Julie Brashears Wraithmell
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Julie Brashears Wraithmell
@JulieWraithmell
Conservationist, mom, bird/word nerd, biologist, Florida devotee, Duke alum & Exec Director @AudubonFL, VP @audubonsociety, President Florida Audubon Society.
Tallahassee, FL Katılım Ekim 2011
626 Takip Edilen937 Takipçiler
The Miami-Dade Urban Development Boundary is a Florida issue, not a county one | Opinion - goo.gl/alerts/EG7iZH #GoogleAlerts
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Great piece by @MaxChesnes
+ @TB_Times on the threat of SB290 to the future of FL conservation lands. State conservation lands protect habitat for wildlife + public access for Floridians--selling them into private agriculture would be tragic. @AudubonFL
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Speak up, Florida! This would give sweeping priority to surplus new state conservation lands for ag. Priority over public use, wildlife habitat, H2Oshed protection, w/ the proceeds going to the ag dept. Think sugar on Everglades restoration land, peanuts instead of new parks...
Audubon Florida@AudubonFL
A new bill would create a pipeline where conservation lands are acquired with public dollars — then reviewed for agricultural “suitability” and potentially sold off (though retaining the easement), permanently changing Florida’s conservation programs. audubon.stagecoachdigital.com/web-view/17042…
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@ChaunceyGoss Thank you for this principled stand. Add to that, SB290 would give sweeping priority to surplus new state conservation lands for ag. Priority over public access, endangered species habitat, H2Oshed protection. Think sugar on Everglades Restoration lands, w revenue to FDACS.
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I’m not a constitutional scholar, but I am a constitutional conservative. The first amendment isn’t first by mistake. Just say “no” to corporate cronyism.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna@RepLuna
Attention, Floridians: The Florida State Legislature is trying to pass legislation that will protect Big Ag. Big Ag should be open to public criticism, especially if they are making people sick. HB 433 (Section 47) and SB 290 (Section 48) introduce a major expansion of Florida’s agricultural non-disparagement (food-libel) framework, creating new legal exposure for anyone who publicly criticizes agricultural products or practices.
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Decades in the making: @AudubonFL Everglades team celebrating the completion of the 55K-acre Picayune Strand CERP project to remove 260 mi of roads + 48 mi of canals, restorimg flow to Rookery Bay NERR & Ten Thousand Islands NWR. Kudos to the @USACEHQ, @SFWMD on this milestone!
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Opposition to drilling in the Eastern Gulf is an issue that unites Floridians and always has. In Florida, our environment IS our economy.
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Which would have given the filth a speedy lift to the Keys, Miami, Palm Beach, Stuart + onward up Gulf Stream. Look at map of new proposed unit + map of Loop. Some may have forgotten the horror but I never will. researchgate.net/figure/Map-of-…
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2 WORDS: LOOP CURRENT. For those who weren't around during Deepwater Horizon, you won't remember the ticking horror of the well leaking relentlessly, maps of the extent of the spill spreading, + the angst as it crept closer daily to the Gulf Loop Current... 1/2
Chris Tisch@christisch1
The Trump administration released new plans Thursday that could push offshore oil drilling closer to Florida shores in a move that many environmental critics argue will be detrimental to the state’s economy and threaten imperiled wildlife. Via @MaxChesnes tampabay.com/news/environme…
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Julie Brashears Wraithmell retweetledi
Welcome back to the Audubon Florida Advocate newsletter! This week marked the first official interim legislative committee week leading up to the 2026–2027 Legislative Session.
Read more in our Advocate newsletter!
audubon.stagecoachdigital.com/web-view/17007…
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At bitter end of 2025 Session, appropriators slipped a blank check in Budget obligating FL to buy an unspecified parcel. The $$ was swept from funding to protect panther habitat + springsheds. Gov+Cabinet now on deck to scrutinize/approve deal: $83M for 4 storm-vulnerable acres
Max Chesnes@MaxChesnes
In today’s @TB_Times: The Florida Cabinet votes Tuesday to buy 4 acres of Destin land for a steep price tag: $83M The land •is not on the state’s conservation priority list •is owned by a large campaign donor Read more, with @mahoneysthename: tampabay.com/news/environme…
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SB 180 was sold as hurricane relief, but as predicted, is now being used to bully local governments to abandon growth management protections. Kudos to Orange County for standing up for their constituents and their future.
Audubon Florida@AudubonFL
Huge thanks to Mayor Demings and the Orange County Commission for standing firm! By protecting the Rural Boundary, keeping the Lake Pickett safeguards, and defending the 2050 Plan, they put our future, not sprawl, first.
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Julie Brashears Wraithmell retweetledi
Julie Brashears Wraithmell retweetledi
Statement from Audubon Florida on the Proposed Detention Facility at the Everglades Jetport Site in Big Cypress National Preserve
For 125 years in Florida, Audubon has worked in partnership to advance durable conservation solutions which benefit birds, habitat and people. (1/7)
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Congrats to @AllisonTantFL, @JasonShoafFL + @csime90 on HB1143 being signed into law today by @GovRonDeSantis. Glad to see the advocacy of grassroots conservationists protect the Apalachicola from threat of oil drilling. @AudubonFL @TDOnline @JimRosicaFL tallahassee.com/story/news/loc…
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Despite the urging of FL voters of all stripes, the state budget--finalized this PM by Legislature--includes a paltry $18m for #FloridaForever, the state land protection program that creates FL state parks, forests + wildlife mgmt areas.
Audubon Florida@AudubonFL
Florida Forever appropriation falls woefully short, despite outpouring of advocacy from Floridians. We need your voice: act.audubon.org/a/floridaforev…
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This = some of the most impt SFL environmental journalism in a generation, w/ long-form series on flooding, SLR & failure of a rational market to correct prop values, drive smarter building/siting. #flowthruhousing #thefutureisnow @MiamiHerald @harrisalexc miamiherald.com/news/local/env…
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Great news for Florida habitat protection today--thanks, @GovRonDeSantis, AG @JamesUthmeierFL, & Commissioner @WiltonSimpson. Big wins for O2O corridor + Withlacoochee State Forest.
Audubon Florida@AudubonFL
Audubon Florida thanks the Governor and Cabinet today for approving the acquisition of more than 76,000 acres of conservation easements in Northeast Florida - a strategic lynchpin in the O2O corridor conservation effort. 1/3
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Governor DeSantis + FL Senate have both called for at least $100M in state budget for #FloridaForever; House proposals thusfar = $0. Floridians universally care about our public lands + protecting the iconic landscapes that make FL like no other.
Audubon Florida@AudubonFL
Annual funding for Florida Forever ensures that the state can purchase important wild places from willing sellers to make the parks, forests, and WMAs of the future. We need your voice – this time to protect future special places. act.audubon.org/a/floridaforev…
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