Orlando Wetlands Park Festival Saturday February 18, 2012. — 9am-3pm

2012: Originating at Fort Christmas Historical Park

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2012 Orlando Wetlands Park Festival

Orlando, FL - Come and enjoy the Orlando Wetlands Festival on Saturday, February 18, 2012, from 9am-3pm at Fort Christmas Park. The Orlando Wetlands Festival is an opportunity to celebrate the Orlando Wetlands Park, the City's 1,650 acre wetland oasis. The event is sponsored by: City of Orlando, Orange Audubon Society, Atkins, and Orange County Parks and Recreation.

On February 18, 2012, come and experience this unique wetland treatment system with the entire family. Event co-sponsor, Orange Audubon Society, will lead guided bird-watching excursions. The Florida Native Plant Society will lead native plant identification hikes; while, the Florida Trail Association will be providing wilderness hikes.

Guided photo hikes will also be available and led by professional nature and wildlife photographers: Milton Heiberg, Vinny Colucci, and Melissa Southern.

For those who like to sit and ride, guided bus tours will travel along the wetland berms, giving riders a chance to experience firsthand, Florida's wild wetlands. Hay rides will also give riders a chance to relax and take in the scenery.

In addition to the numerous guided tours, there will be bird-banding and mist-netting demonstrations as well as live folk music. Featured in the various wildlife shows, many different live animals will be present such as alligators, snakes, and birds and many others. Also, the City's Families, Parks and Recreation Division will be giving away free backyard trees in celebration of Arbor Day.

There will be many interactive children's activities (like Out-On-A-Limb kids tree climbing), a bounce house and much, much more! So bring the whole family and invite your friends and neighbors to this fun, free educational festival. Bring your cameras, and prepare for an adventure in the wilderness. Please leave your pets at home; there are wild animals. Food will be available for purchase. Free admission and free door prizes! For more information: call Orlando Wetlands Park 407.568.1706.

Event Website: cityoforlando.net/wetlands.

Directions: To get to the Park, take S.R. 50 to Christmas, Florida. Turn north onto 420, Ft. Christmas Rd. Continue north 1.8 miles. Fort Christmas Park will be on your left. Free parking will be located on your right in Fort Christmas Park's field. The address is 1300 North Fort Christmas Road, Christmas, FL 32709.

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 The Friends of the Orlando Wetlands Park have a new website. The URL is http://orlandowetlands.org/.

Print & Post 2012 Festival Flyer

Games Exhibits Door Prizes Face Painting Rock Climbing Wall 6:00 Sunrise Photo Hike Refreshments & Merchandise Booths Bounce House Live Wild Animals Interactive Displays Guided Birding Hikes Live Entertainment Backyard Tree Giveaways Guided Wilderness Hikes Guided Native Plant ID Hikes Guided Bus Tour of Wetlands Animal Catch & Release Demo Out-on-a-limb Kids Tree Climbing And much, much more!

Event Sponsor: Post, Buckley, Schuh and Jernigan, Inc.

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Directions:

To get to the Park, take S.R. 50 to Christmas, Florida. Turn north onto 420, Ft. Christmas Rd and travel 2.3 miles, turn right onto Wheeler Road and travel 1.5 miles. The address is 25155 Wheeler Road, Christmas, Florida 32709.

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History of Orlando Wetlands Park

In the mid 1980's, the City of Orlando's Iron Bridge Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant needed more overflow capacity than what was allowed in the Little Econlockhatchee River. In 1986 the City of Orlando purchased 1,650 acres and in July 1987, the 1,220 acres wetland treatment system was completed and reclaimed water began to flow from the Iron Bridge Plant. The system was designed to polish up to 35 million gallons a day of reclaimed wastewater. The water is conveyed through a four-foot diameter pipeline approximately 17 miles.

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