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"Ding" Darling Wildlife Society Newsletter |
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Get a jump on the Holidays and order your cards now!
Last year, the inaugural wildlife holiday cards were a big hit and sold out of stock quickly. The new 2012 Refuge Wildlife Holiday Cards will be ready in time for the October "Ding" Darling Days | |
If you want to be sure to get your cards
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2012 "Ding" Days Sponsors |  | |
Thanks to our "Ding" Darling Days 2012 sponsors for making this event possible.
ROSEATE SPOONBILL: Doc Ford's Rum Bar & Grill. GREAT EGRET: Ocean's Reach Condominiums, The Timbers Restaurant & Fish Market. GREAT BLUE HERON: Bailey's General Store, Casa Ybel Resort, Island Sun, Jerry's Foods, Sanibel Captiva Community Bank, Sanibel Captiva Trust Company, Jim & Patty Sprankle, West Wind Inn. REDDISH EGRET: Mike & Terry Baldwin, Big Red Q Quickprint, Art & Susan Cassell, Cedar Chest Fine Jewelry,
SNOWY EGRET:Barefoot Charley's Painting; Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program(CHNEP), Congress Jewelers, Dan Hahn Custom Builders, George & Wendy's Seafood Grille, Grounds By Greenways, Heidrick & Co. Insurance, Mast Family Culligan, Nave Plumbing, Over Easy Cafe, Panther Printing, Royal Shell Vacations, Sanibel Art & Frame, Anne & Jim Scott, She Sells Seashells, Winston & Barbara Spurgeon, Suncatchers' Dream, Thistle Lodge |
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Toni in Russia |
Supervisory Refuge Ranger Toni Westland is just back from Russia, where she embarked on a two-week conservation mission, representing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge.
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"Very cool Lake Baikal display outside the Baikasky Reserve. What a great teachable display! I want one on Sanibel...!"
Toni's Facebook post on July 24. |
We were able to keep in contact with her through the wonders of social media. Midway through her visit, on July 27, we received this report:
"Hello from Siberia... we are . . . Click to READ MORE
To read Toni's Facebook posts, users can "like" and monitor the official J. N. "Ding" Darling NWR fan page by Clicking HERE or the Society's Facebook page by Clicking HERE |
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Manatee Week Planned | |
This November, the Refuge plans to celebrate the debut of its new interactive "Marvelous Manatees" Exhibit with a week of unveiling activities, manatee education, and new manatee-related items in the Refuge Nature Store.
To heighten the educational value of the articulated manatee skeleton . . . Read More |
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"Ding" Days Highlight
"America's Darling" Premiere | |
Each DOTW issue, we will highlight one event during "Ding" Darling Days, Oct. 14-20. Here's this week's:
Friday, Oct. 19 - "America's Darling" Documentary Premiere
1pm-2pm FREE
EC auditorium
Click Here to view activities
Viewers will meet a young, renegade Jay Darling, our Refuge's namesake and a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, at the premier of the documentary "America's Darling" produced by Marvo Entertainment. |
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Wildlife Sightings Week ending August 7, 2012 | |
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These are just snapshots of some of the things taking place at your Wildlife Refuge. Please check our website at www.dingdarlingsociety.org to learn more!
Sincerely,
Birgit Vertesch, Executive Director
"Ding" Darling Wildlife Society
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 Celebrating 30 Years! On Oct. 20, 2012, your "Ding" Darling Wildlife Society officially celebrates 30 years in the service of supporting the J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge. Watch "Ding" on the Wing, www.dingdarlingsociety.org , and our Facebook page for special 30th anniversary events, Facebook contests, and Refuge Nature Store specials. | |
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