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Upcoming Events:
• April 3—FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT— featuring “Wall-E”
RIVER CENTER SPONSORS - $5 (includes popcorn and drink for each child). 6-8
p.m. (child under 8 years old must be accompanied by
an adult)
Arrington Family
• April 8—9 a.m.—RIVER TOTTERS—Arts & Crafts
Our annual River Center sponsors (general ages 1-6) - $1.00
are recognized on our donor wall at • April 9 & 23—2:30 p.m.—UTTERLY OTTERLY PLAY—
the entrance. Each tile is 50% off Storytime and Arts & Crafts—small fee (ages 3-10)
for 2009, so become a sponsor • April 15—10 a.m.—MINI-MOVIE DAY—(ages 0-6) $3
today! (includes popcorn and juice box):
www.loxahatcheeriver.org
Lookin’ at the Loxahatchee Did You Know?
Get a bird’s eye view ● Every ton of recycled
office paper saves 380
gallons of oil.
● Glass produced from
recycled glass instead of
raw materials reduces
related air pollution by
20%, and water pollution
by 50%.
● Energy saved from one
recycled aluminum can
will operate a TV set for
dplains
Rated G
River Fast Facts
• 10 major freshwater and saltwater Major Habitats:
In the distant future, a
habitats provide homes for a wide Cypress swamp
small waste collecting
variety of wildlife. Freshwater Marshes robot inadvertently
• It is a peaceful, slow flowing river. Hardwood Hammock embarks on a space
• Federally designated as a “Wild and Mangrove swamp journey that will
Scenic River” in 1985. There are Seagrass beds ultimately decide the
only two Wild and Scenic Rivers in Oyster reefs or beds fate of mankind.
Florida. Estuary (Lagoons and Inlets)
• The river is surrounded by many Friday, April 3
natural areas that are still intact and (6-9p)
publicly owned. For example, nine Endangered Species:
$5—Includes Popcorn
miles of the Loxahatchee River, Wood stork
and Drink
including the Wild and Scenic Florida Panther
portion, flow through Riverbend Manatee 561-743-7123
Park (west on Indiantown Road) and Children under 8 years
Jonathan Dickinson State Park (U.S. Common Species of interest: old must be accompanied
Highway 1 - South of Hobe Sound). Bird: Blue Heron, Egret, Osprey, Ibis by an adult. Children
• Watershed Area = 260 square miles Plant: Cypress, Mangroves, Seagrape, over 8 may be dropped
• Natural Area = 63% Cabbage Palm, Slash Pine off with the signature of a
Fish: Snook, Snapper, Bass parent/guardian.
www.loxahatcheeriver.org