Pelican Island Audubon Society
Serving Indian River County since 1964
Category: President’s Hoot
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Unbelievable!
The President’s Hootby Richard H. Baker, Ph.D.May 2018 Unbelievable – Our Governments Are Ignoring Science! Our environment is in jeopardy at nearly all levels of government. Unbelievably, Climate Change and/or Global Warming are words forbidden for use by folks at both the U.S. and Florida governmental levels. Many of our political leaders ignore science. For…
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Act upon three major water issues concerning us and our waterways
The President’s Hootby Richard H. Baker, Ph.D.April 2018 1. Governor Scott: Save our precious aquifer- Veto Bill #HB 1149 that allows sewage-effluent injection into the Floridan aquifer. The Floridan Aquifer underlies an area of 100,000 square miles, the entire state of Florida. It developed millions of years ago during the late Paleocene to early Miocene…
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2018: The Year of the Bird
The President’s Hootby Richard H. Baker, Ph.D.March 2018 “If you take care of birds, you take care of most of the environmental problems in the world,” stated Thomas Lovejoy, Biologist and Godfather of Biodiversity. The National Audubon Society, National Geographic Society, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Bird Life International, The Pelican Island Audubon Society and 150…
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Transforming Landscapes to sustain us!
The President’s Hootby Richard H. Baker, Ph.D.February 2018 Many thanks to those 362 folks who attended our terrific January 2018 conference: “Transforming Landscapes for a Sustainable Future.” While one of the aims of the conference was to teach residents to enhance our yards with native plants for butterflies and birds, most importantly we learned that…