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Welcome to FAVOR Florida Keys!
Friends And
Volunteers Of
Refuges
Our Mission
The Mission of FAVOR – Florida Keys is to support the National Wildlife Refuges of the Florida Keys through Education, Volunteerism, Non-Adversarial
Advocacy, and Fundraising
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"Why shouldn't I feed the critters?"
The Nature Conservancy recently posted a good
answer to this in "Ask the conservationist" in their latest e-newsletter, when
someone asked how to deal with people who were feeding Sandhill Cranes.
Click
HERE for the gist of the article, where you
will also find a link to the whole page.
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Click for the latest FAVOR
Newsletter! Not getting our newsletter? Click
HERE. A window should open your
e-mail program; you can just hit SEND, or, add more contact information if you
would like to receive snail-mailings as well! If that doesn't work for
you,
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What happens to the Keys when the sea level
rises?
"Anne Morkill, who manages the Key Deer National Wildlife Refuge north of Key
West, Fla., said her staff is working with the Nature Conservancy and Florida
International University on models of sea-level rise to determine to what extent
saltwater intrusion will erode the rocky pine habitat that supports the Key deer
and other species."
This quote is from a Washington Post article,
"Warming Trends Alter Conservation."
Read the whole article at the link. See also the FWS video:
http://www.fws.gov/home/climatechange/
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This is a picture from the first Python Catching Training. Don't Ever Abandon
Your Pets....
And
the snake coils....
We had a great 2nd Python Catching Training recently, with 12 keys folks
learning to wrangle Burmese Pythons, Reticulated Pythons, and Ball Pythons, oh
my!
NBC and Univision were there.
MSNBC has footage at:
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/29030728#29030728
Other footage is at:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-flbpythons0306sbmar06,0,7773882.story
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4ElK6MThuc
and
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/#29021482
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Check out the Key Deer
Bookstore
In the National Key Deer Refuge
Visitors Center
GPS Coordinates:
24°40'19.42"N
81°21'24.70"W
Proceeds Benefit FAVOR
and the
Key Deer Protection Alliance
NOW OPEN AT THE
VISITORS CENTER!!!
Would you like YOUR artwork featured in the
Key Deer Bookstore?
Click:
FAVOR
information and application forms
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 Featured
at the Key Deer Bookstore:“We endangered animals have to stick together.”
Survival is the name of the game for Jill, a Key Largo woodrat
who is set free in the wild after being bred in captivity.
Join Woodrat Jill on her travels through Crocodile Lake
wildlife refuge as she learns to share her amazing new habitat
with other animals: some friendly and some not-so-friendly!
This fully illustrated narrative helps children
learn fascinating tales behind the National Wildlife Refuge Service's endangered
species recovery program.
 Sponsored
in part by the Florida Keys Council of the Arts, the State of Florida,
Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Arts Council, the
National Endowment for the Arts, and private donations.
Order direct from
Amazon -
Click Here!
Or, buy it or other FAVOR Bookstore items at the
FAVOR
"astore"
For information on wholesale ordering contact Baker and Taylor
at http://www.btol.com/
(800 755 1800 option 6) or BookSurge (866 308-6235 ext. 5121)
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NEW Carpool website!
Click HERE for more information.
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Addressing
Marine Debris
The newly-launched
federal Marine Debris Initiative, a national and international program that
focuses on preventing, identifying and reducing the problem, presents a
multifaceted approach.
Click:
Marine Debris Initiative
See also:
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/coastal/programs/coral/debris1.htm
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Please sign up for some
cleanups!
Click HERE to sign up!
Here's a picture of Jacqueline Laverdure, former Florida Keys
National Marine Sanctuary Team OCEAN Coordinator, after a recent cleanup.
Click HERE for her
comments on that cleanup!
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