Education at the park
SUN PHOTO BY BRENDA BARBOSA
Visitors to the Cedar Point Environmental Park Center in Englewood learn about shark species from a display board donated by former longtime Englewood resident Louis Pearson. Last month, the Charlotte County Commission cleared the way for the Charlotte Harbor Environemental Center to apply for a grant from the Department of Environmental Protection for new education displays to provide visitors with a more interactive learning experience.
SUN PHOTO BY BRENDA BARBOSA
Visitors to the Cedar Point Environmental Park Center in Englewood learn about Florida wildlife through donated displays, fossils, skulls and mounted animals at the park's education center. Cedar Point volunteers give guided tours and run educational programs throughout the year. The center plays host to some 7,000 visitors annually, according to center's environmental resource manager Bobbi Rodgers.
SUN PHOTO BY BRENDA BARBOSA
Nearly 7,000 people visit the Cedar Point Environmental Park Center each year to learn about Florida nature and wildlife. The center hopes to replace the existing educational posters with updated displays.
Last month, the Charlotte County Commission cleared the way for the Charlotte Harbor Environemental Center to apply for a grant from the Department of Environmental Protection for new education al boards to provide visitors with a more interactive learning experience.
SUN PHOTO BY BRENDA BARBOSA
Cedar Point Environmental Park in Englewood is 115 acres of pine flatwoods, salt marsh and mangrove fringe, bordered by Lemon Bay on the west, Ainger Creek to the north and Oyster Creek to the south.
SUN PHOTO BY GREG MARTIN, gmartin@sun-herald.com
Dennis Murphy, Punta Gorda growth management director, points out an area where construction of Linear Park Phase III is under way off Olympia Avenue Friday.
It’s a crisp, sun-drenched morning at Charlotte County’s Cedar Point Environmental Park in Englewood. Workers are busy patching up the wooden steps leading to the park’s education center, which is preparing for another busy season.
Every year, volunteers with the Charlotte Harbor Environmental Center steer some 7,000 visitors through Cedar Point’s educational center and the park’s 115 acres of natural habitat that consist of marshland and mangroves, pine flatwoods and a host of other ecosystems that teem with hundreds of species of native wildlife and plants.
