Pinellas County Environmental Management

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In celebration of stormwater stewardship month, join Pinellas County and UF-IFAS Extension Pinellas County for &quot;Walk the Watershed&quot; at John Chesnut Park! This program will be a combined environmental educational program and guided hike.&nbsp; We will collect water quality data in Lake Tarpon, take a hike around the edge of the lake to spot wildlife, and learn about ways we can all contribute to the cleanliness of our waterways. Everyone has a part to play when it comes to stormwater pollution prevention! Please meet us in the parking lot adjacent to the boat ramp (28.086614, -82.701648).

&nbsp;Hi <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip" fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(248, 248, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255); border-radius: 4px; color: rgb(42, 42, 196); padding: 1px 8px; font-size: 11px; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: anywhere; user-select: none; box-sizing: inherit;">First name, Thank you for registering for &quot;Walk the Watershed&quot; at John Chesnut Park! We are so excited for you to join us for this stormwater stewardship month program. This event will take place outdoors; please wear clothes that will keep you comfortable in the Florida sunshine. Please meet us in the parking lot adjacent to the boat ramp (28.086614, -82.701648). If you have any questions/concerns, please contact Alexa Cetta (acetta@pinellas.gov; 727-464-4633). Find out more ways to celebrate stormwater stewardship month below!:<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Register for another program being offered in May:<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Family Fun Friday: Watershed Explorations at Weedon Island Preserve &ndash; May 1 at 10:30am <span contenteditable="false" data-button-color="{{#24b395}}" data-custom-link="{{https://www.eventbrite.com/e/family-fun-watershed-explorations-tickets-1316546930309?aff=oddtdtcreator}}" data-custom-variable="{{custom-link-button-1c3f7108-6405-4a11-81bc-0405cf96a8c7}}" data-text="{{Click here}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-button" fr-original-style="background-color: #24b395" style="background-color: rgb(36, 179, 149); border-radius: 8px; height: 36px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding: 8px 16px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; font-family: Roboto; font-weight: 500; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: anywhere; user-select: none; box-sizing: inherit;">Click here&nbsp;</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Lunch-n-Learn Webinar &ndash; &ldquo;Walk&rdquo; The Watershed (ONLINE) &ndash; May 7 at 12:15pm <span contenteditable="false" data-button-color="{{#24b395}}" data-custom-link="{{https://www.eventbrite.com/e/walk-the-watershed-webinar-tickets-1317692617089?aff=oddtdtcreator}}" data-custom-variable="{{custom-link-button-c9f68e1f-1399-4dc3-8a75-4e1e7ec570e7}}" data-text="{{Click here}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-button" fr-original-style="background-color: #24b395" style="background-color: rgb(36, 179, 149); border-radius: 8px; height: 36px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding: 8px 16px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; font-family: Roboto; font-weight: 500; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: anywhere; user-select: none; box-sizing: inherit;">Click here &nbsp;</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Walk the Watershed at Lake Seminole Park &ndash; May 8 at 9:30am <span contenteditable="false" data-button-color="{{#24b395}}" data-custom-link="{{https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/a-walk-in-the-watershed-lake-seminole-park}}" data-custom-variable="{{custom-link-button-66f27db7-5f88-425e-9cf0-717fc72f2310}}" data-text="{{Click here}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-button" fr-original-style="background-color: #24b395" style="background-color: rgb(36, 179, 149); border-radius: 8px; height: 36px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding: 8px 16px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; font-family: Roboto; font-weight: 500; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: anywhere; user-select: none; box-sizing: inherit;">Click here&nbsp;</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Walk the Watershed at Eagle Lake Park &ndash; May 8 at 1pm <span contenteditable="false" data-button-color="{{#24b395}}" data-custom-link="{{https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/a-walk-in-the-watershed-eagle-lake-park}}" data-custom-variable="{{custom-link-button-d8e1ba06-0476-41b3-ac76-ab43f0a9475a}}" data-text="{{Click here}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-button" fr-original-style="background-color: #24b395" style="background-color: rgb(36, 179, 149); border-radius: 8px; height: 36px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding: 8px 16px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; font-family: Roboto; font-weight: 500; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: anywhere; user-select: none; box-sizing: inherit;">Click here&nbsp;</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Keep Pinellas Beautiful Monthly Gandy Beach Clean Up &ndash; May 17 at 9:00am <span contenteditable="false" data-button-color="{{#24b395}}" data-custom-link="{{https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kpb-monthly-gandy-beach-cleanup-tickets-1092582346209?aff=oddtdtcreator}}" data-custom-variable="{{custom-link-button-df358496-dc1c-4658-9ab3-854ed700b4fd}}" data-text="{{Click here}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-button" fr-original-style="background-color: #24b395" style="background-color: rgb(36, 179, 149); border-radius: 8px; height: 36px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding: 8px 16px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; font-family: Roboto; font-weight: 500; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: anywhere; user-select: none; box-sizing: inherit;">Click here&nbsp;</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Lunch-n-Learn Webinar &ndash; &ldquo;Walk&rdquo; The Watershed (ONLINE) &ndash; May 20 at 12:15pm <span contenteditable="false" data-button-color="{{#24b395}}" data-custom-link="{{https://www.eventbrite.com/e/walk-the-watershed-webinar-tickets-1321211090939?aff=oddtdtcreator}}" data-custom-variable="{{custom-link-button-6f9c4dac-5b79-4bfb-89b6-621759a3ba0b}}" data-text="{{Click here}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-button" fr-original-style="background-color: #24b395" style="background-color: rgb(36, 179, 