Wetland Club Donates 113 Trees for Arbor Day!

Happy Arbor Day!

To celebrate and reTREEt America, the UF Wetlands Club donated 113 bald and pond cypress trees to the UF Natural History Museum's Arbor Day event. http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/news/2012/release_04-04-2012.htm

We added these trees in addition to their 400 other species: 100 dogwoods, 100 redbuds, 50 mayhaws, 50 pawpaws, 25 Walter's viburnums, 25 tulip Poplars, 25 sugarberries and 25 sparkleberries.

They are giving away these trees on April 28 starting at 10 am in celebration of Arbor Day.  Trees are first come first serve and one per person.

Thanks to our tree transporters: Wes Henson, Dr. Mark Clark, and Anna Normand

We still have about 300 more beautiful cypress trees to sell at $5 each.

Check out our Craigstlist add: http://gainesville.craigslist.org/grd/2957078460.html

and the website order form: http://ufwetlandsclub.blogspot.com/p/buy-cypress-fundraiser.html

CALS~ CLUB OF THE YEAR AWARD

UF Wetlands Club is proud to announce that we were awarded the 2012 Club of the Year for College of Agricultural and Life Sciences College Council! We will continue our efforts towards enhancing public understanding towards wetland values and function through educational activities, service projects, clean-ups and trips!

People from left to right: Alexandra Rozin (Secretary), RJ Sindelar (Vice President), Rupesh Bhomia (President), Anna Normand (Treasurer), and Ashley Phillips (Fund raiser chair).

Club Wins Sustainability Award Again!

We are excited to announce that the UF Wetlands Club was presented with the 2012 Sustainable Solutions Water Conservation Student Organization Award by the UF Office of Sustainability! We look forward to continuing our efforts promoting water conservation for many years to come.

New Officers Elected!

We are pleased to announce the Executive Committee of the UF Wetlands Club for the 2012-2013 school year:

President: Anna Normand
Vice-President: RJ Sindelar
Treasurer: Christine VanZomeren
Secretary: Akeapot Srifa
Fundraiser Chair: Wesley Henson
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mark Clark

Congratulations to you all. We are looking forward to another awesome year!

Wetlands club meeting - 10 April 2012. Phelps lab 6 pm

The UF Wetlands Club is holding its last general meeting for the spring semester on 10^th April 2012.

Please join us for an update on our activities and trips, recognitions/awards and for electing officers for next year. 

When: Tuesday,  Apr 10^th at 6:00 pm 

Where: Seminar Room, Phelps lab, UF campus.

There will be Pizza and some drinks.

See you there!