June 2004 • Vol. 3, No. 2

Operations Report

This spring was exciting at the research center. Since our last report in March, we had over 1,000 school children and adults tour our site, with a conservative estimate of 500 at the Calusa Festival alone. The Festival featured information booths (Mote Marine, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Ding Darling National Wildlife Reserve, Gaea Guides, Dick Workman, Robin Brown, Irv Quitmyer, Steve Tutko), tours of the archaeological dig, walking tours of the site, Tarpon Lodge restaurant specials, a sunset cruise, door prizes, and previews of the art work that will be on signs along the Calusa Heritage Trail, provided by Synergy Design Group (Merald Clark, Cyndi Moncrief, John LoCastro) (see photos in this newsletter).

We also offered many outreach programs, reaching hundreds more people at sites ranging from libraries to festivals. Our volunteers logged over 1,000 hours this spring for the dig and other activities. In addition to the May Day planting, we completed our bridge over the canal, and our gravel trails have now been laid. The new fence is almost complete, and we will soon begin building the observation platform on top of Brown’s Mound. I hope to see you soon at the site!

John Paeno

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