-
Event: Volunteer with UCF’s Arboretum
The UCF Arboretum together with Landscape & Natural Resources is happy to offer volunteer opportunities Monday through Friday! Students, faculty and staff are welcomed to show up a bit early to at the office for any of the volunteer shifts, which are as follows: Mon. 8am and 10am Landscaping Tues. 8am and 10am Landscaping Wed. […]
-
Don’t forget: National Estuary Day Celebration
The University of Central Florida will honor coastal areas such as estuaries and lagoons during a National Estuary Day Celebration on Saturday, Sept. 24. Events will be held nationwide that day to educate people of all ages about these important ecosystems and what can be done to protect them. National Estuary Day will be celebrated […]
-
UCF clears 1st hurdle to develop arboretum
The University of Central Florida got approval from the St. Johns River Water Management District to remove the conservation easement on 8 acres of arboretum land and is now awaiting state approval. The arboretum area had a conservation easement on it, preventing development. The water management district approved lifting the 8-acre arboretum easement in exchange […]
-
Students continue the fight to save Arboretum
UCF has requested the release of 7.85 acres of land protected by a conservation easement from the St. Johns Water Management District. This area is a portion of the 82-acre Arboretum that educates students and the community about nature and protects the environment. Patrick Bohlen, Arboretum director since the fall of 2010, said this area […]