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The Sanibel Sea School will offer a free guided beach walk on May 4 from 9 to 11 a.m.

Join the organization’s marine science educators and explore what washed ashore. They will talk about any interesting organisms and objects found, share some basic shell biology and answer questions.

The walk is a family-friendly event designed for all ages.

No reservations are required to participate.

Meet at the organization’s flagship campus, at 455 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel.

The Sanibel Sea School is a non-profit organization whose mission is to improve the ocean’s future, one person at a time. For more information, visit sanibelseaschool.org or call 239-472-8585.

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The Sanibel Vegetation Committee will offer its final guided native vegetation and landscaping tour of the season on April 27 at 10 a.m. on City Hall’s grounds, which is planted solely with native plants.

Tour for ideas on planting native vegetation that requires no fertilizer. See how to plant a garden that reseeds itself with little maintenance, is good for the environment and will attract birds and butterflies.

Committee members will provide valuable information on the proper planting and care of native vegetation. The city encourages planting of vegetation that is indigenous to the area as it requires very little maintenance, no fertilizer and no supplemental irrigation.

Registration is not required.

Meet at City Hall, at 800 Dunlop Road, Sanibel, at the bottom of the main staircase.

For more information, call the Natural Resources Department at 239-472-3700.

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The city of Sanibel and Lee County Metropolitan Planning Organization will host an open house on April 22 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Sanibel Recreation Center, at 3880 Sanibel-Captiva Road.

The city’s Shared Use Path Master Plan was adopted in 2009 and has guided the implementation of updates to the system over the past decade. An update of the plan is currently being conducted to guide the long-term vision for the system, and input and feedback from the public is being sought to do so.

The open house were serve as an opportunity for residents and visitors to express their thoughts.

In addition, the public can submit comments via an online survey until April 30.

To fill out the survey, visit sanibelbikeped.com.

For more information or questions, visit the project website or contact Keith Williams, director of Sanibel’s Department of Community Services, at 239-472-6397 ext. 507.

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The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation will host “The World Turtle Crisis and Non-Marine Turtle Research at SCCF” on April 10 at 7:30 p.m. at the Bailey Homestead Preserve.

Turtles are now the second most endangered group of vertebrates – next to primates – in the world, with turtles having the highest average threat level. Of the over 360 species of turtles in the world, the highest diversity occurs in Southeast Asia followed by the southeastern United States. Turtles from all continents are being harvested legally and illegally for food, medicine and an exponentially growing pet market in Asian countries. The crisis is now affecting rare and common turtles in the local region.

SCCF is conducting research on three imperiled species of non-marine turtles – gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus), diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) and Florida box turtle (Terrapene carolina bauri) – to assess their population status and identify their threats and needs to sustain them. Program will be presented by Chris Lechowicz, herpetologist and director of SCCF’s Habitat Management.

The doors will open at 7 p.m.

Tickets are $10 and can be purchased through Eventbrite at www.eventbrite.com.

For more information, contact the SCCF at 239-472-2329.

The Bailey Homestead Preserve is at 1300 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel.

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A presentation on climate change will be held on April 4 at 7 p.m. at The Community House.

Speaker Ariel Hoover, a member of the Climate Reality Leadership Corps and one of the founding members of the Climate Reality Sanibel-Fort Myers group, will present “Challenges and Solutions to Solve the Climate Crisis: How climate change threatens all that we love through challenges to our food, water and health and how we can mitigate them.”

What are the impacts of climate change and what can the public do about it? The program and interactive discussion will help answer those questions. Hoover will explain the causes of climate change and discuss its impact on food, water and health.

She will share how the public can ensure the country’s future well-being with steps that are being taken already, and what the public can do to help make sure the younger generations inherit a living earth.

Returned from her second Climate Reality Leadership Training in Atlanta, Georgia, Hoover is a former public school teacher and instructor at Tufts University, where she taught in the China Bridge Program.

The presentation is free and open to the public.

The Community House, at 2173 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel.