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OspreyWatch
Read observations and view images of nesting Ospreys at Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge.
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Audubon of Florida is the state's oldest conservation organization, protecting Florida's wildlife since 1905! Our Advocacy Center functions as a clearinghouse for the very latest information on Florida conservation issues and allows you to easily and effectively communicate with your elected officials. Join us and make your voice heard!
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Don't have time to browse the whole site for what's new? View the latest additions to the PIAS web site listed by date. Go to Latest Additions.
For an extended schedule of upcoming events visit Programs & Field Trips
Amending PIAS' Bylaws On the Agenda for the May 19th General Meeting
To be voted on by all attending members
Learn more and review the Bylaws
OUTREACH CENTER
A partnership between Pelican Island Audubon, University of Florida, and ORCA in Indian River County

Learn more about this project for a building to be shared by the three organizations and how to donate toward its construction:
Outreach Center brochure
Donation letter

General Meeting - May 19, 2008
How Snakes Find & Capture their Prey: The Evolution of Function & Beauty by Dr. Michael Grace

Join Pelican Island Audubon on Monday, May 19, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. in the Vero Beach Community Center, 2266 14th Avenue in downtown Vero Beach for the general meeting. Light refreshments will be served after the program.

For more information, visit Programs & Field Trips

Field Trip - May 10, 2008
Captain Forster's Hammock Preserve
Please call 772-567-3520 for reservations.

Meet in Forster’s parking lot at 8:00am.  Directions:  US 1 to CR 510, East to Jungle Trail, South to Forster’s Preserve.  Leader:  Rick Lucas

View the full list of 2008 field trips Programs & Field Trips

Image: White Pelican in flight at PINWR.

The President's Hoot by Richard Baker

The proposed Liberty Park development at 66th Avenue and CR 510 is the second time this year when the public discovered that our county’s zoning regulations have huge loopholes.  Developers “latch on” to these loopholes, but the public only learns about them when the developments are scheduled for final approvals. Read the article.

 

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Protect Conservation Lands in Indian River County

In 1998 the people of Florida voted overwhelmingly to pass a Constitutional Amendment protecting conservation lands from being sold traded or otherwise disposed of. Yet the St. Johns River Water Management District wants to trade away conseration land here in Indian River County though nothing about the land has changed since the District bought it with conservation funds that makes it less valuable for conservation or justifies a decision that it is “no longer needed” for this purpose.
Learn more about this issue.

Image: Crested Caracara

Recent Field Trip Images

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Reflections of Blue Cypress

Photographs, History, and Poems
by
Richard H. Baker, Ph.D. and Juanita N. Baker, Ph.D.

Forward by George B. Schaller, Ph.D.

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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TO HELP THE FLORIDA SCRUB-JAY IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY!
Pelican Island Audubon board member Joe Carroll is looking for volunteers to help with the Florida Scrub-jay Watch this summer. Volunteers will be trained to monitor and report Scrub-jay activity. View the 2007 report for Indian River County. To volunteer, email piaudubon@bellsouth.net or call 772-567-3520.