 Hello everyone, it is Vinicia, your community outreach specialist and today I am bringing you a very special video I'm out at the Warner Boyce Salt Spring State Park It's a mouthful guys, and I'm going to be bringing you some information About the state park and we're gonna speak be speaking to three incredible individuals to provide us some information Give you guys some events that are coming up and just show another great part of Pasco I mean I love all of our surrounding counties. I do wasn't raised here, but you guys know I'm more than a hashtag Pasco Proud and it's just and this is just another way to show that so stay tuned Go on. So I have members from the Warner Boyce Salt Spring State Park Salt Springs Alliance here with me today, and we're gonna talk to you about the state park and just it's actually the only Full state park that's in Pasco County. I say that correctly so we're gonna give you some information on all that they have to offer the Salt Springs Alliance and of course I'm gonna put an address in the description for you guys so that you can come out and visit yourself So who do we have with us today start this way on Tammy Carr? I'm the president of Salt Springs Alliance. Nice to have you. Thank you. We have Adam Belden Park manager Who else I am Yana Yalla the vice president of Salt Springs Alliance. Happy to have all of you our viewers are saying hello now I know that they actually are okay, so Salt Springs Alliance or the Warner Boyce Salt Springs State Park. That's a mouthful everyone I just want you to try to say that five times fast. Nobody can nobody can I can I can't even say it once Okay, so talk to us go ahead. Give us a little bit of history about the park itself So the park opened in 2001 it's 4,000 acres it protects the shoreline of Port Richie Okay, so it's about four and a half miles long and One of the main functions it does for the environment is it filters all the water that comes out of Port Richie and out into the gulf Okay, very cool for the community. It provides four and a half miles of hiking trail We have the kayak rentals here. We have some of the best birding you're gonna find in this area because we've got the uplands birds and the shore Uh, it's a great place to see Rosie at Spoonvilles, which is I think everybody's favorite. Yes I'm gonna google that everyone. I'm coordinated, but I'm going to google that And then uh, did I say kayaking you did we have some great kayaking? Yes So fishing if we're gonna go kayaking, we're gonna go fishing at some of the best fishing in the area The trout the red fish The black drum the snook and just remember you can't keep red fish or snook right now But throw it back throw it back catch and release everyone Skinny water Is the state park and the park is open. I'm assuming sunrise sunset So 8 a.m to sunset every day of the year. Okay, boom guys. So come out come visit We can come hike together if you're local. Don't make a drive just to come hike with me. I'm not that interesting All right, so let's talk about the salt springs alliance. How does that? That happens a lot. That happens a lot to me too. Hasco county sheriff's office. Oh, boom. It's my boss probably Did she show up? Did she show up to do her job? So, okay, I have she's here really I I'm doing this. Okay Give us the give us the facts the good stuff. All right. I'll give you the good stuff The salt springs alliance is the citizen support organization for warner boys salt springs state park What people don't realize most of the time is that your admission to parks and all the Infrastructure that that's here is provided by the state, but your admission goes to all the state parks around did not know that And what happens is to enhance our park and to provide all the things that really make a park great for the community You need a citizen support organization that helps us to raise funds We raise funds for the park and 100 of it goes back to the park for things that make it better It's all volunteer organization. No one is paid. It goes back over things like interpretive kiosks historical Programs hikes kayaking things that we do for the community as well as enhancing our park and helping our park manager Get what he needs to keep the park park manager How do is that like a How do individuals that are local or I guess I mean anywhere they want to join the citizen support? How do they join? Well, all you have to do is go to our website. You can become a member and you join There's various fees from 20 for senior citizens to 35 for a whole household 100 of that comes back to the park. We also have fundraising Activities, oh, that's awesome race like kayak kayak outings and we do Uh concerts and concerts. Yes, December 15th. Seriously. Yes. Go ahead. I'll put that in the description below for you guys I love that. I love that as like a vip brunch You can sit under a tent be part of the vip experience and it's here at the park. A local chef will be cooking Yes I love it. I love it That's awesome. Um, and that again is one of our big fundraisers here at the park So we hold various activities to help okay give funds back to the park. I hope I know You mentioned something about puppies and kayaking What is you guys know? I'm always looking out for my boy blue What what is that? Is that a part of like the like events that you guys have and whatnot? How does that work? We have some events where you know, they're of course pet friendly because this state park is extremely pet friendly Love it. Love it. Yes We have held some charity events here from bucktoberfest to paddling adventures That benefits raffle rescue dot org one of our love that Pet charities here. So there's a bunch of things going on because again It's one of the state parks that enable pets to be here and you don't find