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Florida Fish and Wildlife News • Keeping the Wild in Florida May 2015 • Florida Fish and Wildlife News 1 Where There’S a Will, There’S a Way We’re on Facebook and Florida Fish Twitter @FlWildFed To follow us, just go to and Wildlife www.fwfonline.org and look for: News FFWN is printed on recycled paper, ISSN 1520-8214 Volume 29, Issue 2 Affiliated with the National Wildlife Federation May 2015 Pleasant Hill Elementary School Wins FWF produces three great new videos 6th Annual Kids’ Habitat Contest illustrating why Florida Forever By Pat Pearson should be fully funded. FWF Habitats Coordinator Pleasant Hill Elementary School in Kissimmee was the winner of this year’s Kids’ Wildlife Habitat Contest. The school celebrated Earth Day with tours for students and visitors, starting at 9:00 AM, Dr. Jay Exum (center) presented the kids’ featuring a Peace Garden, the Co- Habitat Award on Earth Day at Pleasant lossal Cabbage project, the Panda Hill Elementary School. Garden Patch and the Panda Critter Watch. At 2:00 PM, Dr. Jay Exum, Kids’ Wildlife Habitat Award to the a member of Florida Wildlife Fed- children and teachers who worked so eration’s Board of Directors, was hard to establish the habitat at Pleas- on hand to present the 6th Annual ant Hill Elementary School. Watch and share, then use our easy The habitat, which is the project contact tool to email and call your of Mrs. Strang’s Third Grade Class, was established on a part of school State Legislators. PAID property which was being neglected PRSRT STD PRSRT and collecting trash. The site was U.S. POSTAGE Permit No. 2840 Permit No. Help make a difference today!! JACKSONVILLE, FL JACKSONVILLE, chosen by the children themselves; they also did the original clean-up www.fwfonline.org/FloridaForever to get it ready to be used to attract birds. The habitat was designed to be expandable so as to attract other See the back for details on the 78th Annual Con- Florida wildlife, too. servation Awards Banquet, June 13, 2015 at the St. The students used materials found Augustine Rod & Gun Club. on the site to fashion bird feeders, and are using as much recycled ma- Please mark your calenders and see back page for further terial as possible to make feeding stations for other critters. The site information about the events June 12-14, 2015. PLEASANT HILL con’t page 8 If you would prefer to receive this publication via email instead of print, contact [email protected]. Please include your name and address with your request. INSIDE: MESSAGES FROM THE CHAIR AND PRESIDENT.......................2-3 NEWS AROUND THE STATE...............................................4-9 25TH ANNUAL BOATING SWEEPSTAKES............................10 SPRING CARDS......................................................................................12 CONSERVATION CALENDAR................................................15 Winner of 2015 Kids’ Habitat Contest. 78TH ANNUAL CONSERVATION AWARDS BANQUET............16 www.fwfonline.org Tallahassee, FL 32314-6870 FL Tallahassee, P.O. Box 6870 Box P.O. Florida Wildlife Federation Wildlife Florida official publication official ofthe 1 May 2015 • Florida Fish and Wildlife News • Keeping the Wild in Florida May 2015 • Florida Fish and Wildlife News 1 Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way... For Wildlife Steve O’Hara spent his childhood family vacations camping in Florida’s state parks and national forests and paddling on Florida waters. He hunted and fished his way through high school and college on Florida lands and waters which were open to pub- lic access. These experiences were the foundation for his lifelong devotion to conserv- ing Florida wildlife habitat and keeping it open for public recreation. In the early 1980s, Steve O’Hara joined the Florida Wildlife Federation and cam- paigned with other conservationists for public acquisition of the Guana Area a 12,000 acre wildlife habitat with 10 miles of undeveloped riverfront in Northeast Florida. This successful endeavor convinced Steve O’Hara that the Florida Wildlife Federation (FWF) was Florida’s most effective grassroots conservation organization in large part because it so willingly engages with others in achieving common goals. Steve O’Hara and his wife, Jeri. Since then, Steve O’Hara has served almost three decades on the Florida Wildlife Federation’s volunteer Board of Directors. He has also included the FWF as a beneficiary in his will. “Guana is still my favorite fishing destina- tion. I will soon be a grandfather, and I want my grandchildren and their grandchildren to have places like Guana for hiking, hunting, paddling, and other outdoor recreational pursuits. I will leave them that legacy by helping the Florida Wildlife Federation continue its good work for generations to come.” Please join with Steve and help make sure we and future residents can enjoy a healthy, clean and abundant Florida, which helps not only our environment, but also our economy. A charitable trust benefitting the Florida Wildlife Federation or a bequest like Steve’s is easy to arrange, makes creative use of assets and can benefit