Jan. 10, 2015-REMINDER- We invite the public to attend either of two additional public meetings on the proposed park fee increase, beingheld on January12 in Naples and Jauary15 in Homestead.
MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 2015 (6:00 - 8:00 p.m.): Rookery Bay National
Estuarine Research Reserve, 300 Tower Road (Environmental Learning Center), Naples
Florida 34113. Telephone: (239) 530-5940 https://rookerybay.org/visit/plan-your-visit.html
Directions: From the South, Including Miami:
Take I-75 (Alligator Alley) north to old exit 15, NEW exit #101. At the exit, make a left onto Collier Boulevard, CR 951 (heading toward Marco Island). Follow
approximately 5 - 7 miles, across the intersection at US 41 South. Once thru the intersection, approximately 1 mile on your right will be Comcast. That is Tower Road. Make a right onto Tower Road and a left into the parking lot.
From the North, Including Tampa and Ft. Myers airport: Take I-75 south to old exit 15, NEW exit # 101. At the exit,
bear right onto Collier Boulevard, CR 951 (heading toward Marco Island). Follow approximately 5 - 7 miles, across the intersection at US 41 South. Once thru the intersection, approximately 1 mile on your right will be Comcast. That is Tower Road. Make a right onto Tower Road and a left into our parking lot.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 2015 (6:30 - 8:30 p.m.): Homestead Agricultural Center, 18710
SW 288th Street, Homestead, Florida 33030. Telephone: (305) 248-3311 ext. 0
Directions: http://directory.ifas.ufl.edu/Dir/searchdir?pageID=2&uid=A23
Traveling south on the Florida Turnpike (Homestead Extension), take Exit #5 (Biscayne Drive / SW 288th Street), and go west for about 5 miles. The Extension Office is at the corner of SW 288th Street and SW 187th Avenue (Redland Road), on the left. It is a one-story, beige, block building.
Original Press Release Issued on December 1 can be viewed through this link.
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service