Big Bend Biodiversity Tour

From our meeting location at CPI headquarters (46 Kinsey Road, Crawfordville), we will hop in our CPI passenger van and begin a huge round trip day excursion to our Apalachicola Lowlands Preserve, and back, while making many stops along gthe way. We will discuss and experience what makes our region so rich in biodiversity. The longleaf pine ecosystem will be our primary focus, however, we will experience as many other habitat types as we can in a single day, such as seepage slopes, wet prairie bogs loaded with pitcherplants, ephemeral wetlands, river floodplain, and blackwater streams. And we will eyeball some coastal sand pine scrub. Get up close and personal with creatures and plants galore...including some of the threatened, endangered, or endemic species that call our region home. There will be plenty of opportunities for photographers!

The $75 fee includes transportation, and complementary drinks/extra water. It also includes CPI president Ryan Means, who will be your fearless, friendly, and expert guide. You should bring shoes you can get wet, insect repellant if you desire, and perhaps some sunscreen. We will frolick-walk approximately three miles at the preserve. Proceeds go towards our efforts to preserve the biodiversity of the southeastern Coastal Plain.

Contact Ryan directly if you should have any questions. 850-544-5661 or ryan@coastalplains.org (Ryan prefers that you text him. Please state who you are in the text)

Cancellation Policy: If we have to cancel for weather or any unforeseen reason, we can place you on a priority wait list for another equivalent tour or ecoadventure, apply your tour fee as a CPI donation, or issue a refund. If you must cancel for whatever reason, we kindly ask that you consider your payment a donation to CPI in support of all our conservation work. 😊