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Land Conservation

9/1/2008 Letter to Brian Bigelow, County Commissioner, regarding mining in Southwest Florida.

6/5/08 Audubon letter to Governor Crist on seagrass bill HB 7059

04/08/2008
Audubon and conservation partners urge Florida Speaker of the House Marco Rubio to include funding for Florida Forever and Everglades Restoration in House appropriations.

4/07/08
Letter to Broward County Mayor Wexler regarding the plans for the transfer of a conservation easement at Port Everglades.

2/04/08
Audubon and Partners Put Forth a Proposal to Increase and Improve Florida Forever.
Florida Forever Coalition Steering Committee Position Paper.

1/9/07
Call for Accelerated Florida Forever Funding in FY 2007-2008 Budget
Letter to Florida Senate President Ken Pruitt

1/4/07
Call for Accelerated Florida Forever Funding in FY 2007-2008 Budget
Letter to Florida Governor Charlie Crist

5/23/06
Polk Co. Conservation Land Transfer: Proposal to site Polk Community College Campus on Hilochee WMA parcel
Letter to Division of State Lands, DEP

Water Resource Protection

9/05/08
Letter to the Florida Legislature and Delegation to encourage support for the proposed U.S. Sugar land acquisition.

7/11/08
Audubon comments opposing proposed impacts to seagrasses and sovereignty submerged lands by Indian River County. Letter to St Johns River Water Management District Governing Board.

6/30/2008
Letter to Florida Department of Environmental Protection regarding rulemaking on the biosolids/residuals rule.

6/27/08
Letter to the Governing Board, South Florida Water Management District, regarding Everglades Agricultural Area

May 14, 2008
Letter to the SFWMD in reference to the third version of the Draft Year-Round Landscape Irrigation Rule.

04/10/2008
Testimony for Senate Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee on the fiscal year 2009 budget of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

3/28/08
Letter to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ in response to “Environmental Assessment: WCA-1 and WCA-2A Temporary Deviation to Regulation Schedule” (EA).

12/14/07
Comments submitted to the Corps of Engineers regarding the Corps’ Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Lake Okeechobee Regulation Schedule Study (LORSS).

12/13/07
Comments submitted to South Florida Water Management District regarding Lake Okeechobee Watershed Construction Project: Phase II Technical Plan.

8/20/07
Comments submitted to Corp of Engineers regarding revised Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Lake Okeechobee Regulation Schedule Study.

7/24/07
Audubon of Florida's letter to Hillsborough County EPC regarding Wetlands Commission disbanding

5/31/07
Audubon of Florida’s recommendations to EPA regard Lake Lake Okeechobee tributaries
Letter to Ms. Sibyl Cole

4/26/07
Audubon of Florida’s recommendations to the South Florida Water Management District
Letter to Chairman Kevin McCarty and Executive Director Carol Ann Wehle of SFWMD

4/24/07
Audubon of Florida’s comments on the Lake Okeechobee Regulation Schedule Study
Letter to the Col. Paul Grosskruger of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

4/9/07
Audubon’s position on Rodman Dam and Restoration of the Ocklawaha River
Letter to Sen. Burt Saunders, Chair, Senate Environmental Preservation and Conservation Committee

4/4/07
Audubon of Florida’s comments on the Water Resources Development Act
Letter to the Chairmen of the Everglades Caucus

3/16/07
Audubon of Florida’s comments on the draft Lake Okeechobee Water Control Structure Operations permit (LOOP)
Letter to the General Council of the Department of Environmental Protection

10/27/06
Audubon Comments on South Florida Draft Regional Water Availability Rule Development
Letter to South Florida Water Management District

10/10/06
Comments on the Lake Okeechobee Water Regulation Study
Letter to the Army Corps of Engineers

8/3/06
Audubon Comments Regarding Minimum Flows and Levels for the Health of Florida Bay
Letter to South Florida Water Management District

Growth Management and Transportation

2/20/07
Caution from Audubon and partners to Avoid New Road Corridors Pre-empting Growth Management Vision
Letter to Governor Charlie Crist

Wildlife Policy

8/12/08
Audubon recommendations on development of state Peregrine Falcon Management Plan
Letter to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

10/14/08
Audubon concerns about proposed changes to Section 7 consultations under the Endangered Species Act
Letter from National Audubon and Audubon of Florida to the US Fish and Wildlife Service

9/7/08
Audubon concerns about lack of consideration for wildlife impacts in proposed new General Permit for boat ramp creation and maintenance
Letter to the Department of Environmental Protection

7/23/08
Audubon concerns about take of shore- and seabirds as a result of state-permitted beach raking.
Letter to Department of Environmental Protection.

02/08/08
Audubon and partner's comments on use of public lands for wind turbine site.
Letter to The Acquisition and Restoration Council

12/20/07
Audubon comments on proposed wind power generation facility on Hutchinson Island
Letter to Florida Power and Light

11/13/07
Audubon comments on draft management plan for Huguenot Memorial Park
Letter to City of Jacksonville

11/9/07
Audubon recommendations for eradication of exotic Sacred Ibis in South Florida
Letter to Palm Beach County Solid Waste Authority

10/23/07
Audubon and colleagues’ concerns about Florida’s endangered species listing process
Letter to Governor Charlie Crist

10/1/07
Audubon comments on new Management Plan for Shell Key
Letter to Chairman Ronnie Duncan of Pinellas County Commission

9/4/07
Joint National Audubon and Audubon of Florida comments on federal Bald Eagle Take Permit proposal
Joint Letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

6/29/07
Audubon comments on draft state Bald Eagle Management Plan
Letter to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

4/3/07
Audubon of Florida’s comments on the Panama City Crayfish Management Plan
Letter to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

4/3/07
Audubon of Florida’s comments on the draft Gopher Tortoise Species Management Plan
Letter to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

12/1/06
Comments on proposed changes to alligator management
Letter to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

11/27/06
Comments on the five-year status review of the federally listed Wood Stork
Letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

11/27/06
Comments on the five-year status review of the federally listed Snail Kite
Letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

8/4/06
Suggestions for gopher tortoise species management plan
Letter to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

8/4/06
Suggestions for Bald Eagle species management plan
Letter to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

7/21/06
Threats to survival of Florida’s shorebirds posed by dogs on beaches.
Letter to the Governor, Secretary of DEP and Director of the Florida Park Service

7/29/06
Dr. Neil Lamb, President, Bay County Audubon on Shorebird Disturbance
Op-Ed in the Panama City News Herald

6/19/06
Bald Eagle: Federal proposal to delist.
Letter to the US Fish and Wildlife Service

6/5/06
Bald Eagle: State proposal to delist.
Letter to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

6/5/06
Manatee: State proposal to downlist from endangered to threatened.
Letter to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

6/5/06
Florida Scrub-jay: Federal proposal to create an umbrella HCP and mitigation program.
Letter to the US Fish and Wildlife Service

Global Climate Change and Energy

1/24/08
Audubon's Request that FPL Thoroughly Explore Conservation before Expanding Turkey Point.
Letter to Florida Public Service Commission Chairman Matthew M. Carter, II.

3/14/07
Audubon of Florida’s concerns about the Balanced Fuel Supply policy
Letter to the Florida Public Service Commission