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Today is IT. Demand Representation: Call, Write, Harass.
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Taxation w/o Representation!?
What Year is this!?
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78% of us Voted
YES!
on Amendment1 (4.2 million voters!).
TODAY
, the Legislature reconvenes to iron out next year's budget.
Florida House & Senate leaders MUST see, hear and feel that land & water conservation is a priority to YOU.
CALL, Email, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram & Snail Mail your wishes!
Continue to Call
Elected Officials who work for US & ask them to
FINISH THE JOB! Read them/ email them:
1. Fund Florida Forever
2. Fund Everglades Restoraton &
Acquire Land South of Lake O
3. Protect our Sprints!
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Why
Buy Land
& Send Water South to the Everglades?
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| Understand Why We Need to Buy Land to Send Water South |
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Workday @ Porter-Russell
Pine Rocklands Preserve
June 13, 8am-noon
(when you can get here)
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Volunteer to Get Your Hands Dirty! (We provide
gloves!)
Learn about native plants and help restore one of Florida's unique ecosystems. Only 2% of this precious habitat is left in Miami Dade outside Everglades Nat'l Park. Let's help preserve it!
Restoring this property is possible with volunteers like you.
22100 SW 124th Ave, Miami, Fl 33170
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Friends of Biscayne Bay Kayak Trip
June 6, 9:30am-12:30pm
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Discover t
he area between the Deering Estate at Cutler and Chicken Key, a 7-acre rehabilitated bird rookery, boasts one of the most plentiful seagrass beds in the western part of Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserves.
You'll see seagrasses, manatees, stingrays, sharksand many species of migratory and resident waterfowl. Guests are responsible for bringing snorkel gear if they wish to snorkel in the shallow waters from their kayaks (no stops to tie off).
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Help Create a Bayside Pop-Up Park!
June 13, 10am
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Let's raise awareness for the
park space behind American Airlines Arena. This is public space, preserved by county charter in the
Dan
Paul Amendment-- which declares land up to 50 feet from the seawall as public space.
Despite this, the parcel is vetted to be the home of the Bay of Pigs Memorial Museum, which seems like an excuse to use tax dollars to build a space rentable for exclusive events and additional parking for the arena.
Let's turn this land parcel into its intended
park for the day! Join us in
park activities and a picnic. Join a Bike Group, bike there, and we'll have a proper Miami Field Day... "literally."Click on the Picture for more information
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June 20, 8am-noon
(when you can get here)
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Volunteer to Get Your Hands Dirty! (We provide
gloves!)
Learn about indigenous plants and help us maintain our near-native landscape at the Steinberg Nature Center campus. We need you!
Workdays 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, gardeners just like you lending a hand. This is a great way to earn community service hours and a team-building
activity!
Tropical Audubon Society 5530 Sunset Dr., Miami, 33143
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Summer Movie Nite @ TAS:
Groundswell Rising
Saturday, June 20, 7:30pm
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Groundswell Rising:
Protecting our Children's Air & Water
http://www.groundswellrising.com/
This compelling documentary will open your eyes to "
Fracking"- - a looming
threat to Florida's woods & waters. Also on the Marquee: Music, Food Truck
& BirdBar. Gates open at 7:30 p.m.; film rolls at dusk under the oaks & stars.
Summer Movie Nite is a FREE community event -- invite your peeps!
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Audubon Convention 2015
July 10-13
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Audubon's biennial leadership Convention will take place at the Lansdowne Resort on the banks of the Potomac River near historic Leesburg, Virginia, on July 10-13, 2015.
Designed for Audubon's amazing network of dedicated chapter, centers, state, national and international leaders from all four Flyways, the event will include 4 full days of exciting field trips, inspiring speakers, in-depth hands-on workshops and the camaraderie only Audubon can provide.
To receive email alerts for the Convention Web site launch and registration availability, send an email to convention@audubon.org titled "Convention Alerts" and include your email address, first and last name in the body of the message.
For general conference inquiries, questions, or sponsorship opportunities, contact Lynn Tennefoss at ltennefoss@audubon.org or call (800) 542-2748.
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Conservation Meeting
June 24, 7:30pm
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We come together to do the little things that make a big difference, and to tackle the big things that take a village on the 4th Wednesday of every month, at
7:30PM.
You don't need to be a scientist or TAS member to know that clean water, green space and solar energy are good things. Participate and make a difference. We welcome diverse viewpoints and skill sets.
Help us peck away at the challenging
conservation issues of our time.
With your assistance, we can build capacity, infrastructure and increase our reach!
Please collaborate in and contribute to our Mission toconserve South Florida's natural resources.
Tropical Audubon Society: 5530 Sunset Dr., Miami, 33143
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Go Solar! Sign the Petition!
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The Floridians for Solar Choice Petition is an initiative to amend the FL Constitution to provide more choices for Floridians to power their homes and businesses with solar energy.
