CCFW announces featured speaker for meeting
The Cape Coral Friends of Wildlife (CCFW) will hold its next general meeting Tuesday, Nov. 10, at Rotary Park in Cape Coral, with networking at 6:30 p.m. and a presentation at 7 p.m.
Cape Coral Parks and Recreation’s Environmental Recreation Program Supervisor Honey Phillips will present “Snakes of Southwest Florida.” She will explore native snake species, how to identify venomous snakes and the role that snakes play in nature as natural pest control.
A former CCFW vice president, Phillips is an adjunct professor at Florida Gulf Coast University. She holds a master’s degree in environmental science, and she is a certified senior ecologist through the Ecological Society of America and a certified parks and recreation professional. Phillips is a longtime volunteer with the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife (CROW).
The presentation is free and open to the public.
It will be followed by the general meeting at around 8 p.m.
The CCFW is a volunteer-driven nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and enhancing habitats for protected wildlife species in the Cape. Through education, habitat protection and community engagement, it works to ensure local wildlife thrives for generations to come.
For more information, call 239-980-2593 or visit ccfriendsofwildife.org.
Rotary Park is at 5505 Rose Garden Road, Cape Coral.