News

The Friends of Paynes Prairie Annual Membership Meeting will take place via zoom this year. This is a Members Only event. All active members will receive an email containing link for voting and more information will be published at a later date. 

For more information on park safety, please visit:

 www.floridastateparks.org/learn/safety-update

The Big Anniversary Speaker Series has been postponed due to COVID-19 and will be rescheduled for future dates. Thank you for your patience and understanding. 

 

Gainesville Hawthorne State Trail & Price's Scrub State Park Now Open!

Open for day use, from 8am to sunset.

Some restrictions on facilities and modified fee collection.

For the first time ever, the Friends of Paynes Prairie have taken 12 spectacular images from the photography contest and produced a calendar that captures the beauty and the wonder of the prairie through all the seasons.

The calendar is now on sale for $20 plus tax at the Visitors Center and all proceeds go to support the prairie.

The calendar makes a unique snd sure to be treasured holiday gift for everyone who loves the prairie - friends, family and, of course, yourself!

Read article at:  http://time.com/5349516/lauren-groff-prairie-escape/

Board meeting - each third Wednesday of the month, next meeting March 20 at the FL DEP training room Park North entrance.  Members please use your password to enter the members only section to see meeting agendas and minutes.

Following discussions at the annual meeting in November, and a special board meeting held December 16, the Board of Directors revised the by-laws of Friends of Paynes Prairie Inc., changing the structure of officers to spread leadership responsibilities.  Board members Christine Zamora was elected President, Jeffrey Forbes was elected President elect and to serve as vice president,Jeffrey Hocutt remains treasurer and Perran Ross was elected Secretary and will serve ex-oficio as past president.

http://gainesvillescene.com/2016/03/09/who-are-the-friends-of-paynes-prairie/