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Learn about native plants and help Tropical maintain the native landscape.
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Birding Field Trips
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Sat. May 5th- Key Largo Birding. Brian Rapoza, will lead this trip to the largest remaining tract of coastal tropical hardwood hammock in the Florida Keys. Meet at 6:30 AM at the Cracker Barrel restaurant at US 1 and Palm Drive in Florida City. Bring water and insect repellant. There is an entrance fee to the botanical site. Lunch at a Key Largo restaurant.
Sun., May 6th- Bill Baggs Cape Florida Bird Walk Robin Diaz will lead birders through Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park on Key Biscayne. The park opens at 8:00 AM. Participants should meet at No Name Harbor (from the entrance station, take your first right and drive west to the parking area). The walk will begin by 8:15 AM. Costs include an entrance fee to the park and the Rickenbacker Causeway toll.
Click here for our full calendar.
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Soaring Eagle Yoga,
Jill Rapperport, is an experienced registered yoga instructor, meditation teacher, Level III Reiki master, shaman and spiritual life coach. She brings a unique blend of business experience, a breadth of yoga knowledge, philosophy experience, anatomical knowledge, musical training and varied spiritual practices to her classes.
Jill brings to Tropical Audubon quality instruction on all the limbs of yoga, including meditation and philosophy. She hires and trains instructors to help bring the health and empowerment tools of yoga to others, and will bring to Tropical Audobon excellent programing and teachers.
Click here for more information or call Jill at
305-662-YOGA (9642) for more information! | |
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Rain or shine our 65th Annual Meeting was a success! If you missed the opportunity to attend please support our mission by donating today. Without a lift from the community we will not be able to further our mission as South Florida's voice of conservation.
We are at the front lines of Miami-Dade County protecting our valuable natural resources. Sustainability requires clean drinking water, better growth patterns, and viable ecosystems to support wildlife. This is our vision for a better quality of life in South Florida, please join us in our mission.
During the month of May, Tropical Audubon Society is having a membership drive. By joining in May, you will receive a free shopping bag. If you donate $30 or more we will send you a water bottle. If you become a named donor at $50 or more, Habify will perform a home energy audit worth over $100.
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Pine Rockland Discussion with Steve Woodmansee
Wed., May 2| Room 166, Cox Science Center, U.M.| 7 p.m.
 Join the Friends of the Gifford Arboretum for Steve Woodmansee's talk on "The How To's, Challenges and Benefits of Restoring and Re-Creating a Pine Rockland Habitat" at the University of Miami's Cox Science Center, room 166.
The pine rockland habitat is one of Florida's rarest and most environmentally sensitive ecosystems. It is also one of the most botanically diverse habitats in Florida. In Miami-Dade County, only 1.5% of the original pine rocklands remains outside of Everglades National Park, which now has only 10% of its original amount.
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Miami Dade's 6th Annual Tree Summit!
Thurs., May 10| F.I.U. Modesto Campus| 9-4 p.m.
 Miami-Dade Community Image Advisory Board and Florida International University (F.I.U.) is sponsoring the 6th Annual Tree Summit.Tropical Audubon Society's longtime Board Member Gary Hunt will be honored at the event. Please attend and show support for his great work!
The keynote speaker is Dr. Kathleen Wolf, from the University of Washington College of the Environment. Dr. Wolf will present recent research results on the economic relationship between urban forests and healthy communities, and measures the social impact of urban forests in the context of economic growth. Our own Gary Hunt, TAS Board of Director, will be honored at the Summit!
Students, industry, government, non-profit, and interested parties all welcome! There is no cost. RSVP required, please contact the Miami-Dade Office of Community Image by May 4th.
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Take Action: do you want to make it easier to turn farm land into a rock pit?
Wed., May 16| 111 NE 1st Street, 2nd floor| 9-4 p.m.
 Tropical Audubon feels that rock mining in the most destructive land use currently in practice in Florida. In Miami-Dade County, we have an area already zoned and designated for rock mining with a supply of 30 years or more. Destroying more farm land for this use is a mistake.
This amendment was submitted by Cemex Construction Materials, LLC to the Comprehensive Development Master Plan, which is our County's plan to address where and how it intends development or conservation of land and natural resources will occur in the next 10-12 years. Planning and zoning staff have recommended to deny and do not transmit.
Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners meeting to oppose Amendment No. 4, which seeks to reduce the current rock mining super majority! This destructive land use needs a super majority vote to ensure that any decision to pursue rock mining as a land use is carefully analyzed. Read our letter to the Miami-Dade Commission.
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Donate a Dime to TAS at Whole Foods
April 1st - June 30th| 6701 Red Road, Coral Gables
 The Whole Foods in Coral Gables, off of US-1 and Red Road/SW 57th Avenue, will donate 10 cents per bag to customers who re-use their own shopping bags for their purchased groceries. You will have the opportunity to donate your 10 cents to Tropical Audubon.
From April 1st to June 30th, please bring in your bag into the Coral Gables Whole Foods and donate your dime to Tropical Audubon, South Florida's Voice of Conservation!
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Conservation Committee Meeting
Wed., May 23| 5530 Sunset Drive| 7:30 p.m.
 Be part of the conversation with South Florida's environmental concerns! We will meet at 7:30 p.m. to discuss conservation issues facing our region at the Historic Doc Thomas House. Please bring your ideas and interests to the table with our committee members, and Dennis Olle our Conservation Chair, and Executive Director Laura Reynolds.
This meeting is open to the public and if you cannot attend in person, we can provide a conference line upon request. Our parking entrance is on the side of the house at 55th Avenue. Please contact us for more information.
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