|Who:|
"Southwest Florida Water Management District(Southwest Florida Water Management District)":/ and volunteers.
||*What:*|The District has organized volunteers to plant *several hundred trees*, including *long leaf pines* and *live oaks*, at the District's "Lake Panasoffkee property(Lake Panasoffkee property)":/recreation/areas/lakepanasoffkee.html located in Sumter County west of Wildwood.
Volunteers will *break ground at 10 a.m.*, planting saplings in and around the Lake Panasoffkee camping area to increase and improve animal habitat and enhance the experience for visitors.
"National Arbor Day(Arbor Day)":http://www.arborday.org is the last Friday in April, but many states observe Arbor Day on different dates according to their best tree-planting times. "Florida Arbor Day(Florida Arbor Day)":http://www.arborday.org/states/?state=FL is held each year on the third Friday in January.
||*When:*|Friday, Jan. 21, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.|
|*Directions:*|The property is located south of SR 44 west of Wildwood. "The entrance to the property(Google map)":http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?client=safari&oe=UTF-8&ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa… is on the south side of SR 44, about 2.5 miles east of CR 470 and west of I-75.|
|*Additional Information:*|Volunteers are encouraged to pre-register with the District at 1 800 423-1476, ext. 4756.
The District recommends that volunteers wear outdoor apparel and work gloves to the planting event, and bring shovels and post-hole diggers if they are available. Other recommended items include a hat and/or sunglasses, sunscreen, bug spray and water.>/p>|
|*District Contact:*|Carmen Sanders, senior land use specialist, (352) 279-1625 (cell).