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| | Emerson Point Park |
 | | The park continues to be developed to allow public enjoyment of the property while protecting and enhancing the parks important natural, historic, and cultural resources. |
 | | Plans for recreational improvements within the park include walking trails through mangrove forests, shell mound and maritime hammock areas, canoe trails, picnic shelters, restroom facilities, and a two-mile bicycle trail. |
 | | This program combines assistance from the Federal Job Training Partnership Act, Summer Youth Employment and Training Program, which provides a wage stipend for participating youth, and the Manatee County School System, which is providing a science educator for an afternoon curriculum of natural science topics relating to wetland restoration. |
| www.tbrpc.org /waterfront/emerson.htm (388 words) |
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