Conserve
It
Forward
Conserve
It
Forward
Thanks for another great Save the Frogs Day! Visit us on Facebook for photos and click HERE to see the event page.
H-2-Ohhhh! Aquatic Reflections Saturday, June 2, 2012 9 a.m.–2 p.m. FREE family-friendly fun!
Registration and contest information is at http://seedoshowh2o.blogspot.com/ or visit www.CampBayou.org
Mission: to promote environmental education, awareness and action that benefits both the natural world and people, inspiring communities to Conserve It Forward.
It started in 2010 with a young girl, and continues through this website, presentations and appearances.
“If we all do a little bit, then together we can do a BIG bit to make the world a better place!
Find a project you love, act on it, share it with others...that’s how you conserve it forward!”
Early 2012 Updates and News
*See past news by clicking “Past News & Updates”
Stop by and “Like” the new Conserve It Forward Facebook page!
*Avalon was very excited to go by Tampa Mayor Buckhorn’s office to
pick up the Proclamation for Save the Frogs Day 2012 ! She had sent
him information about the importance of frogs to the environment and
asked for the Proclamation. Thank you, Mayor Buckhorn (& Ms. Michele
at his office) for helping us spread awareness!
* Want to see pictures and video from April events? Visit the Conserve It Forward Facebook page!
-4/14/12 Jacksonville, FL; Jacksonville Zoo & Gardens Party for the Planet Earth Day event
-4/24/12 Atlanta, GA; Downtown Atlanta Earth Day Cleanup Challenge at Centennial Olympic Park
-4/28/12 Ruskin (Tampa area), FL; Save the Frogs Day
-4/29/12 Tampa, FL; Lowry Park Zoo Fairytales & Frogs event
-5/4/12 Alabama; Conecuh National Forest (Eastern Indigo Snake
Release and Pitcher Plants)
*Thank you to everyone croaked in the 2012 Largest
(Human) Frog Chorus! Look for the video later in May that will
be used to challenge people and groups to croak for amphibian
conservation awareness.
*We are in frog listening season, so I have been attending
workshops to brush up on my calls, and am excited about the new locations where we will be monitoring frog calls. Do you want to learn more about what you hear in the evenings, while at the same time help working scientists? Check for a FrogWatch USA chapter near you. If you are in the Tampa area, Lowry Park Zoo hosts a chapter. If you want to check out other citizen science projects, go to www.SciStarter.com!
*In Las Vegas in January, I got to spend some time with
David F. Bradford, Ph.D., a Research Ecologist at the
U.S. EPA who studies causes for amphibian population
declines. He shared his exciting experiences and research
with me and my parents. Thanks, Dr. Dave!
of their tropical dry forest habitat, but because they only live in the cavities of the dried tree trunks and branches.
Center: Planting trees to help with reforestation.
Right: Observing and holding red-eyed tree frogs in their natural habitat
snake in Alabama for a program that reintroduces them to Conecuh National Forest
(Thank you, Orianne Society, for the photo!)
Right: Avalon was invited to lunch with the Environmental Protection Agency’s Regional Administrator; pictured are Chief of Staff R. Javoyne Hicks White, Avalon, Regional Administrator Gwendolyn Keyes Fleming, Special Assistant Brandi J. Jenkins
RIGHT: Avalon was invited to give a presentation to 4th grade students at a Washington State elementary school to talk about how all children can be eco-heroes! They used Skype and PowerPoint on a split screen. She can’t wait to see what projects they come up with this spring!
*Here is a video of my speech at the
2012 Downtown Atlanta Earth Day Cleanup Challenge event in Centennial Olympic Park. The theme of the day was “No Act Too Small, No One Too Small To Act.” You can watch it in full screen or on YouTube, also, by clicking those choices in the menu at the bottom of the video. I hope you enjoy it!
Registration and contest information is at http://seedoshowh2o.blogspot.com/ or visit www.CampBayou.org
Hope to see you there!