2. Mail signed petitions to Floridians for Solar Choice
3. Share via Social Media!
120 East Oakland Park Blvd. Suite 105
Ft. Lauderdale FL 33334
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Parks for People!
You're a People: Sign the Petition!
During recent difficult budget times, Miami-Dade County has suffered dramatic cuts to parks budgets for operations and maintenance. If not reversed, this neglect will erode our parks from community assets to neighborhood blights.
With some additional funding for urgently needed repairs, we could start to restore our parks to the community gathering places for our kids, our elders, and our families that we expect from our County.
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Virginia Key, The Boat Show & Marine Stadium
#GoBiscayne! Understand the Issue & Sign the Petition!
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Though the agreement was approved to bring the Boat Show to Virginia Key, the environmental impact of this event is yet to be studied and determined.
We urge you to send emails asking that the community be presented with more information on the Marine Stadium's future and that the Village of Key Biscayne and the City of Miami -- as well as the Event hosts work with the Army Corps of Engineers and Environmental organizations to mitigate impact and be prepared for reparations.
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Student Climate & Conservation Congress Nominate A Student Today!
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Limited spaces are still available for the Student Climate & Conservation Congress (Sc3); nominate a high school student to experience this outstanding opportunity!
APPLY or NOMINATE
WHO: Current 8th - 11th Grade Students
WHEN: Sunday, June 21 - Saturday, June 27, 2015
WHERE: National Conservation Training Center, Shepherdstown, WV
The program, held June 21-27, 2015 at USFWS's National Conservation Training Center, imparts environmental leadership skills, providing students with the knowledge and tools necessary to address climate and conservation challenges and to better serve their schools and communities. Includes official community service credit. If your Chapter partners with high school teachers and students, please share this information with them as well!
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Migratory Bird Permits:
Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement
We have an unprecedented opportunity to bring the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) into the 21st century by supporting a bold new proposal by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to expand the kinds of activities that this landmark law covers.
Originally crafted to stop the exploitation of
birds
, the bedrock law now will help prevent
bird
" death traps" like uncovered oil waste pits, unshielded power lines, and many other hazards undreamed of when the law was written at the turn of the last century.
The official Notice of Intent will be published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, May 26, followed by a 60-day public comment period.
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TAS Hiring!
Education Specialist (PT)
Conservation Outreach Coordinator (FT)
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Education Specialist: Lead Field Trips at Steinberg Nature Center,
Present at Schools & Educational Centers--
Connect children (and adults) with Nature!
Conservation Outreach Coordinator:
Bilingual Communications specialist to work on smart growth issues such as Urban Development Boundaries, Sea Level Rise/Climate Change, Transportation & Green Space/Canopy.
Please include a thoughtful cover letter.
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What's Your Thing?
Join a Coalition Today!
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| Watch this Video to Understand why the Miami Pine Rocklands are Important |
Pine Rockland is one of two types of pineland that occurs in the Everglades, and is characterized by outcroppings of limestone on the Miami Rock Ridge. In his Everglades National Park and the Surrounding Area
guidebook, TAS Honorary Director Roger Hammer writes that fewer than 4,000 acres of Pine Rockland remain outside of Everglades National Park, and that due to the mixture of temperate and tropical plants, Pine Rockland is the most floristically diverse plant community in Florida.
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Endorsing smart growth projects
within our urban core.
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Created in 1975, the UDB is an invisible line running along the south and western areas of the county hemmed by a buffer of agricultural lands. The agricultural corridor separates high-density zoning of urban Miami from the low-density zoning of the Everglades-- the main source of water for 8 million Floridians.
The main objective of the
Hold-the-Line Coalition
is to ensure that South Florida becomes sustainable and resilient by protecting the rural and natural resource areas to the west and south of the Urban Development Boundary (UDB), and by endorsing smart growth projects within our urban core.
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BBC is on the Biscayne Bay frontlines to protect this vast body of water. Stretching 35 miles along South Florida's Atlantic Coast, the bay is home to fish nurseries that feed our herons, spoonbills and other wading birds; it provides drinking water for a large human population as well.
TAS is a founding member, and recruits civic groups and concerned citizens to join the BBC. The Coalition advocates for the integrity, preservation and restoration of a healthy, viable Biscayne Bay.
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Everglades Agricultural Area Reservoir Project Coalition (EAA) #BuyTheLand & #SaveFLWater!
Click here to join; Click here to sign the petition
The current level of water flowing through the Everglades ecosystem is not enough. More clean, fresh water needs to flow south if we are to successfully restore our River of Grass and recharge our aquifer.
Encourage Legislators and Governor Scott to identify land south of lake Ockechobee we can purchase to build a reservoir and send water to the Everglades.
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Thank You for Your Support!
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Thanks to each of you who donated from far & wide to support our work. A Very special thanks to Ocean Reef Club for their generous Matching Challenge!
Help us continue our bi-partisan work to build community through conservation; bridging the gap between science and policy. Click Here & Join us in Conservation today!
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