The Lakeland Highlands Scrub contains one of the largest
undeveloped scrub communities (140 acres) on the Lakeland Ridge.
The natural communities on the site include sand live oak, scrub,
dry prairie, pine flatwoods, depression marsh, basin marsh and
basin swamp. Initial surveys show that the property is home to at
least five rare plant species, as well as gopher tortoises, eastern
indigo snakes, Florida Scrub-jays and a number of wading bird
species. Do sign in at the information board in the parking lot
near the trailhead, and note that you're there to geocache. Polk
County's Environmental Lands Program is receptive to caching.
Signing in shows that you appreciate this. Please be respectful of
this property, its vegetation & wildlife.
This geocache is a part of the Trek Ten Again
in 2009 program. Participation in that program, while a lot of fun,
is not required to log this cache here. Trek Ten Again in
2009 marks the second year of the Friends of the Parks Foundation’s
call to explore the outdoors in Polk County. Five new nature trails
have been added to the program’s original ten trek locations
throughout Polk County. Each nature trail includes geocaches with a
self-inking stamp like the one you’ll find in this cache for
validating your visits to at least ten of the featured trails. You
can choose which ten trails you visit, and of course you may trek
all 15!
New game cards, which participants stamp and return to be
entered into the year end prize drawings are available at the
Friends of the Parks website. Validated game
cards must be mailed by October 5, 2009 to be eligible for
prize drawings and a certificate of completion. Trek Ten Again in
2009 maps, game cards and other information about each of the
featured nature trails may be downloaded from the Friends of the
Parks website. Check out our
Profile for more details. The Friends of the Parks Foundation
has formed an alliance with the annual Water Wings & Wild
Things event to host our 2009 Trek Ten Again Grand Finale
Celebration and subsequent kickoffs at Circle B Bar Reserve.
GRAND FINALE OCTOBER 31, 2009 - BE
THERE!
This cache was placed with the assistance
of the
Florida
Geocaching Association