By Steve Plunkett
An unnamed benefactor will pay a substantial part of the $450,000 cost to make Gumbo Limbo Nature Center’s three-story observation tower ADA-compliant.
Michele Peel, president of the Friends of Gumbo Limbo, announced the gift at th
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By Steve Plunkett
The discovery of rotten wood supports for the boardwalk at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center will add 46 days to the work schedule.
The boardwalk and the center’s rebuilt observation tower are now expected to be finished June 2 instead of A
Hundreds of supporters gathered to enjoy gumbo and support the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton. The day featured tastings by local restaurants, live music, games and raffles. ‘Attendees enjoyed this fun, unique, green event that also raised m
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By Steve Plunkett
Red Reef Park just had emergency repairs made to its seawall and is in the process of getting two new restrooms east of State Road A1A. Total cost: $710,000.
The Greater
By Steve Plunkett
The Gumbo Limbo Nature Center would be replaced by a twice-as-big facility with sweeping cantilever roofs built over a ground-level parking garage in a proposal by waterfront parks consultant EDSA Inc.
The parking garage would have
The Friends of Gumbo Limbo celebrated a year's worth of environmental education and preservation and had both silent and live auctions to raise funds for programs at the nature center. Platinum sponsor for the event was the Ajram Family Foundation. A
(l-r) Kimberly Agnello, of JM Family Enterprises; Mark Warren, of the Warren Family Foundation; Gordon Gilbert, founder of Gumbo Limbo Nature Center; and Lisa Davis, of JM Family Enterprises. Photo provided
By Amy Woods
Friends of Gumbo Limbo, the v
Kraken, an adult loggerhead turtle with only one eye, returned to the sea after six months of recuperation. She was rescued last June after being hit by a boat propeller and needed emergency surgery. ABOVE: A crowd wishes Kraken bon voyage. BELOW: Gu
By Steve Plunkett
A city consultant’s recommendations on undeveloped Ocean Strand and the popular Gumbo Limbo Nature Center caught Beach & Park District officials by surprise.
Kona Gray, of EDSA Inc., which is creating a comprehensive master plan for
SEPT. 15: On the morning of his release, a loggerhead turtle, named George Bush by his rescuers, swims in a holding tank at the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Ron Hayes
On the Friday after Hurricane Irma’s assault on
By Steve Plunkett
The boardwalk at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, closed since February 2015 after engineers warned it was near collapse, should be reopening this month.
The Greater Boca Raton Beach & Park District approved a $45,500 last-minute ch
A marine turtle specialist extracts eggs from the nest in South Beach Park. The eggs were relocated to Red Reef Park so a beach renourishment project would not disturb them. Photos courtesy of city of Boca Raton
By Steve Plunkett
A leatherback se
A beautiful moon set the mood for the sixth-annual Sea Coast Toast, a fundraiser for Gumbo Limbo Nature Center sponsored by Friends of Gumbo Limbo. Nearly 200 guests – a record – enjoyed an evening of hot and cold foods, beer and wine and special des
Astraea Quisenberry came a long way to see baby sea turtles march into the sea.
Astraea, a 5-year-old from Portland, Ore., has been fighting leukemia and wanted to see the turtles
at Gumbo Limbo. The Make-A-Wish Foundation, and Gumbo Limbo, made it h
ABOVE: (l-r) Boca Raton Mayor Susan Haynie, FAU President John Kelly, National Save the Sea Turtle Foundation Director Frank Wojick, FAU Provost Gary Perry and Professor Jeanette Wyneken, Ph.D., of the the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science’s Depa
By Cheryl Blackerby
Wildlife at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center is in peril because of long-standing problems with pipes and tanks, Boca Raton Beach and Park District commissioners were told at a commission meeting July 21.
“Several weeks ago, there
The Friends of Gumbo Limbo recently awarded $15,000 in Gordon J. Gilbert Scholarships to future scientists and those currently doing research to further the mission of Gumbo Limbo — to increase public awareness of the coastal ecosystem through educat
The Friends of Gumbo Limbo raised more than $10,000 during an evening of food, drinks, music and auctions, with all proceeds going to Gumbo Limbo Nature Center’s educational and conservation programs. The Friends recognized Jim Abernethy, a conservat
For the past two decades, Gumbo Limbo Nature Center’s (GLNC) Sea Turtle
Conservation team has rescued sick and injured sea turtles throughout southern Palm Beach County. In January,
2010 efforts were stepped up with the opening of their Sea Turtle
