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Jay Watch 2024 Season Summary: Audrey DeRose-Wilson Letter
February 25, 2025 — To all our Jay Watchers reading these pages, thank you again for your efforts this season to record jay sightings. We hope our stories inspire others to take future action. Learn more: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡JayWatch.org
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What Does the Overall Florida Scrub-Jay Population Look Like? A New Update Tells Us
February 25, 2025 — An upcoming FWRI study provides a glimpse into statewide jay populations.
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Highlights: Jay Watch Ambassadors
February 25, 2025 — Jay Watch is built on partnerships. Ambassadors inspire volunteers to be involved in Florida Scrub-Jay conservation.
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̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ Reaching Toward $20 Million Campus Vision at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
February 18, 2025 — The re-imagined campus will provide the infrastructure needed to advance ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡â€™s conservation leadership in the Western Everglades.
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Key Takeaways from Governor Hochul's 2025 Executive Budget Proposal
January 23, 2025
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Fall 2024 State of the Slough
January 03, 2025 — At the southern end of Everglades National Park, a series of sloughs convey fresh water to the Florida Bay estuary. ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ researchers track these freshwater deliveries (or lack thereof) and their impacts on the ecology of Taylor Slough and the Bay.
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2024 Everglades Restoration: A Snapshot of Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan Projects and Funding
January 03, 2025 — Everglades restoration is the world’s largest ecosystem restoration effort, spanning decades. To stay on track, we must measure progress, celebrate successes, and meet deadlines for funding and implementation. As 2024 comes to a close, we celebrate significant achievements: The Army Corps of Engineers released an updated Integrated Delivery Schedule (IDS), with 24 projects completed this year and construction underway for 11 more in 2025.
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̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ Promotes Wetland Restoration to Help Communities Address Flooding
January 03, 2025 — Introducing the Wetland Evaluation Tool.