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Everglades Agricultural Area Birding (FREE!)
Saturday, August 27, 6:30am
Spend the day with the birds you save when water is finally sent south!
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Paul Bithorn and Brian Rapoza will lead an all-day carpool trip to sod farms and flooded fields in the Belle Glade area of Palm Beach County. No fee.
Meet at 6:30am at Sawgrass Recreation Park, on US-27 about two miles north of I-75 in Broward County. Walkie-talkies are recommended. There will be a restaurant lunch stop.
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Dine Out with TAS
@WhiskGourmet
Tonight, 6-10pm
Make a dinner date tonight at
Whisk Gourmet
(eat-in or take-out) and, in turn,
Whisk
will feather the proverbial TAS nest with 10 percent of its dinner revenues.
Enjoy signature dishes such as Chef Brendan's famous Fried Chicken, cool Kale Caesar or his
sensational
Shrimp & Grits.www.whiskgourmet.com
Whisk helps TAS protect all the places South Floridians cherish: Biscayne Bay, Florida Bay and The Everglades.Thanks to Chef Brendan Connor for so generously hosting the 2016 Dine Out Summer Series!
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Tropical Audubon & SACE tackle Turkey Point
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Paul Marcellini Photograhy
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TAS has joined Southern Alliance for Clean Energy in a Clean Water lawsuit against FPL. Biscayne Bay, Biscayne National Park and South Florida's drinking water supply are invaluable, therefore we took action to protect these irreplaceable resources from Turkey Point-generated pollution. We will keep you posted.
Meanwhile, here are resources to help you better understand the issue:
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Thanks to You!
Commissioners voted to reject all current bids to expand Virginia Key Marina, opting to press the RESET button on the RPF process. We'll keep you posted!
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Love the Everglades Summer Summit
August 6-7, August 14
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Saturday, 6th August 2016 -- 9am to 6pm,
Miccosukee Resort & Convention Center
500 SW 177th Avenue,
Ballroom Second Floor
Miami, FL 33194
Sunday, 7th August 2016 -- 12pm to 5pm,
Florida International University
Modesto A. Maidique Campus
11200 SW 8th Street,
Room To Be Announced
Miami, FL 33199
Sunday, 14th August 2016 -- 4pm to 8pm,
Environmental Cleanup
L-29 Levee and L-67 Levee
Near the Valujet Crash Memorial Site
Along Tamiami Trail
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Eco-Restoration Day
@ TAS's
Porter
Russell Pine Rockland
Saturday, August 13, 8:30am-noon
Help TAS steward our
Porter
Russell Pine Rockland, an 8-acre property in South Miami-Dade County, one of the few remaining tracts of globally imperiled Pine Rockland habitat remaining outside of Everglades National Park.
Please bring sunscreen, your water bottle, and wear closed toed-shoes. We will provide water.
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Eco-Restoration Day
@ TAS's Steinberg Nature Center
Saturday, August 20, 8:30am-noon
Learn about indigenous plants and help us maintain our near-native landscape at the Steinberg Nature Center on the TAS campus. We need you! Restoration Days are held on the 3rd Saturday of every month. We're flexible -- show up when you can, between
8:30 am and noon -- you will find a host of conservationists, birders, plant lovers and gardeners just like you lending a hand.
Volunteer to Get Your Hands Dirty! (We provide gloves!)
onsite free parking via SW 55th Avenue entry gate
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The scoop on Big Sugar
The Sierra Club's Summit #2
Saturday, August 20, 2016, 8:30am
Join fellow Floridians and environmental groups at Sierra Club's second annual Big
Sugar
Summit
in West Palm Beach. The industry's impact on Florida and its citizens is arguably felt from the capitol to the Keys -- from the halls of political power to the threatened rookeries and estuaries under siege in the Everglades and Florida Bay. Organizers promise to "pull the curtain back" on Big
Sugar
. You'll learn why Big
Sugar
has a strangle hold on the Sunshine State, why its lobbyists are so powerful, how its pollution impacts our air and water quality, and why the industry stands in the way of Everglades Restoration. Most important, you'll learn how to advocate for a Big
Sugar
solution.
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#FindYourPark (
FREE National Park Entry)
Happy Birthday to the National Park Service
August 25-28
Park entrance fees will be waived nationwide from August 25 through August 28 to encourage everyone to celebrate the NPS 100th birthday.
On August 25, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed the act that created the National Park Service "to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for future generations."
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of that moment and to look ahead to the next 100 years, the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation launched the Find Your Park / Encuentra Tu Parque movement. Inspiring people from all backgrounds to celebrate and support America's national parks and
community-based programs,
#FindYourPark /
#EncuentraTuParque invites people to discover and share their own unique connections to our nation's natural landscapes, vibrant culture and rich history.
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Vote Yes 4 Solar
Tuesday, August 30
How do we make solar energy a priority in the Sunshine State? It starts by boosting voter turnout for the August 30 primary.
Floridians who want to build a clean, sustainable energy future should vote
YES on Amendment 4,
which proposes to remove taxes on solar power.
Voting is easy in Florida:
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Ditch the polls and sign up to vote by mail at
floridasolarvoter.com
!
You will receive your ballot between July 26-August 2 and should mail it in as soon as possible.
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Or, consider voting early
August 20-27
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Enjoy voting on Election Day?
Head to the polls
August 30!
Use this quick tool to mark your calendar:
http://bit.ly/vote-aug-30
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Infuriated by the Toxic Algae Bloom?
It's Now or NeverGlades: become part of the solution!
Support the 200+ Everglades scientists who believe that
increased storage, treatment and conveyance of
water south of Lake Okeechobee is essential to stop the damaging discharges to the coastal estuaries; to restore the flow of clean, fresh water to Everglades
National Park, Florida Bay and the Florida Keys; to improve the health of Lake Okeechobee; and to protect the drinking water for 8 million Floridians living in Miami-Dade, Broward, Monroe and Palm Beach counties.
Demand that the planning process for storing more water South of Lake Okeechobee in an Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) Reservoir begin NOW, not in 2020 under the current timeline! Buying the needed land is an important first step, but The Army Corps of Engineers must take immediate steps to plan for and establish the critically needed EAA Reservoir!
Sign Audubon's EAA Reservoir Petition today!
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Livable Cutler Park Restoration
Help plant a tree thru August only--
Only $
565
of $5,000 goal has been reached so far!
Organizers around Livable Cutler Park Restoration -- @LivableCutler -- are undertaking a critical habitat restoration project that will ensure a greenway for people, plants and wildlife. To do something meaningful for our community you can help fund the effort. A modest $15 donation puts 1 native tree in the ground; $30, 4 trees; and so on.
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This Land is Your Land:
A Second Century for America's National Parks
thru January 8, 2016
This exhibition considers America's National Park Service as it enters its second century with a particular focus on South Florida's four national park sites: Everglades, Biscayne and Dry Tortugas National Parks and Big Cypress National Preserve. Its purpose is to elevate awareness of our national parks with the hope of motivating action toward their continued protection. Experiential in approach, this exhibition presents natural and cultural objects, artwork and film to communicate the national park idea and experience.
Curated by Jacqueline Crucet and designed by Miami-based design firm SimpleFly Creative, this exhibit is endorsed and supported by the National Park Service.
Coral Gables Museum
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The Birds Thank "A Best Insulation"
In anticipation of the October 7 "Florida Heritage Site Dedication Ceremony" (circle the date!), our staff spent much of July tidying our historic Doc Thomas House "nest." The top-down deep-clean began in the attic, where more than 8 decades of dust and insect/rodent droppings had accumulated. (It's yucky, but true!) The amazing "A Best Insulation" team generously performed the attic purge for Tropical Audubon Society because its owner, Aldo Acosta, and his wife, Sophie, deeply believe in the conservation work TAS pursues.
"A Best's" local Mission: Improve energy efficiency, comfort, safety and interior air quality for residential homes and commercial buildings.
Its National vision: Preserve our energy resources.
Its Mission for our planet: Reduce humanity's negative impact on the environment.
Supporting vendors that support TAS, such as "A Best Insulation," is an easy way to contribute to our Conservation Mission. The Birds will thank you!
Fully licensed and certified, "A Best" was founded in 2000 and specializes in attic insulation, spray foam insulation, insulation removal and attic clean-up across Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Monroe counties.
Phone: (305) 233-1818 & (954) 456-3688
E-mail:
[email protected]
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