Audubon Florida Reflects on 15 Year Anniversary of Deepwater Horizon Disaster
April 14, 2025
Julie Wraithmell
Vice President and Executive Director, Audubon Florida
Julie Wraithmell has helped grow Audubon’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, National Audubon Society’s highest staff honor, for her leadership of Audubon Florida’s Deepwater Horizon disaster response. Julie has a BS in Biology from Duke University and an MS from Florida State. Prior to Audubon, 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
Audubon Florida's Julie Wraithmell Testifies before U.S. House on Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act Renewal
October 18, 2023 —
On October 18, 2023, Audubon 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.
Audubon Celebrates More than 40,000 Acres of New Conservation Lands
September 21, 2023 —
State approves new conservation purchases under the Florida Forever program.
Audubon Florida Concerned that the USFWS Proposes Removal of Wood Stork from Endangered Species Act Protection
February 14, 2023 —
by Julie Wraithmell, Executive Director, Audubon Florida
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.
Audubon 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.
