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Land Conservation
Water Resource Protection
Growth Management and Transportation
Wildlife Policy
Global Climate Change and Energy
Land Conservation
1/7/09
Audubon raises concerns regarding Senate proposal to reduce
unobligated mitigation funds from the Florida Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Commission.
Letter
to Governor Crist
11/13/08
Letter to Florida Governor Charlie Crist, regarding potential
budget cut impacts on resource management at some of Florida’s
most important natural areas.
9/1/08
Letter
to Brian Bigelow, County Commissioner, regarding mining
in Southwest Florida.
6/5/08
Audubon
letter to Governor Crist on seagrass bill HB 7059
4/8/2008
Audubon
and conservation partners urge Florida Speaker of the House
Marco Rubio to include funding for Florida Forever and Everglades
Restoration in House appropriations.
4/7/08
Letter
to Broward County Mayor Wexler regarding the plans for
the transfer of a conservation easement at Port Everglades.
2/4/08
Audubon and Partners Put Forth a Proposal to Increase and
Improve Florida Forever.
Florida
Forever Coalition Steering Committee Position Paper.
1/9/07
Call for Accelerated Florida Forever Funding in FY 2007-2008
Budget
Letter
to Florida Senate President Ken Pruitt
1/4/07
Call for Accelerated Florida Forever Funding in FY 2007-2008
Budget
Letter
to Florida Governor Charlie Crist
5/23/06
Polk Co. Conservation Land Transfer: Proposal to site Polk
Community College Campus on Hilochee WMA parcel.
Letter to Division
of State Lands, DEP
Water Resource Protection
10/30/09
Audubon of Florida comments on DEP’s Bureau of Watershed Restoration’s draft Stormwater Quality Applicants Handbook.
5/29/09
Audubon of Florida is joined by 27 organizations in a letter
to Florida Governor Charlie Crist urging him to veto SB
2080 and support the public’s right to weigh in on water
resource issues.
5/20/09
Audubon to South Florida Water Management District Executive Director Carol Wehle on water releases to the Caloosahatchee Estuary.
5/15/09
Letter
to Florida Governor Charlie Crist urging him to veto SB
2080 and support the public’s right to weigh in on water
resource issues.
3/19/09
Audubon to the South Florida Water Management District and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regarding the decision to discontinue water releases to the Caloosahatchee River.
9/05/08
Letter
to the Florida Legislature and Delegation to encourage
support for the proposed U.S. Sugar land acquisition.
7/11/08
Audubon
comments opposing proposed impacts to seagrasses and sovereignty
submerged lands by Indian River County. Letter to St Johns
River Water Management District Governing Board.
6/30/08
Letter
to Florida Department of Environmental Protection regarding
rulemaking on the biosolids/residuals rule.
6/27/08
Letter
to the Governing Board, South Florida Water Management District,
regarding Everglades Agricultural Area
5/14/08
Letter
to the SFWMD in reference to the third version of the Draft
Year-Round Landscape Irrigation Rule.
04/10/08
Testimony
for Senate Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee
on the fiscal year 2009 budget of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
3/28/08
Letter
to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ in response to “Environmental
Assessment: WCA-1 and WCA-2A Temporary Deviation to Regulation
Schedule” (EA).
12/14/07
Comments submitted to the Corps of Engineers regarding
the Corps’ Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
(SEIS) for the Lake Okeechobee Regulation Schedule Study (LORSS).
12/13/07
Comments
submitted to South Florida Water Management District regarding
Lake Okeechobee Watershed Construction Project: Phase II Technical
Plan.
8/20/07
Comments submitted to Corp of Engineers regarding revised
Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Lake Okeechobee
Regulation Schedule Study.
7/24/07
Audubon
of Florida's letter to Hillsborough County EPC regarding
Wetlands Commission disbanding
5/31/07
Audubon of Florida’s recommendations to EPA regard Lake
Lake Okeechobee tributaries
Letter
to Ms. Sibyl Cole
4/26/07
Audubon of Florida’s recommendations to the South Florida
Water Management District
Letter
to Chairman Kevin McCarty and Executive Director Carol Ann
Wehle of SFWMD
4/24/07
Audubon of Florida’s comments on the Lake Okeechobee
Regulation Schedule Study
Letter
to the Col. Paul Grosskruger of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
4/9/07
Audubon’s position on Rodman Dam and Restoration of
the Ocklawaha River
Letter
to Sen. Burt Saunders, Chair, Senate Environmental Preservation
and Conservation Committee
4/4/07
Audubon of Florida’s comments on the Water Resources
Development Act
Letter
to the Chairmen of the Everglades Caucus
3/16/07
Audubon of Florida’s comments on the draft Lake Okeechobee
Water Control Structure Operations permit (LOOP)
Letter to the
General Council of the Department of Environmental Protection
10/27/06
Audubon Comments on South Florida Draft Regional Water Availability
Rule Development
Letter to South Florida
Water Management District
10/10/06
Comments on the Lake Okeechobee Water Regulation Study
Letter
to the Army Corps of Engineers
8/3/06
Audubon Comments Regarding Minimum Flows and Levels for the
Health of Florida Bay
Letter
to South Florida Water Management District
Growth Management
and Transportation
7/27/09
Letter to Secretary Tom Pelham of the Florida Department of Community Affairs regarding large-area plans for conservation purposes.
