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Projects: Completed, In Progress and On-going

Completed

  • Environmental Interpretive Center
  • Purchased & built the first playground equipment for the boat ramp picnic area - which has since been replaced to meet new safety regulations. photo
  • Created the Gator Lake Guided Trail
  • Paid for the Ramp & Overlook at Gator Lake
  • Built the Bird Bath Fountain Area
  • Purchased the Trees and Sprinkler Systems for the Park Entrance Area, the Jetty Showers, the Jetty Store, and One of the Bathhouses in the Campground.
  • Helped to Plant Sea Oats
  • Park Clean up after Hurricane Opal
  • Beach Clean up after an Oil Spill
  • Purchase Special Equipment Needed for the Park
  • Created Various Displays & Exhibits for the Park
  • Promote the Park & Provide Educational Programs
  • Created several educational fliers for children available in our Visitors' Center
  • Created a history pamphlet available to park visitors
  • Performed Biological & Park Usage Surveys
  • Re-built Pavilion over the W.W.II Gun Mount at the Jetties photo
  • Created a 3-sided display for the Jetty Gun Mount Pavilion that gives information on the WWII 155 mm guns that were in the park, the cutting of the shipping pass in the 1930’s that led to the creation of the jetties and Shell Island.
In Progress
  • The Friends raised the funds to build the new Environmental Interpretive Center building just to the right after you enter the park. We have completed Phase I of the exhibits and are beginning work on those in Phase II.
  • A new committee has been formed to investigate what can be done to help preserve our seagrass beds that are so vital to the bay and marsh ecosystem. The seagrass beds are permanent and temporary homes for many critters.
On-Going:
  • Monthly Adopt-A-Highway to clean the road leading into the park.
  • Recycle aluminum to fund projects for the park.
  • Maintain the native nursery, the sprinkler systems and the landscaping projects we installed.

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