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Recreation and Outreach

 

ACF Staff will post information here on the recreational amenities of the sites, outings schedule, and other outreach and educational information. Check back frequently!

Trail maps and other site information can be found here 


 Images from the sites

Forget the Box. Just think Outside. Go on a Hike...

   

 Date  Location  Event  Partner
 9/1/2012 Barr Hammock Nature Walk FTA
10/6/2012   Watermelon Pond Butterfly Walk FTA
11/3/2012  Lochloosa Reserve Nature Walk FTA
12/1/2012   Lake Alto Forestry talk FTA
1/5/2013  Sweetwater Nature Walk FTA
1/19/2013 Barr Hammock Nature Walk FNPS
1/21/2013 Barr Hammock MLK Day of Service CTF
2/2/2013 Barr Hammock Levy Prairie Opening and Nature Walk Everyone
2/9/2013  Phifer Flatwoods Nature Walk FTA
2/23/2013 Turkey Creek Nature Walk FNPS
3/2/2013  Balu Forest Nature Walk FTA
4/6/2013 Turkey Creek Nature Walk FTA
5/4/2013 Mill Creek Nature Walk FTA
6/1/2013 Barr Hammock Nature Walk FTA

More information: Florida trail Assoc. (FTA) hikes at www.floridatrail.org, and Florida Native Plant Society (FNPS) hikes at www.fnps.org


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Newsletters

We call our newsletter "Touchstones". Most people have heard the expression “touchstone”. Did you know a touchstone was a bit of hard, dark, finely-grained rock carried by miners, merchants and bankers?  When they wanted to test the purity of a gold nugget, they would rub it on the touchtone and compare it to known standards. When gold became valued as currency, the touchstone was used to test the integrity of gold coins. The 2000 referendum that authorized the Alachua County Forever Program is our touchstone. We believe it is the mandate given us by the voters and therefore our mission. Over the last 11 years, when we were presented with an issue, we rubbed it – metaphorically speaking – on the referendum: “acquire, improve and manage environmentally significant lands to protect water resources, wildlife habitats and natural areas suitable for resource-based recreation”.

Whether we are considering which property to purchase, how to best accommodate multiple user groups, decide on appropriate timber harvesting, hunting, or grazing strategies, we look back at the referendum and ask ourselves, “is this what the voters intended?” I feel then “Touchstones” is a fitting name for our newsletter. In it, I hope to share with you our thoughts, successes, and challenges. I hope you will let us know  if we have not maintained your trust…


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