Grassy Waters Preserve

My time is really short today... but I am determined not to miss a week so I'm going to post another quick one.

The last few Saturdays on my way home from the office I've been stopping at Grassy Waters Preserve, which is about 15 minutes from my house and I drive past it every day.

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I kind of feel bad that I'm going to devote so little time to this place because it really is incredible. Since I'm so short on time I'm going to copy & paste some info from their website (for those of you who don't feel like linking over).

"Grassy Waters Preserve (GWP) is dedicated to the promotion of environmental education and recreation programs at the 20-square mile wetland nature preserve and water supply for the City of West Palm Beach. We are also charged with pursuit of funding in the form of grants from public, private and foundation sources, in addtion to fund-raising events to assist in the creation and operation of environmental programs at the preserve.Managed by the City of West Palm Beach Public Utilities Department, GWP provides fresh drinking water to more than 130,000 people in West Palm Beach, the Town of Palm Beach, and the Town of South Palm Beach. The preserve includes nature center pavilions, meandering boardwalk trails, hiking, biking, canoeing, programs, entertainment, and more!"

Pretty cool huh? Our Leadership PBC class went there in 2008 and it was super cool to learn all about this place.

Anyway, let's get to the pictures:

Wildlife (I really need to try to get more wildlife pictures from there... maybe a future blog post):

Landscape & flora:

 

I was truly overwhelmed by this photo when I saw it for the first time on my computer. Not only is this my Palm Beach County photo of the week on DPC, but I also entered this photo in Grassy Water's annual photo contest. If you can get there in the next month or so, please vote for me!