FLASH - Come Fly With Me! Event Cache
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FLASH - Come Fly With Me!
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Saturday, November 28, 2015
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Fly By about 6-6:30 PM to break up your hectic day of crowds to join some cachers and learn a bit about this area and its "famous" residents.
DID YOU KNOW: Florida has one of the densest concentrations of nesting eagles in the lower 48 states, with over 1,000 nesting pairs. Concentrations of nesting territories are clustered around several significant wetland systems throughout the state. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and others have monitored the population of nesting bald eagles in Florida for over 30 years.
DID YOU KNOW: Following severe decreases in population size, several federal and state regulations were put in place to protect the bald eagle. These regulations include the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and The Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act. In 1972, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency banned all domestic use of the pesticide Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane (DDT). The following year, the Endangered Species Act of 1973 was passed, and the bald eagle was added to the list of federally endangered and threatened species in 1978.
The elimination of DDT and the increased protection for the eagle led to the species recovery in Florida. In 2007 and in 2008, the bald eagle was removed from the USFWS endangered species list and the FWC imperiled species list. The bald eagle continues to be protected under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and FWC's bald eagle rule (F.A.C. 68A-16.002).
DID YOU KNOW: There is a locally famous family right across the street? Come and learn abit about these fascinating neighbors.
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