Pelican Island Audubon Society
Serving Indian River County since 1964
Category: President’s Hoot
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Preserve Nature and the Historic Use of the Oslo Boat Ramp
The President’s Hootby Richard H. Baker, Ph.D.May 2014 Congratulations to Indian River County Commissioner Bob Solari for trying to prevent the waste of more tax dollars and protect the Indian River Lagoon. On January 27, 2014, Commissioner Solari proposed to fellow Commissioners tabling of the Oslo Boat Ramp Expansion project for three to five years.…
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Ways to be a Patriot
The President’s Hootby Richard H. Baker, Ph.D.April 2014 “I love gardens. But the idea that you would turn your whole yard into a garden is a bunch of (expletive)” “You know you’ve got to be kidding me. Lawns are American…They are not harmful to the environment, and the only people who would say that are…
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Kudos to our Indian River County Scrub-Jay Volunteers
The President’s Hootby Richard H. Baker, Ph.D.March 2014 The Florida Scrub-Jay, declared a threatened species by the USFWS in 1987, is found only in central Florida, is restricted to sand scrub habitat, and is federally protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. It is estimated the Florida Scrub-Jay has declined from 100,000 in the 1920s…
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Healing our World & Ourselves
The President’s Hootby Richard H. Baker, Ph.D.February 2014 Certainly, our planet Earth and all its inhabitants, plants, animals including humans need healing and restoration. The decline in our environmental health worldwide including the rapid loss of habitats, plant and animal species, fresh clean water, toxic contaminants in our foods, and human caused climate change, seems…