F l o r i d a Fish and Wildlife News Keeping We’re on Facebook and Twitter @FlWildFed the Wild in Florida To follow us, just go to www.fwfonline.org and since 1936 look for: ISSN 1520-8214 / FFWN is printed on recycled paper Volume 27, Issue 3 Affiliated with the National Wildlife Federation August 2013 Everglades Restoration: The Federation’s 76th Annual Not yet ready for summer’s rain Conservation Awards Banquet By Martha Musgrove system. We haven’t had one since The Florida Wildlife Federation held its 76th Annual Conservation Awards Southern Regional Director the water-conservation areas (im- Banquet and summer meeting at the FFA Leadership Training Center in poundments) were built. The Central Haines City, June 7–9, 2013. The natural forested habitat beside beautiful While 2013 is a wet year all Everglades Planning Project (CEPP) Lake Pierce and Catfish Creek Preserve State Park provided attendees with a across Florida, after two months of would go a long way to re-establish- fine setting to discuss important conservation issues and to present conserva- heavy rain South Florida is down- ing a flow-through system to mimic tion awards to those who have been leaders on the front lines for our environ- right soggy. High water levels have the original Everglades. ment. Prior to the Saturday night Awards Banquet, a cocktail reception and closed Water Conservation Area 3, Ample evidence exists that water Silent Auction were held including an art exhibit by Peter R. Gerbert and west of Miami and Fort Lauderdale was substantially deeper in places donated art by Paul Schulz. Sixteen of the weekend attendees were young even though flood gates along the before construction of the Tamiami adults with IDEAS for US, an FWF affiliate that is at the forefront on energy Tamiami Trail are wide open, send- Trail, the water-conservation area and sustainability issues. ing water into Everglades National impoundments, and Alligator Alley, Park. but the issues today are how much Mr. M. C. Davis was inducted into the FWF Conservation Hall of Fame. The park wants water and we water can actually flow through the Eleven others were honored with conservation awards. Please see the article could send more, but we don’t yet impoundments, at what depth, and below and on pages 8 through 10 to learn more about the 2013 Conservation have a “flow through” Everglades will a wetter confined Everglades still Award Winners. Additional photos can be seen on page 7. be a “healthy” Everglades supporting a variety of wildlife and birds? During the 1960s and 1970s, WCA PAID 3 dried out and sustained a large M.C. Davis is a highly suc- U.S. Postage Permit No. 530 Permit No. cessful entrepreneur with the Non-Profit Org. Non-Profit Tallahassee, FL Tallahassee, number of deer. When water rose suddenly, hundreds of deer drowned heart of a true conservationist or starved to death while huddled on who seeks to leave a better the levees. It was a sad and stomach world for his grandchildren. turning era, which many Gladesmen Indeed, he believes in what remember and fear will return. Today he terms “deep conserva- the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conser- tion,” that is putting the land vation Commission manages the deer back to where it was before herd at lower levels. modern man began to alter Re-creating an Everglades mo- the landscape. M.C. Davis is also a “get it done” conserva- saic of ridges, sloughs and marshes FWF HALL OF FAME amid the structures of the Central and tion visionary who focuses on Southern Florida Flood Control Proj- TWENTY-FIFTH INDUCTEE significant, lasting actions to ect that will remain in place is diffi- M.C. Davis protect key habitat linkages cult. It also requires re-establishing across regional landscapes. DAVIS con’t page 10 MUSGROVE con’t page 14 BALLOT to return to INSIDE: FWF on page 2. DIRECTOR NOMINEE RETURN BALLOT....................................2 Members: Please MESSAGES FROM THE CHAIR AND PRESIDENT.....................2-3 vote for FWF District 76TH EVENT PHOTOS.....................................................7 CONSERVATION AWARD WINNERS............................8-10 Directors. Learn about DIRECTOR NOMINEES PROFILES..............................13 the nominees on page 13. CONSERVATION CALENDAR.........................................16 official publication of the publication official www.fwfonline.org Tallahassee, FL 32314-6870 FL Tallahassee, P.O. Box 6870 Box P.O. Florida Wildlife Federation Wildlife Florida 1 August, 2013 • Florida Fish and Wildlife News • Keeping the Wild in Florida August, 2013 • Florida Fish and Wildlife News 1 you lose.” This is the reason we must stay hug him too!” CHAIR’S MESSAGE The Next vigilant and that is exactly what you and I Once again, I encourage you to get out- by Jenny Brock Generation can count on the Florida Wildlife Federa- doors and take a child. Take your children, tion to do. Jefre and another young man nieces, nephews, grand kids, or borrow a I first met Jefre Dasovich in the spring pictured elsewhere in this edition (Fisher kid. Just get out there and have some fun! of 2004 in Washington, DC. We were Gledhill) are the two youngest “Florida both there for “a fly in” sponsored by the Wildlife Federation LIFE MEMBERS” National Wildlife Federation, to lobby and we are very happy that they too can Congress for conservation of the Arctic depend on FWF to work for the health and National Wildlife Refuge and on other protection of our natural resources in the conservation issues involving individual great and beautiful state of Florida. states. Jefre was 5 months old at the time. In keeping with the National Wildlife He brought his mom Ann along since she Federation program to get ten million kids was the keeper of the food. outdoors on a regular basis, FWF spon- Jefre, Ann and I, along with represen- sors a kids’ fishing day each year (report tatives from most other state wildlife fed- and pictures featured in other issues). erations, walked the halls of Congress for We also partner with other organizations the next two days. As I’m sure you can and schools to get children outdoors for imagine, Jefre was a big hit on Capitol Hill healthy and informative activities. As you those two days and we actually made some can see, Jefre, now nearing the big 10, has progress in our efforts. You might have learned well. That’s a really big snook heard the statement “the only conservation that he caught a few days ago. “Jefre, trust battles that are permanent are the ones that me, if I catch a snook that size, I’m gonna 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. 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