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The Everglade Snail Kite Is Making a Comeback

10,000 Birds

The threat of extinction of such iconic Florida bird prompted State and Federal agencies to find solutions to stop and reverse the declining trend. It would take years to restore such large scale landscape changes, perhaps not soon enough to reverse the kite’s population downward trend. Kites now nest there and are fairly common.

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Lest we Forget – BP Oil Spill 2010

10,000 Birds

February 27, 2012 Reports of large marine animal strandings in the Gulf of Mexico continue to pile up in the first two months of 2012. The babies that hatched from these eggs were released on Florida’s east coast. In April 22, 2010 email BP officials were warned that the flow rate could be as much as 82,000 barrels a day.

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