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Click Here
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essay on Everglades Restoration and the Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow that appears on the WLRN website.
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Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens Bird Walk
Saturday, September 3, 7:30-11am
TAS President, Joe Barros and Gigi Pardo will lead birders through Fairchild Tropical Botanical Gardens. Meet at 7:30am in the Matheson Hammock parking area adjacent to Fairchild's north entrance. Entrance fee to Fairchild will be waived for TAS members. Return is at approximately 11:00am.
A.D. Barnes Park Birdwalk
Sunday, September 4, 7:30-11am
Bill Boeringer will lead birders through A.D. Barnes Park. Enter on SW 72nd Ave. just north of Bird Rd. (SW 40th St.), turn left at the T intersection and park in spaces on either side of the road. Meet at 7:30am, returning at approximately 11:00am. No fee.
Islamorada Area Birding
Saturday, September 10, 7am
Join Brian Rapoza for this full day carpool trip to birding locations in the Islamorada area of the Florida Keys, possible including Windley Key, Long Key and Curry Hammock State Parks. Meet at 7:00am at the Cracker Barrel restaurant at US 1 and Palm Drive in Florida City. Bring lunch, water and insect repellant. There is an entrance fee to the state parks.
Bird and Butterfly Day at Castellow Hammock
Saturday, September 17, 7am Birdwalk, event: 9am-4pm
Tropical Audubon Society, the Miami Blue chapter of the North American Butterfly Association and Miami-Dade County Parks have banded together to present a special day devoted to birds and butterflies at Castellow Hammock County Park. Program speakers will include Rick Cech, Roger Hammer, Elsa Alvear and Brian Rapoza. Plant sales, information tables, children's activities, and nature walks will add to the day's experiences. Free admission.
South Dade Birding
Saturday, September 24 7:30am
Raul Urgelles will lead this carpool trip, which may include stops at Lucky Hammock, Castellow Hammock and Dump Marsh. Meet at 7:30am in the parking lot of the Coe Visitor Center at Everglades National Park. No fee. Bring lunch.
Matheson Hammock Park & Bird Walk
Sunday, September 25, 7:30am
John Boyd will lead birders through Matheson Hammock on Old Cutler Rd. immediately north of Fairchild Gardens. The group meets in the parking area on the left, inside the main park entrance by the stop light, at 7:30am. Return is at approximately 11:00am. No fee.
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The Birds Thank Feng Shui Cleaning
In preparation for the milestone "season" ahead with you and the birds, this summer we tidied our Doc Thomas House "nest," editing, organizing, archiving and donating the overflow to other nonprofit organizations.
Feng Shui cleaning service thoughtfully assisted our staff space by space, respecting the treasures we house here. Feng Shui's professional staff use eco-friendly, non-toxic "green" products to clean and purify work and home environments. Support Feng Shui for their good and conscientious work. The Birds will thank you!
Phone:
786-477-1641
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Senator Negron's Everglades Restoration Plan
Needs Your Support TODAY
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Land Purchase South of Lake O
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Florida State Senator Joe Negron recently announced a plan to buy land and build a water storage reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee. This plan of action can will help kick-start the long-awaited Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP). Please call your state legislator and ask that they support Senator Negron's plan.
Urge your "candidate" to support
Everglades Restoration - it's #NoworNeverglades
To date, more than 27,000 people and hundreds of organizations have signed the #NoworNeverglades petition.
When evaluating candidates running for State and Federal seats in November, ask them:
1. Where do you stand on purchasing land South of Lake Okeechobee?
2. Have you signed the Now or Neverglades petition?
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Let them know: Our fish population should grow!
Deadline: Saturday, September 10, 5pm
If you love Biscayne Bay and care about its present and future health,
TAKE ACTION NOW!
There is strong intent on the part of Florida Representatives and Senators to disallow the approved Marine Reserve in Biscayne National Park, created to increase the health and numbers of adult fish populat
ions and to restore the suffering coral reef ecosystem in Biscayne National Park.
Sign on to a letter that opposes damaging legislation and supports the National Park Service's decision to create a marine reserve in Biscayne National Park. Click Here to Sign and read the bills in question.
Thank you for helping protect Biscayne National Park's incredible coral reef ecosystem for present and future generations!
Go the extra mile! Call and email:
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio
- Phone: (407) 254-2573, Email
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Rising Seas Discussion
John Englander kicks off Tecnoglass Lecture Series
Wednesday, September 7, 6:30pm
The scientist, entrepreneur and CEO will speak, just days after returning from Greenland, with observations from the glaciers and how they affect sea level in South Florida and elsewhere.
Englander is an oceanographer, consultant and sea level rise expert who lectures widely helping architects, engineers, businesses, urban planners, ports and national security interests understand, plan
and adapt for much higher sea level over the course of this century.
A book signing will follow the lecture. This event is free and open to the public.
RSVP
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Eco-Restoration Day
@ TAS's
Porter
Russell Pine Rockland
Saturday, September 10, 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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Miami Pine Rocklands Meeting
Thursday, September 15, 7-8:30pm
Take the Pine Rockland Pledge! Several political candidates already have (Dwight Bullard, Annette Tadeo, Joe Garcia, Robert Asencio). An on-line version will be available soon. In the meantime, do all you can do to spread the word:
#saveitdontpaveit
onsite free parking via SW 55th Avenue entry gate
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Eco-Restoration Day
@ TAS's Steinberg Nature Center
Saturday, September 17, 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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Bird & Butterfly Day @ Castellow Hammock
Saturday, September 17
7:30am Birding; Event: 9am-4:30pm
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Attend the inaugural Butterfly & Bird Day, an all-day festival at 112-acre Castellow Hammock Preserve & Nature Center. TAS is joining hands with Miami-Dade County Parks, the Miami Blue Chapter of the North American Butterfly Association and the folks at Castellow Hammock to cohost a not-to-be-missed day overflowing with bird, butterfly and hammock walks; plant and book sales; children's activities; guest speaker talks and more. Purchase lunch and snacks at the Magic Box food truck, or bring a picnic; water will be provided. The park is shady and inviting, and only the talks will take place indoors. Click Here to Invite Friends!
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Save the Date
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
7th Annual Bird Festival
September 29, 2016 - October 2, 2016
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This Land is Your Land:
A Second Century for America's National Parks
thru January 8, 2017
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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Keep South Florida's Voice of Conservation Clear & Strong
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