BIG turtle news! 🐢🌊 As of this morning, we officially have 25 sea turtle nests at Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park! 🎉🐢
This nesting season is shaping up to be another record-breaker, and we couldn’t be more excited. 💚
Want to make a difference for sea turtle conservation? You can symbolically adopt a nest and help support our monitoring and protection efforts throughout the season. 🐢✨
Visit the link in our bio to adopt, or comment 🐢❤️ below and we’ll DM you the link!
/ADOPT-A-TURTLE-NEST
📸: @kbcitizenscience
Turtle season has started and we're out patrolling in the early mornings. It's still a bit early to see anything, but we're ready for the turtles to start arriving! It's also still in the peak season for Portuguese man o' war, so if you're out on the beach, watch where you step.
#seaturtle #citizenscience #turtleseason #floridastateparks
There’s nothing quite like looking up and catching a massive squadron of pelicans gliding by the lighthouse in Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park in perfect formation. 🤍
They move as one, wings outstretched, riding the ocean breeze. Effortless, synchronized, and mesmerizing, it’s one of those moments that makes you stop, breathe, and feel completely connected to the magic of the park in our backyard.
Nature always finds a way to surprise you. Keep your eyes on the horizon. You never know when the next squadron will soar by.
📷: @kb.poetry.share [Debbie Wanninkhof]
#WildlifeWednesday #ElFarito #Pelicans #BillBaggsStatePark #timelinecleanse
Join @KBCitizenScience 's Lunch & Learn on Thursday, March 26th: The Nature Conservancy - Empowering the Next Generation: Inside the Externship Experience.
🗓 Thursday, March 26
🕛 12:00pm
📍 KB Community Center, Island Room
☎️ RSVP is Required. Please call 305-365-8900 to reserve your spot, or stop by the Community Center front desk.
This fascinating Lunch & Learn will be presented by Michelle Wagner, Associate Director of Development at The Nature Conservancy and Sophie Dellinger, Externship Participant.
✨️This program is free for members of the community center, $10 for non-members.
Join us Thursday, February 26th for Lunch & a screening of The Smog of the Sea, a documentary from filmmaker @IanCheney that chronicles a research expedition through the Sargasso Sea.
Marine scientist @Marcus.Eriksen invited onboard an unusual crew to help him study the sea: renowned surfers Keith Malloy @thetorpedopeople & Dan Malloy @the.rabbits.foot , musician @JackJohnson , spearfisher woman Kimi Werner @kimi_swimmy , and bodysurfer Mark Cunningham become citizen scientists on a mission to assess the fate of plastics in the world’s oceans.
🕛 12:00pm
🗓 Thursday, February 26, 2026
📍KB Community Center, Island Room
☎️ RSVP is Required. Call 305-365-8900 or stop by the front desk to secure your spot. #AAOPlasticFree #TheSmogOfTheSea.
Rangers, staff, and volunteers from Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park were honored to attend today’s District 5 Volunteer Appreciation Event at Curry Hammock State Park! 🌿👏
Our park was proudly represented by so many dedicated volunteers, the Friends of Cape Florida, and the Key Biscayne Citizen Scientist Project — one of this year’s well-deserved award winners! 🏆
The Key Biscayne Citizen Scientist Project, led by Rumya Sundaram, supports the park in countless ways, including research and education, presentations and lectures, community outreach, roving interpretation, and coordinating multiple mangrove cleanups. Their passion and commitment help us protect and share this special place with our community.
We are so grateful for this partnership and look forward to many more years of collaboration! 💚🌊
#citizenscience #citizenscientist #FriendsOfCapeFlorida #billbaggsstatepark
#VolunteerAppreciation
On Saturday, January 17, we returned to the Marine Stadium Basin to honor the life and legacy of Luciano Mercenari—transforming remembrance into action, and gratitude into care for the waters he loved. Together, we showed that Luc’s spirit lives on in stewardship, community, and the simple act of showing up.
🎥: @badwerks
Join us THIS Monday, December 29th for our last cleanup of 2025: the Bill Baggs State Park Mangrove Clean Up !
Sign up-> 🌐 kbcf.org/cleanup
The @KBCitizenScience Program, @FillABag , @MiamiEcoAdventures , and @FreePlasticOrg are celebrating their 4th year working together with enthusiastic and committed residents of all ages in impactful and unforgettable mangrove cleanups.
