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Land Conservation

04/08/2008
Audubon and conservation partners urge Florida Speaker of the House Marco Rubio to include funding for Florida Forever and Everglades Restoration in House appropriations.

4/07/08
Letter to Broward County Mayor Wexler regarding the plans for the transfer of a conservation easement at Port Everglades.

2/04/08
Audubon and Partners Put Forth a Proposal to Increase and Improve Florida Forever.
Florida Forever Coalition Steering Committee Position Paper.

1/9/07
Call for Accelerated Florida Forever Funding in FY 2007-2008 Budget
Letter to Florida Senate President Ken Pruitt

1/4/07
Call for Accelerated Florida Forever Funding in FY 2007-2008 Budget
Letter to Florida Governor Charlie Crist

5/23/06
Polk Co. Conservation Land Transfer: Proposal to site Polk Community College Campus on Hilochee WMA parcel
Letter to Division of State Lands, DEP

Water Resource Protection

04/10/2008
Testimony for Senate Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee on the fiscal year 2009 budget of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

3/28/08
Letter to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ in response to “Environmental Assessment: WCA-1 and WCA-2A Temporary Deviation to Regulation Schedule” (EA).

12/14/07
Comments submitted to the Corps of Engineers regarding the Corps’ Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Lake Okeechobee Regulation Schedule Study (LORSS).

12/13/07
Comments submitted to South Florida Water Management District regarding Lake Okeechobee Watershed Construction Project: Phase II Technical Plan.

8/20/07
Comments submitted to Corp of Engineers regarding revised Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Lake Okeechobee Regulation Schedule Study.

7/24/07
Audubon of Florida's letter to Hillsborough County EPC regarding Wetlands Commission disbanding

5/31/07
Audubon of Florida’s recommendations to EPA regard Lake Lake Okeechobee tributaries
Letter to Ms. Sibyl Cole

4/26/07
Audubon of Florida’s recommendations to the South Florida Water Management District
Letter to Chairman Kevin McCarty and Executive Director Carol Ann Wehle of SFWMD

4/24/07
Audubon of Florida’s comments on the Lake Okeechobee Regulation Schedule Study
Letter to the Col. Paul Grosskruger of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

4/9/07
Audubon’s position on Rodman Dam and Restoration of the Ocklawaha River
Letter to Sen. Burt Saunders, Chair, Senate Environmental Preservation and Conservation Committee

4/4/07
Audubon of Florida’s comments on the Water Resources Development Act
Letter to the Chairmen of the Everglades Caucus

3/16/07
Audubon of Florida’s comments on the draft Lake Okeechobee Water Control Structure Operations permit (LOOP)
Letter to the General Council of the Department of Environmental Protection

10/27/06
Audubon Comments on South Florida Draft Regional Water Availability Rule Development
Letter to South Florida Water Management District

10/10/06
Comments on the Lake Okeechobee Water Regulation Study
Letter to the Army Corps of Engineers

8/3/06
Audubon Comments Regarding Minimum Flows and Levels for the Health of Florida Bay
Letter to South Florida Water Management District

Growth Management and Transportation

2/20/07
Caution from Audubon and partners to Avoid New Road Corridors Pre-empting Growth Management Vision
Letter to Governor Charlie Crist

Wildlife Policy

02/08/08
Audubon and partner's comments on use of public lands for wind turbine site.
Letter to The Acquisition and Restoration Council

12/20/07
Audubon comments on proposed wind power generation facility on Hutchinson Island
Letter to Florida Power and Light

11/13/07
Audubon comments on draft management plan for Huguenot Memorial Park
Letter to City of Jacksonville

11/9/07
Audubon recommendations for eradication of exotic Sacred Ibis in South Florida
Letter to Palm Beach County Solid Waste Authority

10/23/07
Audubon and colleagues’ concerns about Florida’s endangered species listing process
Letter to Governor Charlie Crist

10/1/07
Audubon comments on new Management Plan for Shell Key
Letter to Chairman Ronnie Duncan of Pinellas County Commission

9/4/07
Joint National Audubon and Audubon of Florida comments on federal Bald Eagle Take Permit proposal
Joint Letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

6/29/07
Audubon comments on draft state Bald Eagle Management Plan
Letter to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

4/3/07
Audubon of Florida’s comments on the Panama City Crayfish Management Plan
Letter to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

4/3/07
Audubon of Florida’s comments on the draft Gopher Tortoise Species Management Plan
Letter to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

12/1/06
Comments on proposed changes to alligator management
Letter to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

11/27/06
Comments on the five-year status review of the federally listed Wood Stork
Letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

11/27/06
Comments on the five-year status review of the federally listed Snail Kite
Letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

8/4/06
Suggestions for gopher tortoise species management plan
Letter to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

8/4/06
Suggestions for Bald Eagle species management plan
Letter to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

7/21/06
Threats to survival of Florida’s shorebirds posed by dogs on beaches.
Letter to the Governor, Secretary of DEP and Director of the Florida Park Service

7/29/06
Dr. Neil Lamb, President, Bay County Audubon on Shorebird Disturbance
Op-Ed in the Panama City News Herald

6/19/06
Bald Eagle: Federal proposal to delist.
Letter to the US Fish and Wildlife Service

6/5/06
Bald Eagle: State proposal to delist.
Letter to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

6/5/06
Manatee: State proposal to downlist from endangered to threatened.
Letter to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

6/5/06
Florida Scrub-jay: Federal proposal to create an umbrella HCP and mitigation program.
Letter to the US Fish and Wildlife Service

Global Climate Change and Energy

1/24/08
Audubon's Request that FPL Thoroughly Explore Conservation before Expanding Turkey Point.
Letter to Florida Public Service Commission Chairman Matthew M. Carter, II.

3/14/07
Audubon of Florida’s concerns about the Balanced Fuel Supply policy
Letter to the Florida Public Service Commission