5/14/09
Letter
to Florida Governor Charlie Crist urging him to veto SB
360 and help prevent urban sprawl throughout the state.
2/20/07
Caution from Audubon and partners to Avoid New Road Corridors
Pre-empting Growth Management Vision
Letter
to Governor Charlie Crist
Wildlife Policy
12/9/08
Audubon and Defenders recommendations on conditional approval
of Huguenot management plan
Letter
to the Florida Acquisition and Restoration Council
12/3/08
Audubon, Defenders, ABC & Delmarva Ornithological Society
response to scoping request on renewal of Huguenot Memorial
Park lease
Letter
to the Army Corps of Engineers
10/14/08
Audubon concerns about proposed changes to Section 7 consultations
under the Endangered Species Act
Letter
from National Audubon and Audubon of Florida to the US Fish
and Wildlife Service
9/7/08
Audubon concerns about lack of consideration for wildlife
impacts in proposed new General Permit for boat ramp creation
and maintenance
Letter
to the Department of Environmental Protection
8/12/08
Audubon recommendations on development of state Peregrine
Falcon Management Plan
Letter
to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
7/23/08
Audubon concerns about take of shore- and seabirds as a result
of state-permitted beach raking.
Letter
to Department of Environmental Protection.
02/08/08
Audubon and partner's comments on use of public lands for
wind turbine site.
Letter
to The Acquisition and Restoration Council
12/20/07
Audubon comments on proposed wind power generation facility
on Hutchinson Island
Letter to Florida Power and Light
11/13/07
Audubon comments on draft management plan for Huguenot Memorial
Park
Letter
to City of Jacksonville
11/9/07
Audubon recommendations for eradication of exotic Sacred Ibis
in South Florida
Letter
to Palm Beach County Solid Waste Authority
10/23/07
Audubon and colleagues’ concerns about Florida’s
endangered species listing process
Letter
to Governor Charlie Crist
10/1/07
Audubon comments on new Management Plan for Shell Key
Letter
to Chairman Ronnie Duncan of Pinellas County Commission
9/10/07
Letter to the Chairman of the Board of Pinellas County Commissioners. Read our comments to the Pinellas County Commissioners regarding revisions to the Shell Key Preserve Management Plan.
9/7/07
Letter to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Read our comments on the species management plan FWC is developing in anticipation of the state delisting of the Bald Eagle.
9/4/07
Joint National Audubon and Audubon of Florida comments on
federal Bald Eagle Take Permit proposal
Joint
Letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
6/29/07
Audubon comments on draft state Bald Eagle Management Plan
Letter
to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
4/3/07
Audubon of Florida’s comments on the Panama City Crayfish
Management Plan
Letter
to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
4/3/07
Audubon of Florida’s comments on the draft Gopher Tortoise
Species Management Plan
Letter
to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
12/1/06
Comments on proposed changes to alligator management
Letter
to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
11/27/06
Comments on the five-year status review of the federally listed
Wood Stork
Letter
to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
11/27/06
Comments on the five-year status review of the federally listed
Snail Kite
Letter
to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
8/4/06
Suggestions for gopher tortoise species management plan
Letter
to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
8/4/06
Suggestions for Bald Eagle species management plan
Letter
to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
7/21/06
Threats to survival of Florida’s shorebirds posed by
dogs on beaches.
Letter
to the Governor, Secretary of DEP and Director of the Florida
Park Service
7/29/06
Dr. Neil Lamb, President, Bay County Audubon on Shorebird
Disturbance
Op-Ed in the
Panama City News Herald
6/19/06
Bald Eagle: Federal proposal to delist.
Letter
to the US Fish and Wildlife Service
6/5/06
Bald Eagle: State proposal to delist.
Letter
to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
6/5/06
Manatee: State proposal to downlist from endangered to threatened.
Letter
to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
6/5/06
Florida Scrub-jay: Federal proposal to create an umbrella
HCP and mitigation program
Letter
to the US Fish and Wildlife Service
Global Climate Change
and Energy
7/30/09
Letter to Secretary Steven Chu of the U.S. Department of Energy to express support for Smart Grid Investment Program.
1/8/09
Audubon request to the Florida Public Service Commission for
a 20% renewable energy generation by the year.
Letter
to Florida Public Service Commission Chairman Matthew M. Carter,
II.
1/24/08
Audubon's Request that FPL Thoroughly Explore Conservation
before Expanding Turkey Point.
Letter to Florida Public Service Commission Chairman Matthew
M. Carter, II
3/14/07
Audubon of Florida’s concerns about the Balanced Fuel
Supply policy
Letter to the Florida Public Service Commission |
