Well, this weekend was busy busy busy!!!! Pheonix and I started out by kayaking the entire length of the eastern shore of Lake Monroe, and it was a very hard trip. The main problem was we were going against the 10 -15 mph wind, 2 -3 foot waves and upstream. The other problem was that it was 10 miles round trip. 5 hours later, we were pooped, cold, sore and a little cranky, but it was all good! Good exercise to say the least. The next day we went to Smyrna Dunes Park to talk with the park manager to start doing the surveying of the Gopher Tortoises. He showed us
what had been done before, 25 some odd holes were documented, but had to be re-surveyed due to the fact the documentation was fairly poor. The thing that hit me is that this is a massive project. If the density is the same over most of the park compared to the small area we saw, we are talking about 300+ holes. Then there is the capure and tagging! Oy! Here are some pictures of the park Phoenix took from the observation tower…
what had been done before, 25 some odd holes were documented, but had to be re-surveyed due to the fact the documentation was fairly poor. The thing that hit me is that this is a massive project. If the density is the same over most of the park compared to the small area we saw, we are talking about 300+ holes. Then there is the capure and tagging! Oy! Here are some pictures of the park Phoenix took from the observation tower…
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