Jelks Preserve

Jelks Preserve
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Jelks Preserve is located in Florida
Jelks Preserve
Location within Florida
Interactive map of Jelks Preserve
LocationSarasota County, Florida
Coordinates27°05′29″N 82°20′16″W / 27.0915°N 82.33784°W / 27.0915; -82.33784
Area614 acres (2.48 km2)
Established1999 (1999)
OwnerSarasota County

Jelks Preserve is a 614-acre (248 ha) natural preserve with 8 miles (13 km) of trail along the Myakka River in southern Sarasota County, Florida.

History

The land was purchased in 1999 via the one percent county sales tax and a donation from the Jelks Family Foundation (namesake for the preserve). The habitat is riverine floodplain and includes live oak with epiphytes as well as Carolina jessamine and coralbean wildflowers. Wildlife include gopher tortoises, swallowtail butterflies, swallow-tailed kites, and song birds.[1][2]

Mary Jelks gave an oral history in 2010 about herself, her family, and the park's history to an interviewer from New College.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Birds of Jelks Preserve" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 5, 2012. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Jelks Preserve Brochure". Sarasota County Government. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  3. ↑ https://sarasotaoralhistory.com/2018/01/12/dr-mary-jelks/


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