Mission:  The Florida Wildlife Corridor aims to protect and restore connected landscapes throughout the Florida Peninsula to create a viable corridor from the Everglades to Georgia. The corridor addresses the fragmentation of natural landscapes and watersheds from the Everglades ecosystem north. Contributing to the fragmentation problem is the disconnect between the perceptions of Floridians, and the real need to keep natural systems connected.

 

Generating Awareness

The centerpiece of this strategy is the Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition scheduled to launch January 17, 2012, and traverse the Everglades ecosystem into Big Cypress, over to the Everglades Agricultural Area, back to the Okaloacoochee Slough, across the Caloosahatchee, over to Babcock Ranch, back along Fisheating Creek toward Lake Okeechobee, up the Kissimmee River with excursions toward the Lake Wales Ridge, up the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes, east around Orlando into Ocala National Forest, and north along the O2O corridor (Ocala to Osceola) to Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. The trek will cover approximately 1,000 miles over 100 days.

Everglades Water Supply Summit to be Webcast

 

If you can not attend in person, watch a webcast of the Everglades Water Supply Summit, live from Tallahassee!

 

The summit will be headlined by Gov. Rick Scott, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, golf legend Jack Nicklaus, Agriculture Secretary Adam Putnam and other top government, business and civic leaders.

 

 

The Summit webcast begins at 2PM. To watch the summit live online, click on the webcast link:

 

 http://learningforlife.fsu.edu/evergladesSummit12

 

 

 

 

Salazar, Scott, Nicklaus, Putnam to Headline Everglades Water Summit

 

We invite you to join the Everglades Foundation and attendees at the Everglades Water Supply Summit on January 17th and 18th. Participants include Governor Rick Scott, Secretary Ken Salazar,  golf professional  Jack Nicklaus, Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam and other government officials, business leaders and concerned Floridians. This multimedia Summit will provide an opportunity to discuss the growing water supply crisis and how Everglades Restoration is the key to solving it.

 

 

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Jan. 25-30, 2012

 

http://www.spacecoastbirdingandwildlifefestival.org/

 
 

Lack of access is the primary reason that keeps anglers from enjoying a day on the water. With expanding land development and growing regulations restricting angler access, federally owned lands are more important than ever for recreational fishing opportunity. However, a recent Congressional report concluded that more than 35 million acres of land owned by two federal land management agencies - the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service - have inadequate access for sportsmen and women.

The Solution

The Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act (H.R. 2834), will increase access to angling, hunting and recreational shooting on federal lands by prioritizing these activities within agencies' land management plans. The bill will require that federal lands be operated as "open-until-closed" with respect to recreational access and that any new regulations, management plans or land use initiatives be evaluated to minimize their impact on traditional outdoors activities such as fishing.

Take Action

The Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act will increase public access to federal lands for recreational fishing and other traditional outdoor activities. Click here to take action now!

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