Registration is Required. Please go to kbcf.org/cleanup or visit the Link in our bio. There is important information there regarding kayak and SUP rentals, too. Thank you to @RidePADL for your support.
This will be a guided tour into Biscayne Bay and the mangroves to remove marine debris from this vital and hard-to-reach habitat.
This cleanup is particularly important as mangroves host many vulnerable species that live within these unique and diverse ecosystems.
Our event is funded through a generous grant from the Florida Inland Navigation District.
We will have water and snacks, plus some prizes to win after the clean up!
Join us Thursday, December 18th at noon for @KBCitizenScience Project's next Lunch & Learn: Beyond the Usual Suspects: 20 Animals You Didn't Know Existed, presented by Rumya Sundaram, KBCF's Director of Environmental Science.
🗓 Thursday, December 18, 2025
🕛 12:00pm
📍 KB Community Center, Island Room
📞 RSVP Required. Please call 305-365-8900 or drop by the KBCC front desk to sign up.
#KBCF #LunchandLearn
Thank you to everyone who came to help with the West Point Preserve Mangrove Cleanup!✨️ 20 volunteers removed 250 pounds of trash. KBCF's Director of Environmental Science Rumya Sundaram reports that "the area was MUCH cleaner this time, which I take as a very good sign!"
The @KBCitizenScience Program, @FillABag , @MiamiEcoAdventures , and @FreePlasticOrg are celebrating their 4th year working together with enthusiastic and committed residents of all ages in impactful and unforgettable mangrove cleanups.
Mangrove cleanups are particularly important as many vulnerable species live within these unique and diverse ecosystems.
These events are funded through a generous grant from the Florida Inland Navigation District.
Please support the Citizen Science Project this year for Give Miami Day! Thank you to @miamifoundation for once again providing this incredible annual philanthropic event!
Whether you come to our science lectures, join our mangrove cleanups, have a child participating in the Key Challenge, participate in #PlasticFreeKB, or care about environmental stewardship in any way, we appreciate you.
Each year, CSP does our best to reach as many residents as possible, to teach them about our environment, encourage interest in science, and enhance knowledge of Florida's unique ecosystems.
Help us to do more! Please check out our Champion Page for Give Miami Day today (11/19) or tomorrow (11/20) and show your continued support for our programming! ❤️🐢🌱
Link in bio.
#givemiamiday #citizenscience #sustsinability #OneMillionActsofScience #KBCF #mangrove #mangrovecleanup #keychallenge #lunchandlearn #turtlepatrol
Join us THIS Saturday, November 22nd for our Westpoint Preserve Mangrove Clean Up !
Sign up-> 🌐 kbcf.org/cleanup
The @KBCitizenScience Program, @FillABag , @MiamiEcoAdventures , and @FreePlasticOrg are celebrating their 4th year working together with enthusiastic and committed residents of all ages in impactful and unforgettable mangrove cleanups.
Registration is Required. Please go to kbcf.org/cleanup or visit the Link in our bio. There is important information there regarding kayak and SUP rentals, too. Thank you to @RidePADL for your support.
This will be a guided tour into Biscayne Bay and the mangroves to remove marine debris from this vital and hard-to-reach habitat.
This cleanup is particularly important as mangroves host many vulnerable species that live within these unique and diverse ecosystems.
Our event is funded through a generous grant from the Florida Inland Navigation District.
We will have water and snacks, plus some prizes to win after the clean up!
#Cleanup #MangroveCleanup #KeyBiscayne #WestpointPreserve #Fillabag
![There’s nothing quite like looking up and catching a massive squadron of pelicans gliding by the lighthouse in Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park in perfect formation. They move as one, wings outstretched, riding the ocean breeze. Effortless, synchronized, and mesmerizing, it’s one of those moments that makes you stop, breathe, and feel completely connected to the magic of the park in our backyard.Nature always finds a way to surprise you. Keep your eyes on the horizon. You never know when the next squadron will soar by. : @kb.poetry.share [Debbie Wanninkhof]#WildlifeWednesday #ElFarito #Pelicans #BillBaggsStatePark #timelinecleanse](https://sp1.picnob.com/p/pt_6747351844584567281341_0_62257f75157ff63c14d2eb0e8b724328.jpg?o=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&h=ce4a27eafd745eb975012197a868f7d5)
