WET Expands to Southwest Florida
Good news! Based on the WET’s demonstrated utility in identifying priority locations in the Central Florida Water Initiative and Lake Okeechobee watershed, Audubon is excited to announce the...
BBSEER and Southern Everglades Studies Push Restoration Forward in South Florida
The Biscayne Bay and Southeastern Everglades Ecosystem Restoration (BBSEER) project continues to move forward as a major planning effort under the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP)...
Army Corps Streamlining Initiative Sparks Concern Over Unintended Risks
In 2026, efforts by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to streamline projects nationwide through its “Building Infrastructure Not Paperwork” initiative have brought new urgency and new risk to...
Water Managers Chose Immediate Harm for Caloosahatchee, Rather than Risk Future Water Rationing for Agriculture
The Caloosahatchee Estuary is a vibrant, brackish system, the primary westward outlet for Lake Okeechobee water. It is also an example of one of the most pernicious challenges of Everglades...
Audubon Urges Corps to Accelerate Construction Schedule
In January, Audubon weighed in at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Draft Integrated Delivery Schedule (IDS) workshop — pushing to accelerate construction that will deliver more water where and when...
Everglades Action Day Brings the River of Grass to Tallahassee
Organized by the Everglades Coalition during Florida’s legislative session, Everglades Action Day brought nearly 40 advocates from across the state face-to-face with lawmakers from 47 offices to...
Everglades Strong: “All In For Restoration” at this Year’s Everglades Coalition Conference
A diverse coalition converged in Naples from January 28-30 to celebrate and learn from each other as we continue to restore and protect the Everglades. The conference is the largest annual forum...
State of the Everglades Report: Spring 2026
As Audubon’s new senior manager of Everglades policy, I am honored to join this work at a time of real momentum and possibility for the River of Grass. Across South Florida, we are seeing the...
Florida Legislative Session Brings Everglades Funding and a Slew of Bills
State FundingFlorida lawmakers approved a $114.5 billion state budget for 2026–27 — slightly smaller than last year’s budget. State leaders framed the lower spending plan as a way to keep taxes...
The Trump Administration Has Launched Its Biggest Threat Yet to Scientific Research. We Can Stop Them.
This proposed rule is about one thing: the Trump administration’s hunger to exert control over the federal scientific enterprise and re-direct it toward their own political agenda. It's an attack on scientific integrity and scientific independence that will come at the public’s expense.
Bison restoration efforts and grazing rights hinge on one question: Are bison wildlife?
Approximately 400,000 bison roam the North American landscape today, of which nearly 90% are considered livestock.
New York City’s Black-crowned Night Herons Are Vanishing—and Could Totally Disappear in a Decade, a New Study Reveals
By late May, New York City is full of baby birds. Speckled young robins have fledged their messy nests and hop along after their parents, still hoping for an offered worm. Young Red-tailed Hawks...