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PORTRAITS AND PHOTO STORIES

of science and conservation in the Headwaters of the Everglades

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Today was my first time visiting the Royce Ranch Unit of the Lake Wales Ridge Wildlife and Environmental Area in Lake Placid, FL. I had seen photos and heard stories for years about the beautiful site and the restoration work being done by biologists as well as volunteers in the Ridge Rangers. Well, today it was love at first sight. I got very excited about the sandhill milkweed, and loved seeing wedgeleaf button snakeroot and skyblue lupine, too. It was also my first time seeing scrub spurge. A bald eagle even flew past me about 50 feet away. Now that I've visited, I'm looking forward to getting back again. #florida #nativeplants #milkweed #habitat #fwc #conservation #conservationphotography
I'm loving this panel on the future of environmental education from PhD students at the University of Florida. LEEF Mini-conference at Silver River Museum #leef #leef2019 #ee #environmentaleducation
Who says Florida has no hard cider? This week I visited Two Henry's Brewery Company in Plant City. They make their own cider, beer, and wine. Apples may not be the best choice for Florida's climate, as attested to by the four dead or dying trees in my yard, but I wish there were more cider brewers down here. I'm ways bummed out when bars only have Angry Orchard. Anyway, go check out Two Henry's. My favorite was their pineapple flavored cider. #hardcider #florida #craftbeer #ciderworks
In a few minutes the artist reception will start for my #floridastewards show at the Peter Powell Robert's Museum in Avom Park. I'm feeling grateful for the opportunity to share these photos, highlight the work of regional conservation professionals, and promote @archboldstation #artshow #lifegoals
My optimistic thought today: If everyone could see Florida from an airboat, it would be a lot easier to get people to care about it's natural lands and wildlife. Today was my third time on a Florida airboat ride, this one on Lake Tohopekaliga, and each eperience has been truly amazing. I really can't describe the feeling, besides saying I felt peaceful. Today we saw a snail kite, moorhens, coots, spoon bills, limpkins, nesting cranes, and more. Of course, there were plenty of gators. too. This was a perfect morning. I was also appreciative to learn that the county has some oversight over the number of tours that can go out in a day. It is important that we don't love these places to death. #northerneverglades #everglades #keepflwild
It's not everyday that you meet someone who has discovered a news species of sea monkeys, also known as fairy shrimp, but that is exactly what researcher @ann.dunn.923724 has done. I am very grateful that she agreed to participate in the #floridastewards project. Here is a portrait from earlier this week #womenswork #entomology #florida #ecology #environmentalportrait
Here are a couple more of researcher Dean Hansen #entomology #floridastewards #biology #stem
Understanding past climate change events by studying ancient pollen found in lake bottoms is just one of the things that Researcher Barbara Hansen does. I took this photo yesterday at @archboldstation where she is currently curating their pollen collection #conservation #womenswork #floridastewards #botany #ecology #flowers
Researcher Dean Hansen is searching for midge larvae cases at a seasonal pond at @archboldstation He will strain part of the water and look at the rest in his white tray, where the cases are visible to the naked eye #macroinvertebrates #floridastewards #conservation #biology #fieldwork
Prairie Protector Biologist Shayna Jacques cares for some of the last remaining wild Florida Grasshopper Sparrows at Kissimmee Prairie State Park #conservation #floridastewards #biology #ornithology #portraitphotography #environmentalportrait
Here are a couple more of Dr. Eric Menges. Just behind him is the skeleton of a Florida Rosemary that that was burned in a prescribed fire. Fire is essential for the Florida scrub habitat these rosemary are growing in, but fire kills them and the species recovers slowly after a fire. Land managers that keep their fires "patchy" will preserve some of the live rosemary shrubs while new plants take their time getting established. #floridastewards #botany #florida #conservation