Pictured above is the Volunteer Nature Stewardship class of 2015 clustered up getting ready to take a walk in the hammock at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA) on the north side of Oslo Road on 1/24/2015. A new Volunteer…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Pictured above is the Volunteer Nature Stewardship class of 2015 clustered up getting ready to take a walk in the hammock at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA) on the north side of Oslo Road on 1/24/2015. A new Volunteer…
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…
Sweet Sam, Bob Montanaro's dog,, stands at the trailhead to the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, wondering about the wet conditions. This picture was taken in early September of 2016, a year with "usual" summer rainfall. Every year is different, and…
Welcome to the 2018 Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory (FMEL) Volunteer Nature Stewardship Class for the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA), shown above the south ORCA entrance near the FMEL Boathouse. Special thanks to FMEL Director Dr. Jorge Rey for welcoming the…