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Roseate Spoonbill. Photo: Mark Cloud / ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Photography Awards.
Lee County Votes to Join the Southwest Florida Regional Resiliency Compact
March 20, 2021 — Regional collaboratives are instrumental in both accelerating the state’s resilience work and serving as a conduit for future funds and programs.
American Oystercatcher. Photo: Nicholas Wetzel/³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Photography Awards.
American Oystercatchers: One of Florida's Most Distinctive Species
March 09, 2021 — ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Florida and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission actively monitor American Oystercatchers throughout the state.
Wading birds in a shallow wetland
Study Conducted by ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Reveals Canal Operations are Drying Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
February 25, 2021 — Over-drying has significant implications for wildlife, plant communities, and vulnerability to catastrophic wildfire.
³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ's Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
Roseate Spoonbill chicks. Photo: Casey King.
Everglades Science Center Team Conducts Baby Spoonbill Surveys
February 09, 2021 — The winter season means Roseate Spoonbill and wading bird surveys to the ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Everglades Science team.
Limpkin. Photo: JoAnn Ricchiuti / ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Photography Awards.
Legislature May Pull the Plug on M-CORES
January 23, 2021 — Extending or eliminating arbitrary deadlines will allow DOT to reprogram some of the proposal’s extraordinary funding to transportation projects with demonstrated need and feasibility.
Herby Zephir birding in Ocala National Forest.
Conservation Leadership Initiative Alum Reflects on Future Career in Environmental Movement
December 21, 2020 — An essay from a CLI alum.
Common Yellowthroat. Photo: John Wolaver.
2021 Florida Legislature Session Preview
December 21, 2020 — The 2021 session brings new leadership to the Florida House and Senate, with the promise of new partnerships, new legislation, and new opportunities for conservation.
Wood Stork.
The Data Is In! Now It’s Time to Improve Water Quality in the Guana River System
December 21, 2020 — Water issues in our state not only affect the flora and fauna we love, but our own communities as well.
A banded Piping Plover is spotted in Florida. The bird was banded in 2010. Photo: Jean Hall.
Winter Monitoring Protects Vulnerable Species and Enhances our Understanding of Conservation Areas
December 21, 2020 — Using wintering bird data, ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ has successfully worked with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to expand Critical Wildlife Areas for wintering birds and encourage beach communities to reduce the amount of disturbance wintering birds encounter.
Black Skimmers. Photo: Jean Hall.
³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Florida Earns Major Gulf Restoration Grant
December 21, 2020 — The grant funds coastal conservation work into 2024.