ParkScience
🌴🐝 This #WildWekivaWednesday during #PollinatorWeek, we want to highlight the importance of our fellow pollinator pals.
🌸 From bees to butterflies, (and even bats!), pollinators help our ecosystem thrive, and keep our wildflowers and citrus groves blooming! 🌿✨
#ParkScience #ParkPollinators
Happy #NationalSeaTurtleDay from our river to yours 🌊🐢💚
🐢 No sea turtles here, just our beautiful river turtles celebrating in freshwater style!
#WekivaRiver #FreshwaterTurtles #ParkScience
🔬💚 Join our Wekiva Falls DMP sample event this Friday, help collect data on local mercury levels!
🧤 You'll get to participate in hands-on fieldwork, helping us protect our wildlife, river, and local community!
🗓️ June 13th
📍Wekiva Falls
🔗 Link in bio.
#ParkScience #CommunityScience #DMP2025
🔬 Ever wondered what happens with the DMP data we collect? 💧
📄 A paper from the National Park Service, uses cutting-edge technology to trace the delivery pathways of mercury in dragonfly larvae.
🔗 Link in bio to learn more.
#ParkScience #DragonflyMercuryProject #CommunityScience @NatureNPS
DID YOU KNOW 👉 Olympic National Park in Washington serves up three ecosystems in one? From rainforests to mountains to coastline, it's basically nature's buffet. 🏞️
#olympicnationalpark #NationalParks #ParkScience #HorizonWilderness
