Registration is Open for the 2024 Audubon Assembly!

This year's Audubon Assembly will be held in Daytona Beach from November 7 to 9, 2024.

Great Egret. Photo: Bonnie Masdeu/Audubon Photography Awards

The Voice of Conservation in Florida

For more than a century Audubon has encouraged people to take care of the places that make Florida special. Using science to guide our priorities and birdlife to measure ecosystem health, Audubon advocates for the protection of land, water, and wildlife. Audubon is Florida’s most influential conservation organization and conducts extensive work to protect the Everglades and coastal bird habitats. We manage sanctuaries covering thousands of acres along with two popular nature centers. Audubon promotes stewardship and appreciation of public land and water so people experience and cherish Florida’s natural beauty and wildlife.

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Improving Natural Defenses Against Climate Change in Cape Sable
Everglades

Improving Natural Defenses Against Climate Change in Cape Sable

In a changing climate, South Florida needs to buy time to improve resilience. Restoring the Everglades offers the opportunity for both.

Renewed Hope for Submerged Plants in Lake Okeechobee
Everglades

Renewed Hope for Submerged Plants in Lake Okeechobee

A recent tour of Lake Okeechobee brought renewed hope and relief to Audubon’s Everglades team.

Audubon Science Explains Why Roseate Spoonbills Didn't Share Same Successes as Other Wading Birds
Conversation

Audubon Science Explains Why Roseate Spoonbills Didn't Share Same Successes as Other Wading Birds

2018 will go down in the record books as one of the greatest years for wading bird nesting efforts in recent memory. However, one of Audubon’s indicator species exhibited disappointing nesting efforts by comparison.

Jay Watch Celebrates 2019 Season of Monitoring and Restoration
News

Jay Watch Celebrates 2019 Season of Monitoring and Restoration

In 2019, more than 200 volunteers were trained and participated in Jay Watch surveys.

Legislative Look-Back and Look-Ahead
Advocacy

Legislative Look-Back and Look-Ahead

Fall legislative committees are in full swing in the run up to the January 2020 Session.

Construction Complete on Over a Mile of Living Shoreline at Alafia Banks Sanctuary
Coastal Conservation

Construction Complete on Over a Mile of Living Shoreline at Alafia Banks Sanctuary

The Alafia Banks Critical Wildlife Area is leased from and managed in collaboration with The Mosaic Company and Port Tampa Bay as a bird sanctuary.

New Records of Banded Skimmers in Key West
Coastal Conservation

New Records of Banded Skimmers in Key West

Thanks to a community scientist, critical bird band data charts movements of these iconic seabirds.

An Improved Nesting Season for Seabirds and Shorebirds
Coastal Conservation

An Improved Nesting Season for Seabirds and Shorebirds

Audubon’s hard-working coastal biologists and volunteers were thrilled in 2019 to see more breeding success than the previous year.

Critical Wildlife Area Supporters Convince Fort Myers Beach Town Council to Vote Down Destructive Boardwalk.
News

Audubon Staff and Volunteers Convince Fort Myers Beach Town Council to Vote Down Destructive Boardwalk.

On Monday, the Town Council of Fort Myers Beach voted down an ordinance exception that would have allowed boardwalk construction into nesting bird habitat in the Little Estero Island Critical Wildlife Area (CWA).

Audubon Assembly Participants Visit FPL Horizon Solar Energy Center
Audubon Assembly

Audubon Assembly Participants Visit FPL Horizon Solar Energy Center

Assembly visitors gathered early to see a working, large-scale solar site, while also tallying the types of wildlife that live in harmony with these clean energy centers.