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.  <click for more>

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.

Next Meeting
 
On Monday, September 20, Dr. Nick Wynne and Richard Moorhead , authors of the new historical book, Paradise for Sale: Florida's Booms and Busts, will speak to the Friends of Ulumay and the Friends of the Thousand Islands.

This meeting will held at the Kiwanis Island park on Merritt Island at 7:00 p.m.

Membership Application
Click here to download a membership application in an Adobe PDF document.