Old Miakka Preserve

251 Myakka Road, Sarasota

Also features: four miles of trails that provide wildlife viewing opportunities including gopher tortoises, butterflies and songbirds.

ACTIVITIES

FIRE IN FLORIDA’S ECOSYSTEMS

Jan. 26 / Ages: 12 and up / Fee: Free / Meet at the picnic shelter / Thursday, 9-11 a.m. Join Sarasota County Environmental Specialist Jeff Weber on a guided hike to tour pine flatwoods and scrub areas managed with prescribed fire. Participants will learn about the natural fire cycle and its importance, ways in which plants and animals have evolved to live with fire and how land managers carefully apply prescribed fire to duplicate natural conditions. For details, call 311 or email parksonline@scgov.net. Clematis reticulata

SUPPORT THE PARKS YOU LOVE WITH FRIENDS OF SARASOTA COUNTY PARKS

No one can do it alone, and the Friends of Sarasota County Parks organization is certainly no exception. Established in 2003, the Friends is a 501(c)(3) organization founded to support the efforts of Sarasota County Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources with maintaining and increasing the value and importance of our parks as places of natural beauty, recreation and education for all. For more information, visit foscp.org or email president@foscp.org.

ROTHENBACH PARK FITNESS COURSE

ELEVATE fitness course at Rothenbach Park brings together a series of challenging physical obstacles that an individual or team can take on! Levels of challenge include options for beginners, intermediate and advanced fitness users ages 5+.

For more information, visit scgov.net (keywords Rothenbach Park). NATURAL AREAS