FT 16: Archbold Biological Station and Buck Island Ranch in the Headwaters of the Florida Everglades

Thursday, August 5, 2021

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Pacific

Session Organizer(s)

Dustin Angell

Education, Archbold Biological Station
Venus, FL, USA

Volunteer(s)

Sachinthani Karunarathne

School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne, Australia

Session Co-organizers: Hilary Swain, Archbold Biological Station, Venus, FL, Elizabeth H. Boughton, Buck Island Ranch, Archbold Biological Station, Venus, FL, Scott Ward, Archbold Biological Station, Venus, FL, Reed Bowman, Avian Ecology Program, Archbold Biological Station, Venus, FL, Betsie Rothermel, Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid, FL
Trip Itinerary: This trip will focus on a different habitat type paired with a research program. These pairings include: Florida sandhill and Gopher Tortoises, Florida scrub and Florida Scrub-Jays, Florida Scrub and rare plants, prairie and agro-ecology.

Viewers journey through Archbold Biological Station’s 20,000 acres to visit multiple habitats and meet with our leading researchers including Dr. Hilary Swain, Dr. Betsey Boughton, Dr. Betsie Rothermel, Dr. Reed Bowman, and Scott Ward to learn about species such as Gopher Tortoises, Florida Scrub-Jays, and many endemic plants, and major research themes including agro-ecology, and fire ecology. You will visit pristine Florida scrub habitats on Archbold Biological Station and grasslands and wetlands at Buck Island Ranch, Archbold’s working cattle ranch. Archbold Biological Station is an independent non-profit organization focused on science, conservation, and education in the Headwaters of the Florida Everglades. Our scientists will explain how Archbold research drives conservation action throughout the region and beyond.