Heartland Living Magazine has featured a major centerfold article on Audubon Florida’s programs in the Northern Everglades in their June-July issue. Click here.

Heartland Living worked with Audubon and Rancher Jimmy Wohl to hold a round table discussion in April to discuss strategies for preservation of ranchland and the restoration of the Northern Everglades. The collaborative meeting featured participation by the South Florida Water Management District, the Nature Conservancy, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the MacArthur Agro-Ecology Research Center. Audubon Florida’s Everglades Policy Associate Jane Graham participated in the meeting.

“Cooperation, Conservation Easements and good land stewardship are the focus of an ongoing effort to prevent the fragmentation of a land corridor thorough the heart of Florida that is crucial to the health of our state’s waterways, wildlife and Agriculture. This Corridor comprises a large portion of what is now called the Northern Everglades. The area, also known as the Kissimmee Basin, encompasses all the major water tributaries to Lake Okeechobee, which in turn provides the life blood to the Florida Everglades”, states the article.