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Julie Wraithmell

Vice President and Executive Director, ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Florida

Julie Wraithmell has helped grow ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ’s coastal conservation and policy programs in Florida for 14 years, and has been Executive Director since April 2018. In 2015, she was recognized with the Charles H. Callison Award, ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ’s highest staff honor, for her leadership of ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Florida’s Deepwater Horizon disaster response. Julie has a BS in Biology from Duke University and an MS from Florida State. Prior to ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ, she worked as a biologist for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission where she created the Great Florida Birding Trail.

Articles by Julie Wraithmell

tar blobs on a beach with waves in the background
³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Florida Reflects on 15 Year Anniversary of Deepwater Horizon Disaster
April 14, 2025
FL Coastal Stewardship
Julie Wraithmell Winter Naturalist Letter, 2024
December 23, 2024 — Goodbye 2024, hello 2025!
FL
³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Florida's Julie Wraithmell Testifies before U.S. House on Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act Renewal
October 18, 2023 — On October 18, 2023, ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Florida VP/Executive Director Julie Wraithmell gave the following testimony before the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries.
Advocacy
A Northern Bobwhite calling while standing on a log.
³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Celebrates More than 40,000 Acres of New Conservation Lands
September 21, 2023 — State approves new conservation purchases under the Florida Forever program.
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Wood Stork in its nest.
³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Florida Concerned that the USFWS Proposes Removal of Wood Stork from Endangered Species Act Protection
February 14, 2023 — by Julie Wraithmell, Executive Director, ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Florida
FL
A Roseate Spoonbill dipping its bill into blue water.
Hold the Urban Development Boundary in Miami-Dade County, Protect the Everglades
June 01, 2022 — Move the industrial park, hold the line, protect our Florida.
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Least Tern chick on rooftop.
³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Florida Urges Stiffer Fines for Removal of Least Tern Colony from Keys Yacht Club: A Statement from Executive Director Julie Wraithmell
May 18, 2021 — There must be stiffer penalties for violating wildlife laws, otherwise they simply become the cost of doing business. Florida must do better.
FL
Florida Defends Its Shores Ten Years After the BP Oil Disaster Was Finally Contained
July 15, 2020 — As birds in the Gulf are still recovering, the Sunshine State faces a threat of expanded offshore drilling.
Coasts and Oceans