your family as well as help the Federation. For more information on how your estate plan can benefit both you and wildlife, please contact Tim Bachmeyer, FWF Development Con- sultant, at 561-801-5752 or Manley Fuller, Diane Hines or Preston Robertson at 850-656-7113. FLORIDA WILDLIFE FEDERATION NORTHWEST REGION CENTRAL REGION STAFF TALLAHASSEE OFFICE 2545 Blairstone Pines Drive; P.O. Box 6870 REGIONAL DIRECTOR REGIONAL DIRECTOR Lou Kellenberger Jim Thomas PRESIDENT Tallahassee, Florida 32314-6870 3523 Westford Dr, Tallahassee, FL 32309 14908 Tilden Rd, Winter Garden, FL 34787 Manley K. Fuller, III 850-656-7113; FAX 850-942-4431 850-570-2421 407-656-8277 DISTRICT I DIRECTOR DISTRICT II DIRECTOR Vice President for Conservation & General Counsel www.fwfonline.org E-mail: [email protected] DISTRICT V DIRECTOR DISTRICT VI DIRECTOR Preston T. Robertson Steve Theberge Curt Kiser Jay H. Exum Adelaide (Alex) Sink Affiliated With National Wildlife Federation 3616 Oakbrook La 5385 WPA Rd 2253 Peachleaf Ct PO Box 219 Panama City, FL 32408 Lamont, FL 32336 Vice President of Administration Longwood, FL 32779 Thonotosassa, FL 33592 Diane Hines OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND STAFF 503-338-0420 850-591-5416 321-229-5653 Membership & Database Policy Consultant Coordinator Jay Liles CHAIR IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR NORTHEAST REGION SOUTHERN REGION Lynn Jones Steve O’Hara Jenny Brock Communications Specialist 1061 Holly Lane REGIONAL DIRECTOR REGIONAL DIRECTOR Executive Cole Sousa Administrative Assistant Jacksonville, FL 32207 PAST CHAIR’S COUNCIL Richard Hamann Martha Musgrove Florida Fish & Wildlife News Michelle Hakemoller 904-803-4965 Jenny Brock 2020 SE 32nd Place, Gainesville, FL 32641 2432 Edgewater Drive, West Palm Beach, FL 33406 Producer/Editor: 352-273-0842 561-965-9409 Jim Schuette Administrative Assistants Danny Gwynn-Shapiro VICE-CHAIR Linda Stanley DISTRICT III DIRECTOR DISTRICT IV DIRECTOR Tessa Kleck DISTRICT VII DIRECTOR DISTRICT VIII DIRECTOR Habitats Coordinator Ned Stone Steve O’Hara John Jopling Mark Middlebrook Ryan Ricciardi 2012 Coral Shores Dr Bob Reid Linda Stanley Franklin Adams Pat Pearson 5323 NW 92nd Way 212 Sailfish Dr 5665 Summit Blvd 761 15th St. NW, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33306 David J. White Gainesville, FL 32653 Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082 FWF SW FL OFFICE FWF NE FL OFFICE 954-205-9595 Lynn Alan Thompson West Palm Bch, FL 33415 Naples, FL 34120 352-538-4154 904-509-0918 SW Florida Field Representative NE Florida Planning Advocate Franklin Adams 561-312-3918 239-455-1567 H Nancy Payton Sarah Owen Gledhill VICE-CHAIR Jim Scanland 2590 Golden Gate Pkwy, Ste. 105 201 Owens Ave, Tim Bachmeyer Tommy Needham Naples, FL 34105 St. Augustine, FL 32080 1100 Via Royale, #101 Walt Brandon EIGHT AT-LARGE DIRECTORS (239) 643-4111 (904) 461-1160 Jupiter, FL 33458 Timothy Keyser 561-801-5752 Richard Tillis Joseph Atterbury Tom Evans, Jr. Billy Causey Ray Carthy 5393 Pennock Point Rd 1000 Warwick Lane 30939 Delgado Lane U.F. Coop Unit The Florida Fish and Wildlife News is published quarterly by the VICE-CHAIR PRESIDING OFFICER Jupiter, FL 33458 Wilmington, DE 19807 Big Pine Key, FL 33043 PO Box 110485 Florida Wildlife Federation Rick Abbott OF LIFE MEMBERS’ 561-371-0532 302-656-0880 305-809-4670 Gaineville, FL 32611 2545 Blairstone Pines Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32301. 3233 Heather Hill Rd COUNCIL 352-213-5851 ISSN: 1520-8214 Tallahassee, FL 32309 David Theriaque 850-599-8998 EDITOR in CHIEF CONTACT US AT Terry Gibson Jim Schuette Bobbie Lindsay Keith Overton Youth Conservation Director Manley K. Fuller, III [email protected] 2060 NE 23rd Terrace 16736 94th St N 212 Caribbean Rd 5600 Gulf Blvd. 2015 DELEGATES TO NWF Samantha Baraoidan Jensen Beach, FL 32309 Loxahatchee, Fl 33470 Delegate: Jim Schuette Palm Beach, FL 33489 St. Pete Beach, FL 33706 772-285-7683 561-301-4883 561-797-9405 727-432-3428 No original material may be reproduced without written consent Alternate: Rick Abbott from the publisher. 2 May 2015 • Florida Fish and Wildlife News • Keeping the Wild in Florida PRESIDENT’S At a minimum, we want this year’s MESSAGE Amendment 1 dollars spent to (1) fully fund Florida Forever (at least $300 mil- by Manley Fuller FWF Scholarship Update lion dollars) using bonding of $30 mil- lion and (2) fund acquisition of lands south of Lake Okeechobee to provide May 2015 at least 360,000 acre feet of water stor- Dear FWF Members, age in the Everglades Agricultural Area. $50 million will raise $500 million via On April 24th, the University of Florida Wildlife Ecology and Conserva- bonding. (So by bonding $85 million tion Department (WEC) held its annual BBQ and Student Awards Day at this year we could greatly benefit the which the FWF Scholarship Fund awarded two $1,000 scholarships. The entire state through a vigorous Florida Forever program and provide critical recipients were Ethan Noel, a Master’s degree student and Lauren Diaz, water storage benefitting South Florida an undergraduate student.
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