Karen Fraley of Around the Bend Nature Tours gets ready to climb the Portavant Temple Mound at Emerson Point Conservation Preserve in Palmetto, Florida.
Around the Bend Nature Tours of Bradenton, Florida has just won the District Wide Business Partner of the Year Award from the Manatee Chamber and the School Board of Manatee County.
Karen leads educational tours in the great outdoors and devotes her life to educating children and adults on the beauty and importance of nature here in Manatee County. I was fortunate to be able to go on one of her tours in July 2009. You can read about my visit to the Emerson Point Conservation Preserve with Karen Fraley of Around the Bend Nature Tours.
With this award, the Chamber and School Board recognizes Around the Bend for providing many free field trips to local area schools over the years.
Contact information:
Around the Bend Nature Tours, www.aroundbend.com, Phone 941-794-8773
