Ever wonder where the water in the springs and your well comes from? On this tour, and with a little bit of luck, you will actually get to see the where that water comes from and how it gets into our underground water system.  Shady Grove Preserve is part of the Rainbow Springs Basin –what that is and how it works (and lots more) will be explained by Susan Woods, #1, Floridan Aquifer Defense,  Pete Colverson, #2, Natural Resource Management, and Sandra Marraffino, #3, Audobon.

To contact us:

Phone: 352-207-6520

E-mail: MLH@ShadyGrovePreserve.com

The Water and the Springs Recharge System

Natural Systems Citizen Education Program

Nature Discovery Field Trips

At Shady Grove Preserve, Ocala FL

On this walk you will learn about:

· Sink Holes, Karst, Recharge, Surface water, and ground water —Why we need them, and how they function and what to do and what NOT to do with them

On this walk you might see…

Animals

· Various water birds, Cardinals, Wrens, Warblers, Blue Birds, Red Shouldered Hawks, and many other types of birds.

· Fish; Bluegill, Croppie, Bass, and Cooters

· Rat Snake, Banded Pond Snakes, and small lizards.

Plants and Trees

· In Bloom: Blackberries, Carolina Jasmine, and  small wild flowers

· 25 or so varieties of trees, ask your guides as you go

· Poison Ivy is out so BEWARE leaves of three.

Follow the blue arrows