The Florida Legislature is in regular session. Here are valuable resources for us to keep up with what’s going on:
Audubon Florida provides THE ADVOCATE to follow the legislative session:
https://fl.audubon.org/news/advocate-newsletter
1000 Friends of Florida has a Legislative Tracker and easy means to take action:
2025 Legislative Session – 1000 Friends of Florida
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EYES ON SEAGRASS BLITZ
The Eyes on Seagrass Blitz is a month-long citizen science effort to collect data on the presence and absence of seagrass in the Indian River Lagoon. The 2025 Eyes on Seagrass Blitz runs from May 1-31 and will rely on residents to report seagrass using an online form (Eyes on Seagrass in the Indian River Lagoon). Submitting a report involves taking a picture and answering a few quick questions about the area. We are interested in both the presence and absence of seagrass across the lagoon, so reports of where there isn’t seagrass is just as important of where we find seagrass.
Learn about seagrasses in the Indian River Lagoon in person during Sea Grant Extension Agent Carolyn Kovacs’ public presentation on Tuesday, May 6 at 10 am at the Marine Discovery Center in New Smyrna Beach (520 Barracuda Blvd, New Smyrna Beach)
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The next ENRAC meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 7th, from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM in the Thomas C. Kelly Administration Center in the First Floor Training Room.
Join on your computer, mobile app or room device Environment and Natural Resources Advisory Committee
Meeting ID: 275 840 447 947 — Passcode: E9pg36
Dial in by phone+1 386-456-3376,,218181343#
Phone conference ID: 218 181 343
If you have further questions or comments, contact Samantha West at (386) 736-5927 Ext 15850
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Beresford Reserve Brownfield Committee Meeting
June 12, 2025, 5:30 p.m., 120 S Florida Avenue, DeLand
Technical Review Committee Meeting Room (Across from City Commission meeting room)
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The latest edition of The Pelican, the newsletter of Halifax River Audubon, is available online at
The Pelican (halifaxriveras.org)
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On Display through April 6th: Audubon’s Birds of Florida
Presented by Cici and Hyatt Brown
State-of-the-art audio narration by Clay Henderson
Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art
352 South Nova Road
Daytona Beach, (386) 255-0285
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Volusia’s Beaches Past & Present
You can view the Volusia County League of Women Voters’ April 2024 presentation on Volusia County’s Beaches, complete with transcript, at Volusia’s Beaches Past Present & Future – April 25, 2024 (youtube.com)
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1000 Friends of Florida’s Past Webinars:
Planning to Protect the Florida Wildlife Corridor Online Seminar
If you missed this four-part series, you can still “attend” by registering at https://1000fof.org/upcoming-webinars/past/
- Looking at the Big Picture — What is the Florida Wildlife Corridor, and why is landscape-scale conservation essential for its future?
- Fostering Community Vision — What regional efforts are protecting Florida’s natural and agricultural lands through sound community planning?
- The Planning Toolbox — Learn about the strengths and weaknesses of myriad planning tools available to promote healthy communities and rural lands in Florida.
- Building a Big Tent — How do the economics of development impact Florida’s rural lands, and how can we forge partnerships between agricultural interests, conservationists, landowners, elected officials, and others to protect the Corridor?
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“Protect Our Paradise: Presented by Conservation Florida” is now available worldwide to stream on the Discoverfloridachannel.com.
This six-episode docuseries explores Florida’s wild, wonderful places — and the looming environmental issues that threaten their very existence.
Episodes feature the work of organizations and conservationists like MANG Apparel, Carlton Ward Jr., Clay Henderson, and many more, all working toward a common goal: keeping wild Florida wild.
Read a review of Protect Our Paradise by Craig Pittman in Flamingo Magazine.
https://flamingomag.com/2023/10/23/chad-crawford/