Boyd Hill Nature Preserve in St. Petersburg, Florida. Credit: Photo via cityofstpete/Flickr
Across the state, so many of our natural refuges are still picking up after hurricanes Milton and Helene.

The Florida State Parks system lists two dozen closures including these six in the Bay area.

  • Alafia River State Park
  • Caladesi Island State Park
  • Egmont Key State Park
  • Hillsborough River State Park
  • Honeymoon Island State Park
  • Myakka River State Park
Municipal green spaces are hurting, too, but there’s a chance to roll up your sleeves, put on some closed toe shoes and help one.

Tampa Bay Estuary, St. Pete’s Parks & Recreation department, and Friends of Boyd Hill have teamed up for a weekend cleanup where volunteers will rake and remove debris from the trails around the 245-acre preserve’s Pioneer Settlement living museum.

Bring work gloves (and a rake if you have them). Lunch is on organizers.

St. Petersburg’s Boyd Hill Community Cleanup happens on Saturday, Oct. 26., from 9 a.m.-noon at Boyd Hill Nature Preserve.

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This article appears in Oct 17-23, 2024.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...