Press Center

— Audubon celebrates this critical milestone for Everglades restoration.

— Florida Forever is the state’s premier land conservation program, acquiring parks and preserves to provide recreational opportunities, habitat for imperiled wildlife, and other benefits like water recharge and carbon sequestration. The Florida Wildlife Corridor is an ambitious conservation goal, aiming to create and connect natural area passages across the state, from north to south and also east to west.

— The new schedule for Lake Okeechobee water management is especially important as new Everglades restoration projects come on line.

— Community scientists report banded bird in Virginia.

— Audubon Florida’s Everglades Science Center (ESC) has been studying Roseate Spoonbills since 1939.

— Storm surge flooded nesting sites with eggs and young chicks across the Gulf Coast

— Unfortunately, buildings and homes that keep bright lights on at night are a hazard, and millions of birds are lost to collisions each year.

— Water issues still to blame for low nesting rates.

— American Oystercatchers are an iconic coastal species, nesting in our beaches and coastal islands across the Gulf Coast and up the Atlantic seaboard. Sensitive to disturbance, they are a critical barometer of sea level rise and the resiliency of coastal habitats. Audubon works throughout the state to monitor and protect this beautiful shorebird.

— Least Terns, Black Skimmers, Wilson’s Plovers, Snowy Plovers, and American Oystercatchers nest on Florida coasts.