This year has witnessed the completion of landmark Everglades restoration initiatives. The Tamiami Roadbed removal finished six months ahead of schedule, and with the historic road gone, billions of gallons of water now flow into the Everglades once more. The Kissimmee River Restoration – decades in the making – returns the river back to its meandering…
Audubon – Banded Brown Pelicans Moves from Alabama to Florida
Jeff Liechty, coastal biologist for the Florida Coastal Islands Sanctuaries (FCIS), motored up to Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge in the Tampa Bay region, pulling out his binoculars to record the sea and shorebirds resting on the sand. Through monthly surveys in coordination with Joyce Kleen from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Jeff counts…
National Parks Traveler – A Toddler’s Joy Over Gulf Islands National Seashore
Waves crashed on the sandy shore of Santa Rosa Sound, wind whipping off the water and flinging my hair in all directions. One family had set up their chairs on the narrow strip of beach between the sound and the trees of the Gulf Islands National Seashore’s Naval Live Oaks area, but with a three-year-old and 18-month-old…
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