The following is a list of recent fact sheets, reports, letters, and other documents produced by Audubon Florida. Please feel free to download, print, and share this material with others. Some make great handouts at community gatherings, clubs, and Audubon Chapter meetings. Please note, if you are looking for back issues of the Audubon Florida Naturalist Magazine, click here. 

2024

• Making Your Home Safe for Birds
• WERP One Pager
• Coastal Report: A 2023 Annual Summary
• Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow: Issue Summary

2023

• Coastal Report: A 2022 Annual Summary
• Wood Stork Delisting Comment Letter from Audubon Florida
• Everglades Coalition Wood Stork Delisting Resolution
• Proposed Establishment of the Southwest Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Area Comment Letter
• Wading Birds Report (2021 data, published in 2023)

2022

• Everglades Science Center Staff Install First-ever Key Hydrostation in Florida Bay
• 2022 Climate Entrepreneurs: Businesses Building Florida’s Future
• Coastal Report: 2021 Annual Summary

2021

• Natural Climate Solutions: Audubon Works Towards a More Resilient Florida
• Optimizing LOSOM Alternatives White Paper (updated Nov. 2021)
• South Florida Wading Bird Report for 2020 (released Nov. 2021)
• Julie Wraithmell Letter to Stormwater Executive Advisory Committee, August 10, 2021
• Coastal Report: 2020 Annual Summary
• Florida Coastal Islands Sanctuaries End-of-Fiscal-Year Report
• Manual for Building Owners and Contractors Accessing Rooftops with Protected Nesting Birds - ENG
• Manual for Building Owners and Contractors Accessing Rooftops with Protected Nesting Birds - SPA
• Why Audubon Brochure - ENG 
• Why Audubon Brochure - SPA

2020

• State of the Slough: Fall 2020
• Florida's Imperiled Bird Laws and species identification guide
• After Deepwater Horizon: A Decade of Audubon Efforts to Restore a Resilient Gulf of Mexico
• 2019 Wading Bird Nesting in the Everglades
• 2019 Tampa Bay Region Wading Birds Report
• Coastal Report: 2019 Annual Summary
• Corkscrew Magazine

2019

• Audubon's Coastal Leadership Needed Now More Than Ever (2018 Coastal Bird Conservation)
• Audubon’s Vision: Restoring the Gulf of Mexico for Birds and People
• Audubon’s Vision: Restoring the Gulf of Mexico for Birds and People (Executive Summary)
• Audubon Response to March 15, 2019 Letter Regarding Lake Okeechobee Levels

2018

• Analysis of the 2017 SFWMD South Florida Wading Bird Report
• Hurricane Irma Rapid Assessment Report for Florida
• Perseverance: Birds and Stewards Weather Record Storms (2017 Coastal Bird Conservation Results)
• Infographic: Florida in Midst of Wildlife Disaster Caused by Blue-Green Algae and Red Tide
• Fact Sheet: Florida's Waterways are Screaming for Help (an Overview of the Red Tide and Blue-Green Algae Crisis)
• Letter to U.S. Senate: Vote on WRDA and Advance the Critical Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) Reservoir
• The Coastal Benefits of Watershed Protection: A Florida Framework to Evaluate Proposed Projects

2017

• Analysis of the 2016 SFWMD South Florida Wading Bird Report
• High Water Levels in Lake Okeechobee: The Threat of Disaster
• Resilient Birds, Devoted Advocates: 2016 Coastal Bird Conservation Results
• A Brief History of Lake Okeechobee Ecosystem Responses To Water Level Management

2016

• Everglades Treasure under Threat: the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
• Central Everglades Planning Project: A Roadmap to Achieve Restoration Results
• Senator Negron’s Everglades Agricultural Area Reservoir Proposal: A Key Component of Restoration
• Audubon Letter to SFWMD Governing Board Chair Dan O'Keefe re Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
• Restoring Freshwater Flows to Biscayne Bay: Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands Phase 1
• C‐111 South Dade Project: Maximizing Restoration: Results in the Southern Everglades and Florida Bay
• Proyecto C-111 South Dade: Maximizando Resultados de Restauración en el Sur de los Everglades y la Bahía de Florida
• Adapting to Climate Change in the Everglades: Restoration projects key to protecting vulnerable wildlife and habitat
• The Everglades Agricultural Area Reservoir Project: An Urgent Call to Action
• The Role of Coastal Engineering in American Oystercatcher Conservation
• Tamiami Trail 2.6-Mile Bridge: A Key to Restoration Success
• Lake Okeechobee and the Northern Estuaries: The High Cost of High Water
• Support Dedicated Funding for the Everglades

2015

• Time to Fix the Causes of the SFWMD's Budget Crisis
• Audubon's Everglades Conservation Program: A 75-Year Legacy of Science and Advocacy
• Relative Cost and Benefits of Dispersed Water Management
• Dispersed Water Management Success Stories
• Adapting to Climate Change in the Everglades 2015
• Audubon Letter to Governor Scott re Everglades Agricultural Area
• Audubon Fact Sheet: 2014 Wading Bird Report

