The project is critical to Everglades restoration and marks a major step forward in our pursuit of a healthy Everglades.

At the southern end of Everglades National Park, a series of sloughs convey freshwater to the Florida Bay estuary. Audubon researchers track these freshwater deliveries (or lack thereof) and their impacts on the ecology of Taylor Slough and the Bay.

As the year comes to a close, here's an accounting of restoration progress-to-date on both fronts.

Blown in by Hurricane Idalia, American Flamingos have landed as far north as Wisconsin all the way south to Collier County and the Florida Keys, including a record sighting in Alachua County.

As the first Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Program project to begin construction, the Picayune Strand Restoration Project will restore water flows to a portion of Collier County in Southwest Florida.

Read the latest from our director of Everglades policy.

Awards fell under conservation, education, and chapter of the year categories.

Find links to presentations and more!

Five individuals were recognized with awards as part of the annual Audubon Assembly.

Natasza is Audubon Florida's Apalachicola shorebird biologist and an accomplished illustrator.