The Florida Wildlife Federation understands that our coasts provide not only a huge economic driver for Floridians, but critical habitat for sea turtles and a wide array of birdlife. We successfully helped ban oil drilling in state marine waters, and are an ardent defender of the federal Coastal Barriers Resources Act (CBRA), which stops taxpayer dollars being used to build on highly erodible coastlands.
Coastal Protection
Let’s Protect Florida’s coasts
As seas rise and storm intensity increases, we must be smarter about coastal construction. Beaches are dynamic and naturally changing systems; seawater and tides historically move sand from place to place. Therefore, beach armoring can be problematic as it simply moves the problem of beach erosion down the coast.
From leatherback and green sea turtles to numerous shorebirds like ruddy turnstones and lesser yellowlegs, our beaches provide critical havens, nesting sites, and feeding grounds. We can enjoy the tremendous benefits of our beaches and still allow the native creatures to flourish if we act knowledgeably and responsibly.
To protect our beaches, the Florida Wildlife Federation successfully promoted the banning of oil drilling near our coasts.
