Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Blanket flower (Gaillardia pulchella), also commonly called firewheel, had been thought to be native for many years. This plant flourishes in Florida and the southeast U.S. Recent DNA evidence indicates that this plant is native to the southwest. You can…
Beginning in the fall of 1998, the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory (FMEL) began to offer a Volunteer Nature Stewardship Class for the adjacent Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA). In the early days the class was underwritten by a grant from…
The Jones Pier Conservation Area opened to public access at the beginning of May 2023. Purchased by Indian River County in 2008, this 16.5 acre property on the Indian River Lagoon once was a farmstead property with boat docks and…
Many thanks to Dave Fuss, Indian River Land Trust (IRLT) Director of Stewardship, for leading a wonderful walk at the recently opened Oyster Bar Marsh Conservation Area. Indian River County purchased much of the property in 2001, and the IRLT…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 