Pelican Island Audubon Society
Serving Indian River County since 1964
Category: President’s Hoot
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Establishing a real baseline
The President’s Hootby Richard H. Baker, Ph.D.April 2011 We all use a different baseline when we compare what we remember when we first came to Florida or when grew up in Florida to the present day conditions. It is even more difficult for us to compare or perceive what changes are going on worldwide? Thus…
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“Want to catch fewer fish? ‘Improve’ Oslo boat ramp”
The President’s Hootby Richard H. Baker, Ph.D.March 2011 It is really gratifying to see an excellent research scientist such as Dr. Grant Gilmore, Florida’s foremost fish expert, step up to the plate and speak out in the February 19th guest editorial in the Press Journal, on the Oslo Road boat ramp dredge and fill project…
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Feds recommend denial of County’s dredge and fill project
The President’s Hootby Richard H. Baker, Ph.D.February 2011 PIAS was formed in order to protect Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, America’s first wildlife refuge, in 1961. PIAS roots go back to 1961 as the Indian River Preservation Society, whose early members were comprised of citrus growers, commercial fishermen, sportsmen and concerned citizens that mobilized a…
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EPA recommends denial of Oslo Road boat ramp expansion – Dr. Grant Gilmore finds critical game fish at dredge & fill site
The President’s Hootby Richard H. Baker, Ph.D.January 2011 As noted in my last Hoot, PIAS has requested an administrative hearing to contest the St. Johns River Water Management District, decision to grant a dredge and fill permit to Indian River County (IRC) to fill in three acres of wetlands at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area…