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Jan. 9 9:45 - 3:00 Everglades Roadside Clean-up: East Everglades (Chekika)

In-service component: all-day Everglades Roadside Clean-up and Trail-trimming

Jan. 16 (NO CLASS) journal entry #1 due

Jan. 23 Birding at Taylor Slough (Dry Season) and the beginnings of ENP
Reading: The Swamp Chapters 14-16 pp.239-303

10:00 - 12:00 Anhinga Trail (Dry Season)

1:00 - 3:00 Gumbo Limbo Trail and Old Ingraham Highway

Jan. 30: (NO CLASS) journal entry #2 due

Feb. 6: SRAI Proposal Due - must be submitted online to srai@fiu.edu

Feb. 13 The Hole in the Donut Restoration Project: Brazilian Pepper Removal
Reading: The Swamp Chapters 17-18 and Epilogue pp. 304-370

10AM - 12:00 Coe Visitor Center

1:00 - 3:30 Daniel Beard Research Center (west of Anhinga Trail Area)

Feb. 20: (NO CLASS) optional journal entry #3 due (Extra Credit)

Feb. 27 10:00 - 3:00 Shark Valley Bike Trip; meet at Shark Valley Visitor Center

Reading: Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen

Mar. 6: (NO CLASS) optional journal entry #4 due (Extra Credit)

Mar. 26

SRAI: FIU University Park Campus 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.

Poster set-up: 8:00-9:00 A.M. GC Center Ballroom

Poster Session: 3:00-4:00 P.M. GC Center Ballroom

Poster Breakdown: 5:00 P.M.

April 3

Poster Session at Main Visitor Center (10 A.M. - 1:30 P.M.)

Set-up: 9:30 - 10:00 A.M. Posters will remain in Visitor Center for 2 weeks.

General Discussion with park rangers after poster evaluations

REQUIRED BOOKS:

Hiaasen, Carl. 2004. Skinny Dip. New York: Grand Central Publishing (formerly Warner Books). Paperback

•ISBN-10: 0446695564

•ISBN-13: 978-0446695565

Grunwald, Michael. 2006. The Swamp. The Everglades, Florida and the Politics of Paradise. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-7432-5105-9

Sibley, David Allen. 2003. The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America. New York: Alfred A. Knopf . ISBN 067945120X

RECOMMENDED BOOKS:

Alden, Peter et al. 1998. Or latest edition. National Audubon Society Field Guide to Florida. New York: Knopf/Chanticleer Press. ISBN 0-679-44677-X