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Severe Staffing Reductions at Parks and Rec
The proposed budget for FY2010/11 for Brevard County includes
staff reductions of approximately 100 positions. The EEL
Program is projected to lose nine employees which virtually
eliminates the school programs used by 4000 students last year.
For more information,
click here.
Sykes Creek Adventures Family
Eco-Festival
The Friends of Ulumay and Brevard Parks and Recreation worked
together to provide the 2010 Sykes Creek Adventures festival at
Kiwanis Island on February 20, 2010. We greatly appreciate
the efforts of the exhibitors, musicians, workshop
leaders, Dolphin Girl Cruises, Indian River Outfitters, Hook
Kids on Fishing, Jungle Jim, Wildlife Care, our sponsors and
vendors that made this event a success in 2010.
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First Pepper
Bust - A Huge Success
Our volunteers plus two experienced workers from the Marine
Resources Council and a vanload of inmates from the Brevard
Correctional Institution removed enough Brazilian Pepper Trees
to fill a large dump truck four times. If you have not
visited Ulumay since December 12, please drive along Old Audubon
Road to see the open spaces that were previously covered with
invasive exotic plants - mostly Brazilian Peppers.
Treasures from the Past
Sharon Dolan of Maple Street Natives loaned us some interesting
documents from the history of Ulumay Wildlife Sanctuary.
Click to download the minutes from a 1991 meeting of the
Ulumay Wildlife Sanctuary Committee.
Click
to load Magaret Hames plant inventory from 1991. |