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Content Enable editor Use plain text Code entry Rick and Roz Edwards gave me a card at GTM. It is a Jacksonville Shell Club with their name handwritten on it. I only saw them on the third Saturday of each month. The card says to check out the club website: Jaxshells.org. I'm guessing at these dates, but I think they told me they've been leading the Guided Beach Exploration at GTM since it opened in 2005. Back then, they went at low tide and the group caravanned to one of the reserve beaches. Later, the GTM Volunteer Coordinator insisted the outing needed to stick to a schedule. After that, it happens 9am-11am on the third Saturday of every month. High tide is definitely a problem. Rick has such a large collection of sea shells that he gave me a bunch to give to kids in the visitor center. He is cataloging his collection for donation to the University of Florida to write off the monetary value for a tax break. I asked why he wouldn't donate it to GTM. He said he won't because "they lose things here." He said they lost a large collection he had given them before. Nevertheless, he build display boards to be kept at the visitor center for use in the monthly Guided Beach Exploration.

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