Florida Wildlife Federation (FWF)

Conserving Florida's Wildlife habitats: continue to increase net acreage of land placed in conservation through conservation easements and fee acquisition; increasing habitats for Wildlife; continued rural land stewardship programs; continued with gulf of mexico restoration efforts in wake of the 2010 bp oil spill; advocating for the cleanup of impaired waters; emphasis on environmental education; held kid's fishing day at fwf river preserve and other activities for adults; instilling an ethic of stewardship of the outdoors in citizens and visitors through education and advocacy; long-term proponent of everglades restoration; and works to get more youth and citizens into the outdoors; advocates ethical hunting and fishing through outreach to members and the public.

Northeast Florida office: continues as a leader in advocacy for significant conservation measures, including critical Wildlife habitat links and water protection; focuses on Florida's black bear as keystone species; working in conjunction with other leading conservation groups, secured mapping and conservation of over 2,700 acres that serve as a link between ocala national forest and matanzas state forest; makes presentations to groups about growth management issues; monitors sound growth management plans in northeast Florida counties, educating youth and public on the plight of the endangered atlantic right whale through books and presentations.

Southwest Florida office: continues its focus on protecting and recovering the endangered Florida panther; works to protect wetlands and uplands in the western everglades. Fwf's leadership has resulted in significant advances in the creation of permanent conservation land acreage; facilitated permanent protection of thousands of acres of Wildlife habitat in western everglades; pioneered with city gate, llc for the permitting, design and building of the state's first privately-funded Wildlife underpass on dangerous rural road where panthers are often killed; supports the panther posse which gets thousands of school age children into nature to learn about the "real Florida".

Southeast Florida office: established to engage the youth during school visits; lead field trips to various conservation areas in the se region; held beach clean-ups; hosted turtle walks at night; worked with local governments on management plans for various conservation areas in palm beach county.