Pelican Island Audubon Society
Serving Indian River County since 1964
Category: President’s Hoot
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The Oslo Road Slippery Sloped Ramp
The President’s Hootby Richard H. Baker, Ph.D.July 2008 Indian River County Public Works Department has requested from St. John River Water Management District a variance to construct an enlarged replacement boat ramp and a new, separate fishing pier within the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA) which would extend into an Indian River Lagoon Aquatic Preserve.…
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Say NO to Liberty Park
The President’s Hootby Richard H. Baker, Ph.D.May 2008 The proposed Liberty Park development at 66th Avenue and CR 510 is the second time this year when the public discovered that our county’s zoning regulations have huge loopholes. Developers “latch on” to these loopholes, but the public only learns about them when the developments are scheduled…
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Life support for a languished Lagoon
The President’s Hootby Richard H. Baker, Ph.D.April 2008 This morning from the Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge tower, we watched some wonderful birds. In fact, all but one of the bird species depicted on the tower’s display board reminded us that Pelican Island and the birds were preserved by Paul Kroegel when he became the…
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Florida Forever is out of funds
The President’s Hootby Richard H. Baker, Ph.D.March 2008 Just when we are finding out that we are running out of water, and our natural and agricultural resources are being diminished daily by development, we now learn from the Nature Conservancy that our nation’s premier land conservation program, Florida Forever, is tapped out of funds and is in…