Class field trip aboard the Estuarine Queen at Weeks Bay. Opening of the board walk behind the Interpretive Center. Pictured are the Dogwood Trail Maids with former U.S. Congressman Jack Edwards, and, Congressman Sonny Callahan. The white-topped pitcher plants along the Kurt G. Wintermeyer Boardwalk have a curious pattern of two crops of pitchers a year. The spring and fall pitchers are perfectly timed to capture insects.
Pine lilies occur in wet lands, savannahs and bogs.
They can be seen alongthe Kurt G. Wintermeyer Trail from August through September. Gulf sturgeon are anadromous, living in salt water and spawning in fresh water. From November through January, individuals reside in estuaries and near shores, where they feed on arthropods. It is a threatened species. The Mississippi Diamondback Terrapin is becoming scarce in many places where it was formerly abundant as man encroaches on its habitat.