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Audubon Reaching Toward $20 Million Campus Vision at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
February 18, 2025 — The re-imagined campus will provide the infrastructure needed to advance Audubon’s conservation leadership in the Western Everglades.
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A Rooftop-nesting “Snowbird” Visitor in Florida
February 18, 2025 — Peregrine Falcons hunt for prey along Florida's coastlines each winter.
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FGCU Students Launch Collaborative Project to Prevent Deadly Bird Strikes on Campus
February 14, 2025 — by Edwin Wilke, Audubon CLI alumni, former president of FGCU Ornithology Club.
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February Survey Shows Wood Storks Nesting in Southwest Florida, Just Not at Corkscrew Swamp
February 13, 2025 — No Wood Storks were seen in the area of the historic colony.
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Audubon Florida and Tallahassee Museum Team Up for New Exhibit Highlighting 125 Years of Conservation in the Sunshine State
January 30, 2025 — The exhibit, hosted in the Phipps Gallery, will run through May 31, 2025.
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Flock with Us!
January 28, 2025 — Sign up with your email and we will work with you to protect birds and the places they need.
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To the Skies: Audubon Brings New Ideas to Long-Term Wood Stork Monitoring
January 27, 2025 — Monitoring treetop nests requires innovation and partnership.
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125 Years of Audubon in Florida
January 14, 2025 — Be a part of the oldest conservation organization in the Sunshine State.
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Fall 2024 State of the Slough
January 03, 2025 — At the southern end of Everglades National Park, a series of sloughs convey fresh water to the Florida Bay estuary. Audubon researchers track these freshwater deliveries (or lack thereof) and their impacts on the ecology of Taylor Slough and the Bay.
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2024 Everglades Restoration: A Snapshot of Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan Projects and Funding
January 03, 2025 — Everglades restoration is the world’s largest ecosystem restoration effort, spanning decades. To stay on track, we must measure progress, celebrate successes, and meet deadlines for funding and implementation. As 2024 comes to a close, we celebrate significant achievements: The Army Corps of Engineers released an updated Integrated Delivery Schedule (IDS), with 24 projects completed this year and construction underway for 11 more in 2025.
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