Sunshine State Biodiversity Group

A new Florida environmental nonprofit dedicated to conservation, education, and outreach. Board: President and Founder @JeffVanderMeer, VP Alison Sperling.

[Sunshine State Biodiversity Group @FloridaRewild]

Care about conservation in #Florida, one of the most biodiverse places in North America? Donate to @FloridaRewild. We're embarking on preservation of sensitive habitat, #biodiversity education, & support for environmental #journalism! Thanks for your help!
https://t.co/LojHHV7yfB

[Sunshine State Biodiversity Group @FloridaRewild]

Our spring announcements! Includes welcoming a new advisory board member, helping fund a ReThink Energy summer camp, and bringing author Nathaniel Rich to @WordOfSouthFest! https://t.co/RlCy3jeDuG

[Sunshine State Biodiversity Group @FloridaRewild]

Full press release on the site! Very happy to have @ingredient_x and @Ichnologist as advisors for SSBG.
https://t.co/sShTI0KcJu

[Sunshine State Biodiversity Group @FloridaRewild]

Please join us in welcoming the first two members of our Sunshine State Biodiversity Group Advisory Board: Amy Brady (@ingredient_x) and Anthony J. Martin (@Ichnologist)! We're honored to have their involvement. Our 2024-25 projects will benefit greatly from their experience. 1/3

[Sunshine State Biodiversity Group @FloridaRewild]

Dr. Anthony J. Martin @Ichnologist has taught environmental science for three decades at @EmoryUniversity. Books incl Life Traces of the Georgia Coast + Tracking the Golden Isles. In 2015, he was honored as a Fellow in The Explorers Club and the Geological Society of America. 3/3

[Sunshine State Biodiversity Group @FloridaRewild]

Please join us in welcoming the first two members of our Sunshine State Biodiversity Group Advisory Board: Amy Brady (@ingredient_x) and Anthony J. Martin (@Ichnologist)! We're honored to have their involvement. Our 2024-25 projects will benefit greatly from their experience. 1/3

[Sunshine State Biodiversity Group @FloridaRewild]

Dr. Amy Brady (@ingredient_x) is executive director + publisher of @Orion_Magazine and author of Ice, a best book of 2023 (NPR). She is also a contributing editor to Scientific American, coeditor of The World as We Knew It, and holds a PhD in literature and American studies. 2/3

[Sunshine State Biodiversity Group @FloridaRewild]

The Sunshine State Biodiversity Group strongly opposes this reckless and harmful proposed action by FWC.

[Florida Wildlife Federation @FlWildFed]

Urgent! 🚨 FWC is considering releasing its conservation easement on #SplitOakForest, risking its vital ecosystem for a toll road. This threatens wildlife & sets a dangerous precedent. Sign the petition to save Split Oak & Florida's conservation lands! https://t.co/RSNXywintL

[Friends of Florida @floridafriends]

State law says that in coastal areas, the density of development is not supposed to exceed an evacuation time of 16 hours for a Category 5 storm. A month before Ian hit, Lee County officials admitted in a hearing that their evacuation time was 96 hours ... https://t.co/BC5dGROr9a

[Florida Springs Council @flsprngscouncil]

9/13 of DEP’s BMAPs are “not on track” to achieve DEP’s 5-year nutrient removal target.

The 9 BMAPs are:

💧Homosassa & Chassahowitzka
💧DeLeon
💧Gemini
💧Jackson Blue
💧Kings Bay & Crystal River
💧Suwannee
💧Rainbow & Silver
💧Santa Fe & Ichetucknee
💧Wakulla

[Sunshine State Biodiversity Group @FloridaRewild]

For more on the Sunshine State Biodiversity Group and the Youth Naturalist Program, read our recent article on our website. Thanks for your tax-deductible donations, which help make programs like this possible. https://t.co/ubJN05LJzG

[Sunshine State Biodiversity Group @FloridaRewild]

Our Sunshine State Biodiversity Group is thrilled to be the sponsor of Leon County's 4-H Youth Naturalist Program! Currently ongoing with exciting field trips. This is our first year as a nonprofit and we're proud to have awarded this program our first grant here in North FL.

[Friends of the Everglades @FoEverglades]

Watch to see our Young Friends of the Everglades program in action as we inspire Florida students to discover this special, unique, vital ecosystem! 🐊

For more information: https://t.co/JhJyzS9o8Q

[Friends of Florida @floridafriends]

We urge city commissioners next week to approve the Lake Wales Envisioned plan. https://t.co/iWdtslMlvR

[Florida Springs Council @flsprngscouncil]

FDEP is required by law to respond to springs groups’ amended petitions in the BMAP case within 15 days. Yet, it has been a month w/out action from FDEP, barring petitioners access to the courts & damaging the integrity of the legal process.

More info: https://t.co/TDkke9xPbT

[Sunshine State Biodiversity Group @FloridaRewild]

We are very happy as a new nonprofit, operating in our first year, to announce that the IRS has approved SSBG as a 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit with tax exempt status. Your donation is tax deductible and much appreciated for our conservation work! https://t.co/LojHHV7yfB

[Sunshine State Biodiversity Group @FloridaRewild]

Really thrilled that our Sunshine State Biodiversity Group is sponsoring Leon County's 4-H Young Naturalist Club. Stopped by the open house this morning.

[Sunshine State Biodiversity Group @FloridaRewild]

This program provides youth with place-based environmental education opportunities. We are super excited to sponsor the first iteration of this program in the county and look forward to being in attendance at a number of the monthly workshops and events. https://t.co/44xi2apbVj

[Sunshine State Biodiversity Group @FloridaRewild]

SSBG is thrilled to announce our first grant and sponsorship of the University of Florida IFAS Leon County Extension of the 4H Youth Naturalist Program. The Florida Youth Naturalist Program (FYNP) launched in February 2022. Come out to the open house Sat in Tallahassee!

[Save the Manatee @savethemanatee]

We love to see new calves!
Our research team recently confirmed another new calf at Blue Spring - manatee "Peek a boo" came in with a newborn calf in tow. It is exciting to see many new calves over the summer months.
Please remember to always observe manatees from a distance!

[Florida Springs Council @flsprngscouncil]

Can you spare 30 seconds of your #LaborDay to take action for #floridasprings?

https://t.co/1J3Sb5JXsY

[Friends of Florida @floridafriends]

"Some environmental groups want more water directly from Lake Okeechobee fed into the marshes to improve lake ecology and reduce harmful discharges to the St. Lucie and Caloosahatchee rivers when the lake gets too full." https://t.co/QbeSmSfMm9