149); border-radius: 8px; height: 36px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding: 8px 16px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; font-family: Roboto; font-weight: 500; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: anywhere; user-select: none; box-sizing: inherit;">Click here&nbsp;</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Family Fun Friday: Watershed Explorations at Brooker Creek Preserve &ndash; May 23 at 10:30am <span contenteditable="false" data-button-color="{{#24b395}}" data-custom-link="{{https://www.eventbrite.com/e/family-fun-friday-watershed-explorations-tickets-1313104303319?aff=oddtdtcreator}}" data-custom-variable="{{custom-link-button-ba2979be-c629-46c8-aa5c-56f7dbf864c9}}" data-text="{{Click here}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-button" fr-original-style="background-color: #24b395" style="background-color: rgb(36, 179, 149); border-radius: 8px; height: 36px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding: 8px 16px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; font-family: Roboto; font-weight: 500; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: anywhere; user-select: none; box-sizing: inherit;">Click here&nbsp;</li></ul></li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Join our Adopt-A-Drain program: <a fr-original-style="" href="https://pinellas.gov/programs/adopt-a-drain-program/" rel="noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">https://pinellas.gov/programs/adopt-a-drain-program/</a>&nbsp;</li><li fr-original-style="font-weight: bold;" style="font-weight: bold; box-sizing: inherit;">Watch our Stormwater 101 Video Shorts:<ul fr-original-style="font-weight: initial;" style="font-weight: initial; box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Stormwater Video Short Part I - <a fr-original-style="" href="https://youtu.be/Ebbs5MT50Iw?si=NJrx2YFg3Iv4-LiE" rel="noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/Ebbs5MT50Iw?si=NJrx2YFg3Iv4-LiE</a>&nbsp;</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Stormwater Video Short Part II - <a fr-original-style="" href="https://youtu.be/NC-3hEPjeaI?si=YgikXQoozD1dWVAn" rel="noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/NC-3hEPjeaI?si=YgikXQoozD1dWVAn</a>&nbsp;</li></ul></li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Listen to our &ldquo;Naturally Florida&rdquo; podcast episode on stormwater: <span contenteditable="false" data-button-color="{{#1e65a7}}" data-custom-link="{{https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/where-does-rain-go-after-it-falls/id1573268305?i=1000526291174}}" data-custom-variable="{{custom-link-button-fbaa26f4-6ae9-4198-830b-b04e2aea6150}}" data-text="{{Click here}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-button" fr-original-style="background-color: #1e65a7" style="background-color: rgb(30, 101, 167); border-radius: 8px; height: 36px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding: 8px 16px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; font-family: Roboto; font-weight: 500; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: anywhere; user-select: none; box-sizing: inherit;">Click here&nbsp;<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Supplement your listening experience with our **NEW** Episode Learning Guides <span contenteditable="false" data-button-color="{{#1e65a7}}" data-custom-link="{{https://sfyl.ifas.ufl.edu/polk/natural-resources-and-conservation/naturally-florida-podcast/}}" data-custom-variable="{{custom-link-button-ec0408ed-3ed9-4d0b-a815-6851c6b12d78}}" data-text="{{Click here}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-button" fr-original-style="background-color: #1e65a7" style="background-color: rgb(30, 101, 167); border-radius: 8px; height: 36px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding: 8px 16px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; font-family: Roboto; font-weight: 500; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: anywhere; user-select: none; box-sizing: inherit;">Click here&nbsp;</li></ul></li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Take the stormwater stewardship pledge! <span contenteditable="false" data-button-color="{{#1e65a7}}" data-custom-link="{{https://ufl.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eIZsGIgT8105EUe}}" data-custom-variable="{{custom-link-button-b1ba2754-fa22-494a-b19f-c79e8a15d322}}" data-text="{{Click here}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-button" fr-original-style="background-color: #1e65a7" style="background-color: rgb(30, 101, 167); border-radius: 8px; height: 36px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding: 8px 16px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; font-family: Roboto; font-weight: 500; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: anywhere; user-select: none; box-sizing: inherit;">Click here&nbsp;</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Follow us on Facebook and help us spread the word about stormwater by sharing our posts all month long!&nbsp;<span contenteditable="false" data-button-color="{{#1e65a7}}" data-custom-link="{{https://www.facebook.com/PinellasEnviroNews}}" data-custom-variable="{{custom-link-button-0f14eb68-4e08-49a9-8554-537a705f5ed5}}" data-text="{{Click here}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-button" fr-original-style="background-color: #1e65a7" style="background-color: rgb(30, 101, 167); border-radius: 8px; height: 36px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding: 8px 16px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; font-family: Roboto; font-weight: 500; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: anywhere; user-select: none; box-sizing: inherit;">Click here&nbsp;</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Learn more about stormwater - <a fr-original-style="" href="https://pinellas.gov/stormwater-runoff" rel="noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; 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In celebration of stormwater stewardship month, join Pinellas County and UF-IFAS Extension Pinellas County for "Walk the Watershed" at John Chesnut Park! This program will be a combined environmental educational program and guided hike.  We will collect water quality data in Lake Tarpon, take a hike around the edge of the lake to spot wildlife, and learn about ways we can all contribute to the cleanliness of our waterways. Everyone has a part to play when it comes to stormwater pollution prevention! Please meet us in the parking lot adjacent to the boat ramp (28.086614, -82.701648).

Pinellas County Environmental Management

Walk the Watershed: John Chesnut Park

2200 E Lake Rd S

Event Registration

Free