Video Library:
Parks, Preserves and Environmental

A panel of local residents and audience members celebrate Weedon Island, from its rich prehistoric and historic heritage to its present day use as a coastal preserve for Pinellas County's education and outdoor activities.

( optional ) Includes film clips from the days when there was a movie studio on the site.

Take a virtual dive of Pinellas County’s artificial reefs in the Gulf of Mexico, and learn the fascinating background of how the reefs were created. Some of the more unusual items used to construct reefs are army tanks, a WWII Navy landing craft and a 240-foot barge. For more information, including maps, GPS coordinates and photos, visit artificial reefs.

No mow zones are areas less used by the public and were created to help reestabilish natural habitats for native plants and wildlife.

In honor of Earth Day, the new signs that are being installed throughout the Tampa Bay waterways were unveiled on April 22, 2010 at a ceremony held at Fort De Soto boat ramp.

Pinellas County has miles of beautiful shoreline, providing canoe & kayak paddlers with a variety of recreational opportunities and experiences as they explore the coastline and the rich array of marine and estuarine ecosystems that make up Pinellas County’s waters. Planning/blueways

Scenes from 2011 set to music. www.flbg.org  

Developed to help homeowners conserve water while creating and maintaining a Florida friendly landscape. These tips are designed to help your yard and plants not just survive but thrive. Pinellas County Extension-FYN

Explore the cultural, educational and leisure locations that make our county a great place to live, work and play.

A workshop on the ease and environmental benefits of incorporating Florida native plants into our landscapes – especially in these times of water shortages.
Pinellas County Extension

Pinellas County has some of the most beautiful natural areas preserved in the state. Find out more about why it is important to get out and visit some of them.
Pinellas County Parks website

Visit the wild side of the Brooker Creek Preserve when you go Off the Trail with Dr. Bruce.

Pinellas County may have a reputation for being the most modernized and urban county in Florida, but you’d never know it from the many natural and historical sites you can visit here.

Learn about the Native American presence in Pinellas County, sites you can visit, and archaeological efforts – in which you can participate - to learn more about how Pinellas’ original inhabitants lived.
Weedon Island Preserve website

Historcial Canoe found.

update September, 2011 - 6 min

Weedon Island Preserve website

This segment from our Postcards From Home series features the waters of Weedon Island Preserve and the truly unique canoeing / kayaking experience to be had there. Also learn about the Pinellas County Blueways system of canoe / kayak trails.
Weedon Island Preserve website

Enjoy a visual tour – set to music – celebrating our natural habitats and the wildlife they support, the recreational opportunities that you can enjoy, the Cultural and Natural History Center where you can explore our local Native American history and how our eco-systems work.
Weedon Island Preserve website

This video segment taken from our Postcards From Home series profiles the rich environmental and historical aspects of Weedon Island Preserve and all there is for visitors to see and do there.
Weedon Island Preserve website

This video segment from our news program Inside Pinellas tours the “Connecting People and Place” exhibit at the Weedon Island Preserve Cultural and Natural History Center.
Weedon Island Preserve website

Step into yesteryear as this visual tour - set to music – takes you among our many restored historical structures in a tranquil pine and palmetto woodlands and sample the live events that bring our pioneer past to life.
Heritage Village website

Take a tour of Pinellas County's living history museum as host Hank Shaw gives us a primer on what you can explore on a trip to the village.
Heritage Village website

Learn horticultural tips and information specific to Pinellas County's unique growing conditions direct from the Pinellas County Extension office. Tips are provided monthly to keep up with seasonal changes.
Pinellas Planting website   

Learn how to make a rain barrel for harvesting rain for landscape use…a great way to help conserve our water supply.
Pinellas County Extension-FYN

Experience the panorama of a 12,000-acre natural habitat that demonstrates the importance of responsible environmental management through protection of natural resources.
Utilities website