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Joan Dunn Receives Audubon Florida's 2021 Volunteer of the Year Award
November 15, 2021 — Dunn has devoted thousands of hours to Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary.
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Richard Grosso head shot
Richard Grosso Receives Audubon Florida's 2021 Everglades Champion Award
November 15, 2021 — Richard Grosso was named Everglades Champion for taking bold action in the face of Everglades conservation.
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Eric Draper Wins Audubon Florida's 2021 Teddy Roosevelt Award
November 15, 2021 — The Teddy Roosevelt Award went to Eric Draper for leadership that shows resilience, resolve, and courage on behalf of Florida’s environment.
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Pelicans
Audubon Florida Recognizes Conservation Leaders for 2021
November 15, 2021 — Annual awards feature Florida's leading conservationists.
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Reed Bowman at Archbold Biological Station
Reed Bowman Receives Audubon Florida's 2021 Guy Bradley Award
November 15, 2021 — Audubon selected Reed Bowman to receive the Guy Bradley Award for his committed stewardship in the face of threats to birds and their habitats, as well as his relentless commitment to conserving Florida’s wildlife.
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Wood storks
Collier County BCC Revises Mosquito Control Boundary Resolution to Protect State and Federal Conservation Lands
November 12, 2021 — Audubon Florida, Audubon Western Everglades, and Florida Wildlife Federation objected to the expansion onto conservation lands and collaborated with all the public land management agencies to communicate their collective concerns with mosquito treatment of these public lands to the Board.
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Banded Piping Plover against a sand background. Photo: Kara Cook.
Spotted! A New Jersey Piping Plover Spending the Winter at Outback Key
November 04, 2021 — by Kara Cook, Rooftop Biologist for Audubon Florida.
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Roseate Spoonbill family
Protecting Water Quality: Good for Beer and Birds
November 02, 2021 — In recognition of Roseate Spoonbills, natural climate solutions, and the importance of water, Ankrolab Brewing Company will release a new craft beer called Spoonbill Ale.
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Brewing Company Spreads the Word about an Endemic Florida Species
November 01, 2021 — Playalinda Brewing Co, located in Titusville FL, crafts high quality beer with a Florida Scrub-Jay twist.
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Roseate Spoonbill in flight. Photo: Michael Rosenbaum/Audubon Photography Awards.
Audubon Florida Launches Advocacy Effort Against Urban Sprawl that Threatens the Everglades
October 22, 2021 — A new development would require an expansion of the Urban Development Boundary (UDB) – a legal line that limits the extent of westward development permitted in Miami-Dade County toward the Everglades.
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