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Saturday, June 16th, 2012 #1337
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Collier County Audubon Society:
50 years of protecting Southwest Florida's environment 1961-2011
Our mission is to promote an understanding of and interest in wildlife and the natural environment that supports it, and to further the cause of conservation of all natural resources.
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Fresh Water The amount of moisture on Earth has not changed. The water the dinosaurs drank millions of years ago is the same water that falls as rain today. But will there be enough for a more crowded world?
...Even while we take Mother Water for granted, humans understand in our bones that she is the boss. We stake our civilizations on the coasts and mighty rivers. Our deepest dread is the threat of having too little moisture-or too much. We've lately raised the Earth's average temperature by .74°C (1.3°F), a number that sounds inconsequential. But these words do not: flood, drought, hurricane, rising sea levels, bursting levees. Water is the visible face of climate and, therefore, climate change. Shifting rain patterns flood some regions and dry up others as nature demonstrates a grave physics lesson: Hot air holds more water molecules than cold.....
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Passions freed here Mark Renz photo
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Estuaries Salinity Performance Measure ?
Salinity in Florida Bay at:
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Can America Overcome Its Split Personality On Energy?
Climate Guest Blogger by Kate Gordon
....Last week the House of Representatives voted to pass the 2013 appropriations bill for energy and water programs, which essentially determines national spending level for key water and energy infrastructure next year. Here's what the measure does: it cuts $75 million - nearly one-third of the entire program budget - from the popular ARPA-E program, which funds some of the most critical cutting-edge research on new and advanced energy technologies so that they can be commercialized in the U.S. and bring back jobs and profits to U.S. companies. It cuts funding by half a billion dollars for the Department of Energy's Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy program, which provides targeted support for advanced vehicles, advanced manufacturing and other clean energy programs that are revitalizing regions like Detroit, Toledo, and Richmond California. It cuts funding for basic research and scientific data collection from the Energy Information Administration and the Office of Science.
These reductions may seem small in the overall budget debate, but they're critical for America's energy future .... |
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Niagra wire walk, Great Wallenda Purple gallinule
Mark Renz photo
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WRAC Recreation Committee Meeting - Monday
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The Water Resources Advisory Commission (WRAC) is an advisory body to the SFWMD Governing Board and the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force. It is a forum for improving public participation and decision-making about water resource issues in South and Central Florida.
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AGENDA
SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT (SFWMD)
WATER RESOURCES ADVISORY COMMISSION (WRAC)
WRAC RECREATIONAL ISSUES
Monday, June 18, 2012, 5:00 PM
District Headquarters - Storch Room, 3rd Floor
3301 Gun Club Road
West Palm Beach, FL 33406
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30 Year Anniversary: Congratulations to Peace River Wildlife Center. For thirty years Peace River Wildlife Center has been treating and rehabilitating injured and orphaned native Florida wildlife. They also inform the public about native Florida wildlife through educational outreach activities. |
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The next meeting of the Southwest Florida Watershed Council.
The next regular meeting of the SWF Watershed Council will be June 21st from 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm at the Royal Palm Yacht Club (RPYC). This month's Water Wisdom presentation topic will be the Lee County Transfer of Development Rights Program - Past, Present an...d Future. The presenter will be Paul O'Conner, Director of the Division of Planning for the Lee County Department of Community Development. The RPYC is located at 2360 West 1st Street in Fort Myers.
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What am I?
Tortoise? Bird? Dog?
Click Mark Renz photo to find out
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http://www.ccfriendsofwildlife.org/
The North American Butterfly Association
has donated money to help maintain the butterfly house at Cape Coral's Rotary Park.
The new butterfly house is an excellent community partnership to help educate the public about butterflies and their role in the environment.
Stop by the Rotary Park Environmental Center, which is open from 8a.m. - 4 p.m., Monday through Saturday, 5505 Rose Garden Road, Cape Coral Florida. Call (239) 549-4606 to tour the butterfly house or register for one of the butterfly gardening classes offered at the park.
