Pelican Island Audubon Society
Serving Indian River County since 1964
Author: pelicanislandaudubon
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Jane Schnee, PIAS Board member to receive the USFWS Regional Director’s Conservation Award
The President’s Hootby Richard H. Baker, Ph.D.October 2013 Jane Schnee, PIAS Board Member to receive the USFWS Regional Director’s Conservation Award Congratulations to Jane Schnee who will receive the Regional Director’s Conservation Award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Southeast Region, October 30, 2013 in Atlanta. They recognize her commitment and dedication and extraordinary…
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Homeowners can save the Lagoon too!
The President’s Hootby Richard H. Baker, Ph.D.September 2013 Big Thank You to County Commissioners Peter O’Bryan, Joe Flescher, and Tim Zorc for showing leadership in passing a strong fertilizer ordinance that includes a summer fertilizer ban (June through September), 50% slow release nitrogen, no phosphorus without a test, and ban within 10 feet of a…
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We sit and wonder why the Seagrasses, Pelicans, Dolphins, and Manatees die?
The President’s Hootby Richard H. Baker, Ph.D.May 2013 As a lad growing up, many of my friends still had an outhouse. We were careful not to put garbage into the pit. Farmers and gardeners knew not to mix human waste into the compost for our food growing soil to prevent human diseases. People have known…
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The Beauty and the Beast: Something wrong is going on!
The President’s Hootby Richard H. Baker, Ph.D.April 2013 The Beauty is Blue Cypress Lake, the most pristine place in our County and Florida and generally not visited by humans. You can visit it as Bob Bruce and I are leading boat trips as a PIAS fundraiser. Still as beautiful as it was when invasive humans…