The Audubon Society of the Everglades is holding its annual meeting next Tuesday, April 1 and you are invited! Don't miss a special presentation from Audubon's Eric Draper, “Water and Land Conservation Next Generations”.

The evening will include a pot luck dinner. Doors open at 5:45 p.m. and the food will be served at 6:30 p.m. The annual meeting will start at 7:30 p.m. People with last names that begin between O-Z, please bring a main dish; A-J, bring salads and veggies; K-N, bring desserts. All food should be ready-to-serve, as we have no kitchen. Audubon Society of the Everglades will supply drinks.

Eric Draper is Executive Director of Audubon Florida. Audubon owns Florida’s premiere ecotourism destination Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary as well as other conservation lands and nature centers, fields 20 scientists to study water birds, operates the Center for Birds of Prey, and is the state’s oldest and most influential conservation group. Audubon Florida has 35,000 members and 44 chapters.

A Florida native, Eric Draper is a career conservationist and is recognized as a leading advocate for Everglades restoration, water resource protection and land conservation. Previously, he was National Audubon’s Sr. Vice President for Policy, staff director for the Florida House of Representatives Majority Office, and started Florida TNC’s government relations program.

Location:

FAU Pine Jog Environmental Education Center

Rooms 101 and 102

6301 Summit Blvd. (near Jog Road)

West Palm Beach, FL 33415

White Ibis is the Bird of the Month for April! Attend next Tuesday's meeting to hear more about this fascinating bird from expert, Clive Pinnock.