NABA's Butterfly Garden and Habitat Program can:
Help you create a paradise for butterflies while encouraging habitat restoration, no matter how large or small an area you have. Begin planning your garden with the Basics of Butterfly Gardening. Learn which native plants are suitable for butterfly gardens in your location with Regional Butterfly Garden Guides. Show your commitment to increasing butterfly populations and educating others by certifying your butterfly garden or habitat through NABA's Butterfly Garden Certification Program. Explore native butterfly garden plants selected by NABA's butterfly gardening community as essential plants to include in your garden with NABA's Butterfly Garden Plants. Fine tune your garden plant selections with Caterpillars and Host Plants New! Tours of the Butterfly House every Monday, Friday and Saturday at 10:30 |
| History of United Waterfowlers - Florida, inc. | |
The United Waterfowlers - Florida, as an organization, was conceived in October of 2000. Thepurposes/goals were and are:
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- To provide Florida waterfowlers with a unified voice.
- To promote better relationships between waterfowlers and the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, Water Management Districts, US Fish & Wildlife Service, and the citizens of Florida.
- To provide hunter input through a statewide communication network to the legal processes that determine land use of state and federally owned properties.
- To promote waterfowl hunting by providing hunting opportunities for both youth and adults.
- To promote conservation and enhancement of Florida's natural resources.
- To preserve the waterfowling heritage for future generations of Floridians
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Right on the heels of the latest attacks on the Clean Water Act, the Senate is now preparing to take up the Farm Bill (S. 3240). This year's bill includes multiple dirty water amendments that seek to prevent the Administration from moving forward on various clean water policies or to roll back and undermine the Clean Water Act itself.
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Reef Relief® is a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to improving and protecting our coral reef ecosystem.
Our Goals
- Increase public awareness of the importance and value of living coral reef ecosystems
- Increase scientific understanding and knowledge of living coral reef ecosystems
- Strengthen grassroots community-based efforts to protect coral reef ecosystems
- Design, develop, and help implement strategies for marine protected areas associated with coral reef ecosystems
- Encourage and support eco-tourism as part of sustainable community development that protects and preserves coral reef ecosystems
- Strengthen our organizational capacity to carry out our mission
- Reef Relief's goal is S.E.A. for C.P.R.
We focus on rigorous Science to Educate the public & Advocate policymakers to achieve Conservation, Protection, and Restoration of coral reefs. Reef Relief Headquarters
& Environmental Center
631 Greene Street
Key West, FL 33040
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By Protecting the Coral Sea, a marine jewel and one of the world's last intact tropical ocean ecosystems, as well as parts of its south-western, northern, and north-western marine regions, Australia has again proved itself to be a leader in ocean protection. On the eve of the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, the country has sent a clear message: Strong ocean conservation and management are critical to the health of the global economy and our environment.
Rio+20 U.N. summit on sustainable development. The gathering, the fourth major summit on sustainable development since 1972, is to be attended by 115 global leaders and 50,000 participants from around the world.. June 20-22, 2012. |
Defenders of Wildlife is a national, nonprofit membership organization dedicated to the protection of all native animals and plants in their natural communities. Long recognized as a leader in endangered species issues, in Florida, Defenders advocates for innovative wildlife conservation approaches that prevent threats to species, sustain entire ecosystems and interconnected habitat, and protect flagship species such as wide-ranging bears, panthers, manatees and sea turtles. From our St. Petersburg office, Defenders engages in solution-oriented, science-based advocacy, education and outreach, policy development, legislative initiatives and litigation to defend wildlife and its habitat. We also champion practical approaches to ensuring that people can coexist with wildlife in their communities. Link to:http://www.defenders.org/about_us/where_we_work/florida_office.php Take a Walk to Protect People, Pets, Livestock, Bears and Panthers What:Volunteer to join us in walking a neighborhood in northern Golden Gate Estates to distribute information to residents on living responsibly with Florida panthers, bears, and other southwest Florida wildlife. Who's Involved:Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Defenders of Wildlife, Friends of the FL Panther Refuge, Conservancy of SW Florida, Naples Zoo, National Park Service, Collier County Sheriff's Office and a host of others working to conserve the Florida panther and other native wildlife. When:Saturday, June 23, 2012 At 8:00a.m. Orientation with Cathy Connolly, Bear Management Specialist, Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission Where: Golden Gate Estates Library 1266 Golden Gate Blvd., W. Naples, FL 34120 Sign up by contacting Shannon Miller at Defenders of Wildlifesmiller@defenders.org or (727)823-3888 or Lisa Östberg at (239)642-5472 orSwedeLisa@aol.com
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