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Timucuan Parks Foundation (TPF) is pleased to report more than 300 children and their families were introduced to Jacksonville’s wilderness parks and preserves in 2023 through their participation in the National Park Service’s Junior Ranger Angler fishing clinics. The clinics were made possible by a grant from the National Parks Foundation to introduce outdoor opportunities and healthy recreation to underserved … Read more
Timucuan Parks Foundation and the National Park Service’s Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve have awarded $1000 and $500 grants, respectively, to two University of North Florida (UNF) students. Victoria Hayes, an undergraduate student of anthropology, and Hunter Mathews, a graduate student and research assistant in the biology department, will be conducting research in the Timucuan Preserve. Each project will be … Read more
The National Park Trust, in partnership with the National Park Service (NPS), recently announced $375,1000 to fund 18 education and outdoor recreation projects through the 2023 NPS Challenge Cost Share Program. Each project connects a local community to a nearby national park, national trail, or wild and scenic river. This year’s group of awardees will engage more than 8,600 participants … Read more
Timucuan Parks Foundation and the National Park Service’s Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve are offering student research grants to college students. The $500 grants will be awarded to undergraduate and graduate students who are involved in a research project within or about the Timucuan Preserve. The grant program is open to all degree-seeking students in any academic field that are … Read more
2020 Restoration and Resilience grant supports the nonprofit’s work on public lands impacted by a natural disaster Timucuan Parks Foundation has been chosen to receive a 2020 Restoration and Resilience Grant from the National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF). The $25,000 grant, which has major funding support from Toyota Motor North America, will help expand programming and educational efforts by the … Read more
Timucuan Parks Foundation has received a Florida Humanities Grant to support historic speaker series
The series will commemorate the 400th Anniversary of enslaved Africans in English-occupied North America Timucuan Parks Foundation, in conjunction with the National Park Service, is pleased to announce they have received a grant from Florida Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities. The $5,000 grant will be used to support programming and events to mark the 400th anniversary of … Read more
Entrance to the museum is free as part of Jax AquaFest Timucuan Parks Foundation’s 20th Anniversary Exhibition at the Museum of Science and History will feature special activities on Saturday, Feb. 1 as part of Jax AquaFest. Admission to the museum is free courtesy of the City of Jacksonville’s Environmental Protection Board. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the National … Read more
The hands-on lesson will take place on Jan. 4 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. On Jan. 4, Timucuan Parks Foundation’s 20th Anniversary Exhibition at the Museum of Science and History will feature a special activity presented by the National Park Service. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., NPS will be teaching museum-goers about the benefits of living shorelines and … Read more
Teens participated in a day of service at Fort Caroline National Memorial Timucuan Parks Foundation and the National Park Service had some special visitors at Fort Caroline National Memorial. Junior Civitan teens from the North Florida School of Special Education visited the national park site last week for a day of service. More than a dozen of the Junior Civitans … Read more