Coastal WildScapes

Cay Creek Wetlands Interpretive Center is located at 189 Charlie Butler Road, Midway (Liberty County), Georgia, 31320. The park entrance is a short ride west on Highway 84 from the Midway exit on I-95.

Look at our Volunteer Page for more information.

Coastal WildScapes, the Odum School of Ecology and Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge invite you to become a Citizen Scientist on behalf of monarch butterflies migrating along our coast.

Learn how you — as a Citizen Scientist — can capture monarchs, sample them for pathogens, tag and release them while in the field. There is much to learn about the behavior and health of monarchs on Georgia’s coast. Join us for this exploratory meeting:

More details can be found by clicking here.

April 11 (Thursday)

Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge

9:30 am to 1:00 pm 

Register by sending an email to: info@coastalwildscapes.org

Or call Christa: 404-272-1660

9:30 Dara Satterfield  will explain how we can monitor the health of local monarchs and contribute to scientific research on an infectious disease of monarchs.

10:30 Christa Hayes (Coastal Ecologist) will share observations of local milkweeds used by monarch butterflies.

11:00 Kimberly Hayes (Refuge Manager) will lead a tour of milkweed populations at the Refuge.

Dara is a Ph.D. Student in the Odum School of Ecology working with Dr. Sonia Altizer and Dr. John Maerz. Dara is interested in how human impacts on the environment affect the ecology and evolution of wildlife diseases. Dara’s dissertation research focuses on whether changes in monarch migration affect parasite transmission and evolution. In particular, she is examining whether the introduction of nonnative plants, which may encourage some monarchs to forego migration and remain in temperate breeding grounds, is driving changes in parasite prevalence and virulence. Dara was an inaugural member of UGA’s Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Ph.D. program. Her work in funded through a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.

Kimberly Hayes is Refuge Manager for Harris Neck, Blackbeard Island, & Wolf Island NWRs.

912.832.4608 office

Christa F. Hayes is an ecologist working on the coast of Georgia. Her focus on understanding the natural communities of the coast has expanded to include butterflies and their use of coastal habitats and native plants: cfrangiamore@mindspring.com

Join us as we welcome spring with another wonderful morning at the Ashantilly Center in Darien, Georgia on Saturday, April 6, 2013 from 9 am until 1 pm.  Learn from mini programs, buy native plants, enjoy light refreshments!  And don’t forget our non-invasive Mimosas!  Please register at info@coastalwildscapes.org.

Mini Program Schedule

10:00 am – Linda Lamb – Habitat Gardening

10:30 am – Eamonn Leonard – Native Alternatives to Invasive Species

11:00 am – Jan MacKinnon – Creating a Living shoreline habitat

11:30 am – Theresa Thom – Composting

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CLICK HERE FOR A LIST OF PLANTS AT THE SALE!

When?  Saturday, March 23, 2013 from 5:00 pm until 9:00 pm.

Where? Village Creek Landing, St. Simon’s Island, Georgia.

Dress?  Coastal Casual with a hint of Spiffy.

What?   Food, Friends, and Fundraising:

•   Entertainment by Michael Hulett and others
•   Heavy Hors d’oeuvres by Halyard’s Catering
•   Silent and Live Auctions.

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Please make your reservation soon by calling 912-638-7472