Volunteer Work Day - Gore Preserve

Name: Volunteer Work Day - Gore Preserve
Start: 2025-12-18T09:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-12-18T12:00:00-05:00
Location: Gore Nature Center

Schedule

Thu Dec 18 2025 at 09:00 am to 12:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Gore Nature Center | Naples, FL

Join us for garden maintenance and a staff presentation.
About this Event

Event Description: Join us at the newly acquired Dr. Robert H. Gore III property for a volunteer work day. Volunteers will be collecting invasive air potato for habitat restoration. Staff will give a short presentation on air potato and the air potato weevil - a biological control of the invasive plant.

This event is for prospective volunteers - not for folks only interested in seeing the property. Please be prepared for the heat, mosquitoes, and a short hike. Gardening tools and gloves will be provided.

Questions? Email [email protected] or call 239-252-2961

Learn more about the Conservation Collier Program: www.ConservationCollier.com

Address: 4261 40th Ave SE, Naples FL 34117

About the Preserve: Dr. Robert H. Gore III Preserve is a multi-parcel project where Conservation Collier first began acquiring in 2018. Most of the preserve is property that late Dr. Robert H. Gore III - ecologoist, teacher, and swamp-lover, owned and cared for because of the unique habitats and their beauty. Just this year, Conservation Collier acquired the 20-acre property at the heart of the preserve that features Dr. Gore's house - a Florida-cracker style house in the middle of the swamp that Dr. Gore called home for several decades. The house was previously owned and cared for by the Cypress Cove Landkeepers who purchased the house from Dr. Gore's family. Thanks to the efforts of the Cypress Cove Landkeepers, Conservation Collier now owns and manages almost 300 acres with Dr. Gore's house at the center. The house is not yet open to the public, but Conservation Collier has exciting plans for the future. Stay tuned!

Follow our social media for more updates and photos! @conservation.collier

Agenda

🕑: 09:15 AM - 11:15 AM
Air potato pick up

Info: We will be removing fallen air potatoes.

🕑: 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Presentations + Lunch - BYO

Info: Conservation Collier's Land Manager of the Gore Preserve will present on the air potato beetle - the biocontrol introduced to reduce the invasive air potato. Bring a bagged lunch to enjoy during the presentation.