The President’s Hootby Richard H. Baker, Ph.D.March 2015 Will Johnson, age 14, sent a wonderful email describing the birding opportunities he has discovered in his new Indian River County neighborhood . He describes his area as having “many small houses with very little vegetation” with “only a couple of oak trees that probably are too…

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The President’s Hootby Richard H. Baker, Ph.D.February 2015 Since 1500, over 190 species of birds have become extinct. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_recently_extinct_birds). That rate is increasing. Approximately 1,200 are considered to be under threat of extinction of the world’s 10,000 bird species. The National Audubon science team’s seven-year study found that more than half of U.S. bird species…

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The President’s Hootby Richard H. Baker, Ph.D.January 2015 2014: What an amazing year we’ve had thanks to your donations, volunteering, and advocacy this past year: Our new Audubon House is getting the finishing touches; The 4×4 School Square Foot Gardens are thriving; We stopped Indian River county from a disastrous dredge and fill project at…

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The President’s Hootby Richard H. Baker, Ph.D.November 2014 How can any Floridian oppose the Water and Land Conservation Amendment 1? Florida’s special natural habitats and recreational lands are disappearing at an alarming rate- hundreds of acres a day.  Lands lost to development are gone forever, yet those lands provide our drinking water and recreation and…

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