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Hayley Caylor recently arrived from Seminole to help the J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge with staff shortages in the coming season as the Harke
DDWS awards $30K for environmental studies scholarships By REFUGE/DDWS - | Jul 23, 2021 PHOTO PROVIDED Sanibel's Dara Craig received her fifth DDWS scholarship this year toward graduate school at the University of Oregon. She is pictured studying climate change and glacial melt in New Zealand. In compliance with state pandemic guidelines, the “Ding” Darling Wildlife Society-Friends of the Refuge this year remotely awarded $30,700 in conservation education scholarships to 14 students from the surrounding five-county area. During its 15-year history, the DDWS Environmental Scholarship Prog...
Special to the Sun-Gazette PHOTO PROVIDED This is the 1930 photograph which enraged Rosalie Edge and led to her purchase of the land now known as Hawk Mountain. It is used with permission of the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association (https://www.hawkmountain.org/) The Hawk Mountain Sanctuary near Kempton is well-known to bird watchers, and especially those who enjoy birds of prey (raptors). A new book review recently stirred my interest in learning more about the creation of the sanctuary. The popular raptor migration viewing site has existed for nearly 90 years, yet many people know little abo...
Our commissioners disregard the natural resources that are the most defining asset of Florida.
Refuge welcomes new resident volunteers By REFUGE / DDWS - | Apr 28, 2021 REFUGE/DDWS Tumpy Lewis and Connie Guinn will help with the refuge's WoW program. The J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge offers a Resident Volunteer program to help with its staff shortfalls. Volunteers receive space and hook-ups for their RVs in exchange for their hours spent helping with maintenance, education and visitor services. In April, the refuge welcomed Connie Guinn and Tumpy Lewis to the Education Team. Guinn hails from Missouri and taught school at the elementary and middle levels for 28 years...