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Our mission:
"To provide and promote excellent
environmental stewardship of Ulumay Wildlife Sanctuary lands ... while
maintaining a balance between active conservation and passive public
recreation."
The Ulumay Wildlife Sanctuary consists of 457 acres managed by Brevard County Parks and Recreation. This property is bordered to the North by conservation lands, approximately 300 acres managed by the Brevard County Environmentally Endangered Lands Program. Continuing North, most of the remaining properties extending North to State Road 528 are managed by Brevard County Mosquito Control. These properties are included in a large mosquito impoundment with culverts that are used to control water levels.
Recreational activities include fishing, hiking, paddling, off-road biking and wildlife watching. When driving into the park on Old Audubon Road, watch for a gate on the North side of the road. Park across the road and walk past the gate and the pump station. A kayak launch area is located a short distance to the West. An unpaved road/trail heads West and then bends Northwest to follow the dike along Sykes Creek. This trail remains walkable for approximately 3 miles up to Highway 528, but the vegetation can make bike riding challenging. A shorter trail leads East along another dike - essentially parallel to Sykes Creek Parkway.
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Paddling Trail Marked during Eagle Scout Project Building upon the wishes of Friends of Ulumay and area paddlers, Andrew Jevitt re-marked the old paddling trail through Ulumay as his leadership project for Eagle Scout. Directed only by the old map showing the placement of previous markers, he developed a materials list and encouraged a crew of volunteers to help him fabricate and paint the markers and install them in appropriate locations on the paddling trail. With the project time of 200 hours, and expenses of $200, which he covered completely through donations and fundraising, the project of installing more-durable PVC markers is complete. The GPS location for each of the markers has been provided, and he created a map (using Google Earth) of the paddling trail with the marker locations. A red trail shows the route north, and the green trail marks the route for coming back south. The trail is in two loops, providing a short run and a longer run depending on how much time you want to spend in the mangroves. With Andrew’s map the Friends of Ulumay will be able to furnish a paddling brochure – complete with map – for those wanting to paddle a double loop trail within Ulumay. Andrew, thanks for a job done well.
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