2014

• Audubon Jay Watch Annual Report 2014
• 2015 Conservation Action Agenda
• Audubon Florida Waters of the U.S. Comment Letter
• Clean Water Act Protects Florida's Water, Wetlands, and Economy
• Picayune Strand Restoration Project: Progress for a Major Western Everglades Watershed
• Letter to Speaker Designate Crisafulli from Audubon's Eric Draper
• Excessive Nutrients Threaten Health of Lake Okeechobee Ecosystem
• Wood Storks: An Indicator for Everglades Health
• Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The National Academies Report
• Northeast Florida Coastal Conservation Case Statement
• Central Florida Special Places Case Statement
• Adapting to Climate Change in the Everglades
• Our Work: Audubon's Everglades Science Center at Tavernier Case Statement
• What to do if you hook a pelican
• Invasive Species Fact Sheet - North & Central Florida
• Invasive Species Fact Sheet - Everglades
• State of the Everglades - Spring 2014
• The Lake Okeechobee Ecosystem: A Delicate Balance of Water
• Four Everglades Projects Authorized in New WRRDA
• The C-111 Spreader Canal Western Project - January 2014 Update
• Northern Everglades Strategies
• 2013 Wading Bird Nesting in the Everglades: Audubon Scientists See Progress for Birds in Critical Habitat
• Shorebird Identification Guide
• Terns & Gulls Identification Guide
• Beach Docent Share the Shore Booklet

2013

• State of the Everglades - Winter 2013
• Audubon Jay Watch Annual Report 2013
• Water for the Environment State Activity 2013
• Tamiami Trail Phase II
• Crisis in the Indian River Lagoon: Solutions for an Imperiled Ecosystem
• Tamiami Trail One-Mile Bridge
• C-111 Spreader Canal: The Southern Everglades and Florida Bay
• State Begins Assessment of Conservation Lands: Citizens Urged to Participate in Public Hearings
• At-a-Glance: Florida’s Coastal Nesting Season 2013
• Florida Gulf Ecosystem Priorities for the RESTORE Act
• Expediting Lake Okeechobee Pollution Control
• Everglade Snail Kite Nesting Season Summary 2012
• Audubon's Everglades Science Center at Tavernier: A 75 Year Legacy of Research and Monitoring
• Central Everglades Planning Project: Roadmap to Achieve Restoration Results
• State of the Everglades - Spring 2013

2012

• Broward County Water Preserve Areas: An Essential Component of Everglades Restoration
• State of the Everglades - Winter 2012
• State of Coastal Birds 2012
• Florida's Special Places: Troubling Signs for Florida's Springs
• Celebrate Water Conservation Month
• 2012 Wading Bird Nesting in the Everglades
• Everglades Restoration is...
• Congressional Authorization of Everglades Projects
• 2012 Status Brief on the Endangered Florida Grasshopper Sparrow
• Audubon Celebrates Creation of Everglades Headwaters National Wildlife Refuge
• State of the Everglades - Spring 2012
• Restoring Lake Okeechobee and the Estuaries: Progress since 2007 State of the Lake Report

2011

• Everglade Snail Kites: Barometer for the Health of the Everglades and Progress of Restoration
• Indian River Lagoon South Restoration: Restoring Florida’s Natural Jewel on the Treasure Coast
• 2011 Everglade Snail Kite Nesting Summary
• Lake Okeechobee on Life Support
• Improved BMPs and Source Controls Needed in the EAA
• Lake Okeechobee Protection Plan Update 2011
• Lake Okeechobee Drought Management: The Impact of Water Levels on the Everglade Snail Kite
• Florida Ranch Owners and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Propose Everglades Headwaters Refuge

2010

• Distributed or Dispersed Water Management and Storage in the Lake Okeechobee Watershed
• Recommendations for the 2011 Update of the Lake Okeechobee Protection Plan (LOPP)
• Securing the Survival of Snail Kites
• Solving the Phosphorus Problem
• Recommendations for the 2011 Update of the Lake Okeechobee Protection Plan (LOPP)
• Site 1 Impoundment on the Fran Reich Preserve: Restoring the Health of Loxahatchee NWR
• Urban Oases Report 2010

2009

• Tipping Point for the Everglades
• Disposal of Sewage Sludge in the Lake Okeechobee Watershed is Hurting Everglades Restoration
• EAA Land Acquisition: Benefits to Florida's Environment and Economy
• The Southern Everglades and Florida Bay: Ecological Benefits Will Define Restoration Success
• The Southern Everglades and Florida Bay: Spoonbill Restoration Indicates Restoration is Possible

2008

• The Southern Everglades and Florida Bay: Audubon Recommendations to Achieve Restoration Success
• American Oystercatchers in Hillsborough Bay

2007

• Lake Okeechobee Report 2007

2004

• Project Colony Watch Handbook

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