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The Florida Keys Wild Bird Center and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released a rescued osprey back into the wild last week.
Fish and Wildlife officers Jessica Diaz and Jared Briley recently located and rescued the injured osprey off of Indian Key Fill in Islamorada. Officers Briley and Diaz were able to capture the bird and was transported to the Florida Keys Wild Bird Center. The Florida Keys Wild Bird Center explained advised officers after an examination and running some tests that it had parasites and the osprey was very underweight for its age and weight.
They were able to nurse the osprey back to health and after weeks of rehabilitation, and Diaz was able to join Florida Keys Wild Bird Center staff in the ospreyâs release back into the wild.
Hardening the Florida Keys against climate change will carry a price tag of nearly $900 million for Monroe County, according to a study currently in the works by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
But the Florida Keys Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility Study no longer includes acquiring vulnerable private properties through eminent domain, as an earlier version of the plan did.
The total cost of the proposed project would be about $2.5 billion as of now, 65% of which would be covered by the federal government, leaving the remainder to be split between the county and municipalities. Rhonda Haag, the countyâs chief resilience officer, said the funding source for the remaining 35% could come from any source other than the federal government. Resiliency projects within municipalities would be paid for by the cities, while projects in unincorporated areas will be covered by the county.