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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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Have an RV? Like Volunteering? ...
Come join the crew at the Florida Keys National Wildlife Refuges Complex!
Click on the
WorkCamp App. button above for more
information and application forms!
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 Full
Moon Paddles
Join us again this season for an eco-tour
excursion guided by Bill Keogh and his team of guides! Click
HERE
for more information!
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Guided Walks Scheduled at National Key Deer Refuge
Interested in finding out what that
bird you see in your yard is?
Want to know more about what kind of plants grow in the Florida Keys?
Come join us for some outdoor fun!
Next Date:
August 27 - Watson Trail
Click
HERE for more dates and info!
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New Firearms Regulations
New regulations concerning firearms on Refuges and National
Parks and Monuments have recently been released. Please
click HERE for the announcement.
Note that concealed firearms are not permitted in visitor centers and
administration offices, and local rules still apply.
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Key Largo woodrats, bred in captivity at
Disney's Animal Kingdom and Lowry Park Zoo, have been released at Crocodile Lake
National Wildlife Refuge.
See following photos. Congratulations to Refuge
staff and volunteers.
Woodrat Tweek ready for freedom
Click HERE for more pictures.
Click these for more stories:
http://www.keysnet.com/212/story/186996.html
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1471755.html
http://www.wdwpublicaffairs.com/ContentDrillDown.aspx?DisplayItem=59f018ca-e421-4c16-85bb-435a4e2704bd
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Please sign up for some
cleanups!
To volunteer, check the schedule on the
CALENDAR
page.
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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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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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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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