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Survival Guide
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GTMNERR stands for Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve GTMNERR has estuarine systems along the Tolomato and Guana Rivers, a large (2400 acre) artificial freshwater/brackish water lagoon, and open ocean.
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This diversity provides habitat for a variety of resident and migratory wildlife. Bird rookeries and nesting habitat for ground-nesting shorebirds. The beach also provides nesting areas for sea turtles. Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)
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The Guana property represents a relatively undisturbed barrier island. Also, within the reserve’s boundaries can be found an extensive maritime hammock.
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The preserve also contains archeological and historic resources such as aboriginal middens, burial grounds, and artifacts of Spanish & British colonial origin. Stages of indigo processing
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The GTM Reserve is a federal/state partnership with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. The Reserve encompasses approximately 60,000 acres of salt marsh and mangrove tidal wetlands, oyster bars, estuarine lagoons, upland habitat and offshore seas in St. Johns and Flagler Counties. The Reserve contains the northern most extent of mangrove habitat on the east coast of the United States. The coastal waters of the GTM Reserve are important calving grounds for the endangered North Atlantic Right Whale. Manatees, wood storks, roseate spoonbills, bald eagles and peregrine falcons find refuge in the Reserve.
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The land was purchased with Conservation and Recreational Lands and Save Our Coast funds by the State of Florida in 1984. The Guana River was dammed in 1957, to flood the upstream marshes in order to enhance wintering waterfowl habitat. The result was the creation of the present-day Guana Lake. The lake water is brackish near Guana Dam and gradually turns into a freshwater reservoir as one travels away from the dam. Both saltwater and freshwater fish species exist in the same body of water. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean and the Intracoastal Waterway, the Guana River Wildlife Management Area comprises some 12,000 acres of public conservation and recreational land.
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The 21,000 square-foot Environmental Education Center was dedicated on Saturday September 24th, 2005. The $6.2 million project includes interpretive exhibits, aquariums, classrooms, teaching and working laboratories, an auditorium and an outdoor amphitheater overlooking the Guana River Aquatic Preserve.
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The LIFE Program is a partnership between GTMNERR and the St. Johns County School District. The LIFE Program involves three distinct field labs led by GTM Reserve staff and assisted by school teachers and Florida Department of Environmental Protection NE District staff.
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Listen to Your Body--Undress Before Overheat, Dress Before Chills-- Drink Often. Rest occasionally. Whenever you or someone in your group gets weary, it's important to stop and rest. A tired hiker, is a hiker who is more prone to injury. Ticks and Lyme disease. Lyme disease has become a serious problem and one of the main ways it is transmitted to humans is by Ticks. In tick country, make sure feet, legs, arms are covered with clothing. Wear light-colored clothing so ticks will be more visible. Check often for ticks on clothes and in hair and on exposed skin. Carry & know how to use trail map & GPS. Be familiar with & Pay attention to, the terrain you're in. Stay on the trail. Keep track of Each Other. Don’t forget sunglasses and chapstick. Take the lightest trail-worthy shoes you have. Closed TOE shoes!
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GPS is funded by and controlled by the U. S. Department of Defense (DOD). GPS provides specially coded satellite signals that can be processed in a GPS receiver, enabling the receiver to compute position, velocity and time. Four GPS satellite signals are used to compute positions in three dimensions and the time difference in the receiver clock.
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The nominal GPS Operational Constellation consists of 24 satellites that orbit the earth in 12 hours. The satellite orbits repeat almost the same ground track (as the earth turns beneath them) once each day. This constellation provides the user with between five and eight GPS satellites visible from any point on the earth.
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