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Fourth-grade students at The Sanibel School recently observed and documented nature’s seasonal and cyclical changes within the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation’s Pick Preserve with SCCF Educator Richard Finkel.
They were excited to see how seasonal changes in Florida differ from the seasonal changes that occur in more northern and temperate climate zones and are featured in textbooks, officials reported.
The students were amazed at the change in the habitat off of the boardwalk, where the low water level caught their attention. They remembered how high the water level was on their field trip in the fall, when they were able to sample and document freshwater macro-invertebrates right off the boardwalk.
Sanibel collaboration creates kite monitoring program
By SCCF - | Apr 28, 2021
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Nesting swallow-tailed kite.
In recent years, people have reported seeing an increase in the number of swallow-tailed kites on Sanibel, especially during nesting season, according to the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation. A few nests have been monitored by a small group of volunteers for several years.
With some upcoming habitat restoration projects in the works, the SCCF, city and J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge have banded together to establish a kite monitoring program with guidance from the Avian Research and Conservation Institute.
ARCI has been studying swallow-tailed kites for decades and its expertise was invaluable in establishing the new monitoring effort, the SCCF reported. Collectively, the partners can gain a better understanding of how the birds are utilizing the island and how people can help protect them.
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Governor Ron DeSantis announces major milestone to advance EAA Reservoir Project
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South Florida Water Management District Approves Final Agreement with U.S. Army Corps, Reservoir Component to Start Construction This Year
Wellington, Fla. – Today, Governor Ron DeSantis was joined by Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Secretary Noah Valenstein and the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) to announce significant progress on the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) Reservoir Project.
The South Florida Water Management District Governing Board unanimously approved an agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers this morning that keeps the Corps on track to begin federal construction on the reservoir component this year. In April 2020, Governor DeSantis announced that the South Florida Water Management District began construction on the State of Florida’s component of the project, the stormwater treatment area, 12 months ahead of schedule.
Water was on everyone s mind on a recent Dunbar morning.
Not just because renowned Southwest Florida water scientist Rae Ann Wessel had come to the I Will Mentorship Foundation s urban farm, but because the stuff was pouring from the sky, soaking the nonprofit s crops and hammering its tin roof.
After a decades-long environmental career, most recently with the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation, where she retired as its Natural Resources Policy Director, Wessel is poised to help others learn about what she loves: natural systems and the water that sustains them.
On this rainy morning, though, she settled for joining a handful of volunteers from Florida Gulf Coast University making wooden picnic tables under I Will’s pavilion.