News by the Florida Wildlife Federation

Plan Unveiled for Restoring Florida’s Apalachicola Bay and Its Oysters Fishery ManagementRivers and BaysWaterWildlife

Plan Unveiled for Restoring Florida’s Apalachicola Bay and Its Oysters

The effort to help Florida’s troubled Apalachicola Bay and its famous oysters cleared a key…

SarahNovember 30, 2021

Florida Manatees Cling to Survival Due to Water Quality Issues Water

Florida Manatees Cling to Survival Due to Water Quality Issues

Four years ago, manatees were declared no longer endangered. Now they are dying at a…

JonPOctober 26, 2021

Our Beloved Manatees are Starving Rivers and BaysWaterWildlife

Our Beloved Manatees are Starving

Manatees, those “so ugly they are cute” inhabitants of Florida’s coastal waters, are in trouble,…

JonPJune 23, 2021

FWF Welcomes Back Sarah Gledhill to serve as Regional Policy Director Operations

FWF Welcomes Back Sarah Gledhill to serve as Regional Policy Director

Sarah Gledhill joins FWF as the Northeast Florida Policy Director. Before re-joining FWF, she served…

JonPJune 14, 2021

What We Have Wrought – the Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster a Decade Later Coastal ProtectionHabitat ProtectionWater

What We Have Wrought – the Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster a Decade Later

In 2010, we watched grainy black and white images of millions of gallons of crude…

JonPJune 9, 2021

The Importance of Coastal Salt Marshes Coastal ProtectionHabitat Protection

The Importance of Coastal Salt Marshes

Salt marshes are coastal wetlands that are flooded and drained by saltwater brought in by…

JonPMay 18, 2021

Gardening for a Wildlife Habitat Gardening in FloridaNature at HomeWildlife

Gardening for a Wildlife Habitat

As spring is just getting started in many parts of the country, Florida wildflowers have…

JonPMay 7, 2021

Florida Forever Program Funded Florida ForeverHabitat Protection

Florida Forever Program Funded

Due to the efforts of Floridians who care, the fabled Florida Forever program, which, with…

JonPApril 29, 2021

Misguided Toll Roads Put to Rest Habitat ProtectionToll Roads

Misguided Toll Roads Put to Rest

In the last days of the 2019 Legislative Session, our elected leaders mandated that three…

JonPApril 27, 2021