Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area
440 acres adjacent to the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS
Never have I seen the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area so waterlogged. Even the "high & dry" scrubby pine flatwoods were inundated. Indian River Mosquito Control District Director Doug Carlson, pictured below in the ORCA parking lot, led the walk to…
Dr. Jon Moore, Professor of Biology, Florida Atlantic University, gave a great presentation about his 15 years of gopher tortoise research at the 1/23/16 volunteer nature stewardship class. Silk grass (Pityopsis gramifolia) pictured above is one of their favorite foods.…
Donna Winter (Class of 2016) pointed at a monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) along Olso Road at the very end of the first session of the 2016 Volunteer Nature Stewardship Class. Shown above are monarch butterfly caterpillars (larvae) feeding upon non-native tropical…
On the 11/28/2015 walk at the (Indian River) Lagoon Greenway led by Ken Gonyo, interest abounded in the marvelous mat of sea purslane (Sesuvium portulacastrum). This native plant is related to "commercial" species of purslane with larger, showier flowers that are…
Enjoy the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area 