too many of that You do not even though 2018 and you should but what do I know about that? Okay, so for all of the information all of the resources they can go to the website any social media links I will make sure that all of you guys have that in the description. Yep salt springs alliance.com. I love it And we have a facebook page. Yeah follow them guys like and follow you know how I feel about that That's when you can find out about things like sunset paddles and how to be a part of it How to find a private launch site right here at Warner boy salt spring state park to go out on the moonlight Guys, we're not we love our surrounding counties, but like if you can do it in-house like why not just go in your backyard That's all I'm saying. This is truly a jewel that people do not know Exists here and it it just keeps getting better and better with our park Manager adam making it special for everything. Hey doing a great job. Shout out to adam So what I want to know It's been mentioned interpretive history What is what is that even like what what is interpretive history? I think of interpretive dancing. It's not the same It's the same thing. Is it? Yes. I love it. Okay. Okay, break it down Okay, so one of our missions with the park service with each individual park. There's 175 state parks in florida So that's 175 different communities that have their own state park That means that we have an opportunity in each community to interpret your history to keep your history alive And that's one of our main focuses here something we've been working on for the last two and a half years The history of the park dates back to the toka bargain indians That first we're here and we know they hunted here. We know the fish here. We don't know if they lived here here Okay here. I love it right where I'm standing things went down. You can see an artifact just walking through the park That's your first history first living history in the park and we move forward to Things like the cattle ranchers that came in that's another part of history We want to be able to interpret in the future as the cattle ranchers that actually found the salt springs like the one behind That's cool. It was actually It was actually the cow Animals need us to everything the ranchers found the cows. What would we be without our animals because the salt springs Were so heavily laden with salt that uh, there's actually back in the history books It says that a rock would be delayed as it was sink. Uh, and it was just so great So it actually brought the community even to get their salt because before refrigeration They needed the salt exactly which is another big piece of the history that we're trying to interpret With a joint project with our cso the salt springs alliance. We're building the salt works Uh, it's about halfway through now works a lot Salt works a lot. We're bringing it alive. We're bringing it alive. That's right living history And the idea is you'll be able to come out and make salt the same way they did 150 years ago like Salt to eat like salt that we can sprinkle on now Never mind Exactly Not open just keep it, but that's really stinking cool. Yeah, okay In fact, uh, the donation that you have provided will Go PSO will be part of that salt works a lot. I love it. I love it. That's what we uh, we uh, Gave a check and it's already spent. Yes. Oh, yeah That is what that's come to the park and see the money exactly into something else Exactly. So when are we hoping that it's gonna be open like summer 2019 It can be viewed right now. Okay, see the infrastructure You can see what an actual salt works to look like right now What you'll see coming in the future is the interpretive displays We have some of the original tools that we're used that we've recreated that'll be going in the shadow box out there So really you can start looking at it now And watch it change watch it grow until the day that we actually make salt with you And uh, really that will be early uh in in january So and we're we have a big concert coming up in december 15. Don't forget everyone And uh, so you would want to come out take a look at that salt works alive that day and it works out And is there maybe there's something about a skunk ape Skunk our floridians out there. Well one of our Yes, yes, if you know that you know the skunk ape because if you're a true floridian you would know what a skunk ape is And uh, you know, we do fundraisers to help to help the park and one of our big ones outside of the concerts coming up The 1215 for hungry town is also this the Great skunk ape adventure hunting trail run that'll be coming up in april We will be holding our third annual and it really is a great and fun time for both runners But also families. Mm-hmm family friendly fun adventure hunt and the skunk ape always makes an appearance Always always. Yeah, you think florida man was real The skunk ape is going to give you a run for your money. We're in a voice salt spring state park is a home of incredible sight Right here, right? Yes. It's a fact. It's a fact. It is. It's still incredible It is Everyone enjoying the park as is look i'm telling you guys come and enjoy boom So thank you guys all for giving us the information for talking to us and Yeah, maybe you'll see one of these faces out here next time you guys come. Maybe Maybe Boom there you go just a little plug That's right. You'll see us Okay, everyone So that wraps up just a lot of information and a lot of good things about the Warner boys salt spring state park So I hope all of you get the opportunity to come out and visit one day But if you have any questions that aren't already answered in the description Let me know and I'll get the answers to you Do not forget to like comment subscribe and I'll see you next time guys. Have a great day