2015 Biology Interns
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Katie Leonard and
Margaret Anderson
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Two new biology interns joined the Refuge team effort on January 5, 2015. Margaret Anderson and Katie Leonard plan to stay until July 2015 as part of the refuge's intern program supported by the "Ding" Darling Wildlife Society
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Register Now for Tarpon Tourney! |
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to register now for the fourth annual "Ding" Darling & Doc Ford Tarpon Tournament on May 9, 2015. For rules and registration info and to read about 2014 results, click here.
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Youth Fishing Day
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Cody Ratner with his 38" bonnethead shark, "Ding" Darling resident volunteer Ken Kopperl (left), and Captain Steve Yetsko.
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Last week, Tarpon Bay Explorers and the Refuge hosted My Autism Connection kids for a fun and fruitful day of fishing and education on the bay. Thanks to the sponsors who made this event possible: The Bait Box, Caloosa Wholesale, Dale Shirley, "Ding" Darling Wildlife Society, George & Wendy's Seafood Grille, Lexington Fishing Club, Sanibel Fishing Club, and Shallow Bait.
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UPCOMING EVENTS |
Click here for a full calendar of events and programs |
Through April 12, 2015
February 20, 2015
April 1-2, 2015
FREE Refuge Earth Day April 18, 2015
October 18-24, 2015 |
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Post your photos on our Facebook page
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Woodstork
Photo by Jeff Springer
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Ibis
Photo by Jeff Springer
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2015 Lecture Series
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TOMORROW!
FRIDAY, JANUARY 30: Neville Williams has been on the leading edge of the solar power revolution for decades and knows from firsthand experience how power from the sun can transform lives and communities for the better. He will present two programs titled "A Solar Odyssey", based on his book Sun Power READ MORE
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5: Jeff Klinkenberg engages a professional symphony orchestra tuba player to determine whether bull gators would respond with thunderous bellows to a low B-flat note during mating season; thus the name of his latest book Alligator in B Flat. He will present READ MORE.
Lectures begin at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Seating is on a first-come basis, so plan to arrive early.
Click here to view the 2015 Lecture Series schedule.
Thanks to our 2015 Friday Lecture Series Sponsor:
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Trailgate Auction
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| Sculptor Jim Sprankle with his Trailgate live auction donation - a life-size, realistic puffin decoy. |
This year's headlining live auction items fit with Trailgate 2015's Dinner & Puffins theme on February 17, 2015, at The Sanibel Community House to benefit Refuge education and research. Master island sculptor Jim Sprankle has carved a puffin decoy especially for Trailgate 2015. Dr. Stephen Kress, the Audubon puffin activist who will be speaking at Trailgate about his Project Puffin, has facilitated the donation of a six-day puffin camp excursion in Maine.
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A scenic fight over Sanibel with pilot John MacLennan will be in the silent auction
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To place a pre-auction bid on these items, call Birgie Miller at 239-292-0566. To view images of these and other live and silent auction items, please click here.
RESERVATIONS to Trailgate 2015 are
SOLD OUT
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Trailgate 2015: Puffins in Maine
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Thanks to our generous Trailgate sponsors!
Champion Sponsors
Mark & Gretchen Banks, Wayne & Linda Boyd, John & Kathy McCabe, Peter & Paula Bentinck-Smith, Sanibel Catering
Protector Level
Mike & Terry Baldwin, Jay & Cindy Brown, Amanda Cross, Shaker Investments, Don & Ann-Marie Wildman,
Defender Level
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Upcoming Film Showing - Feb. 4
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4: The 11th Hour
The third annual "Ding" Darling
Wednesday Film Series continues its bi-weekly showings with the mainstream film 11th Hour. Humankind's 11th hour has arrived: the last moment when we can change course and stop our rush toward global ecological collapse. Actor Leonardo DiCaprio produces and narrates this film depicting READ MORE
The film begins at 2:30 p.m. at the Visitor & Education Center.
Seating is on a first-come basis, so plan to arrive early.
Thanks our 2015 Bi-Weekly Film Series Sponsor:
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Butterflies of Southwest Florida
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Join us in the Visitor & Education Center Auditorium A for a special Live Native Butterflies of Southwest Florida program on the following Thursdays: February 5 and 19 and March 5 and 19, starting at noon.
Speakers Gary and Alice Lavimoniere, volunteers at the Refuge and Butterfly Estates, will follow a short talk with on-going interpretation until 1 p.m., featuring a number of live native butterfly species, host plants, caterpillars, and chrysalides. Admission is free.
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Wildlife Sightings & Tides
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This River Otter has been seen regularly along the Indigo Trail near the Education Boardwalk.
Photo by Jim Bennight
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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,
Designed by Sarah Lathrop and intern Kasey Robb
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