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Be a Climate Change Messenger

Join the movement to protect coastal habitats that support birds and other wildlife in the face of climate change. Learn about climate strongholds, advocate for their protection, and be part of the solution.

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Be a Climate Change Messenger

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  1. Be a Climate Change Messenger

  2. Be a Climate Change Messenger … on behalf of coastal habitats that support birds and other wildlife … and advocate for protection of climate strongholds – coastal and upland habitats

  3. Be a Climate Change Messenger Key message #1: Learn more about coastal birds and wildlife and how to protect their habitat (climate strongholds) as sea levels rise.

  4. Be a Climate Change Messenger Photo: Charles Lee Key message #2: Recognize that Everglades restoration – increasing freshwater storage and flow within the Everglades - will defend against sea level rise.

  5. Be a Climate Change Messenger Photo: John Landon Key message #3: Plan for climate change and make sure our response to sea level rise helps - rather than harms - Florida’s coastal habitats.

  6. Be a Climate Change Messenger Longleaf Pine and Pine Flatwoods Photo: Larry Goodman Florida’s upland habitats are also climate strongholds for birds, plants, and wildlife

  7. Be a Climate Change Messenger Dry Prairie Florida’s upland habitats are also climate strongholds for birds, plants, and wildlife

  8. Be a Climate Change Messenger Scrub and Sandhills Photo: Stephen Kintner Florida’s upland habitats are also climate strongholds for birds, plants, and wildlife

  9. Be a Climate Change Messenger • Local and regional working groups • Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, and Pinellas counties through Regional Planning Councils • County plans, e.g. Levy County

  10. Be a Climate Change Messenger Other planning efforts with public input opportunities <planningmatanzas.org>

  11. Be a Climate Change Messenger Broward, Dade, Monroe and Palm Beach counties

  12. Rising Seas: Florida’s Vulnerable Coastal Birds and Habitats Egmont Key 1995 2014 Audubon FLORIDA

  13. Florida’s coastal beaches are prized by millions of people…

  14. … but our coastlines are irreplaceable habitat for birds, sea turtles, and other wildlife. Photo credit: Tom Carey

  15. Photo credit: Dave Kandz Sea level rise is already evident along Florida’s coastlines…

  16. …and hardening our coastlines will not hold back the ocean indefinitely. Photo: Dave Kandz

  17. One promising method of managing saltmarsh erosion that has been used in northeast Florida is a living shoreline that protects the saltmarsh and allows it to rebuild naturally. Alternative: A “living shoreline” protects saltmarsh and allows it to rebuild naturally.

  18. Alternative: allow beaches to migrate inland by preserving adjacent undeveloped uplands

  19. Learn more about birds and wildlife living in coastal areas and how to protect their habitat in the face of sea level rise. Photo: David Macri

  20. Photo: John Nelson Photo: John Young Let’s plan for climate change and make sure that our response to sea level rise helps – rather than harms – Florida’s beaches and coastlines.

  21. Learn more about sea level rise and coastal habitat FloridaClimateMessenger.com Photo: Stephen Mann

  22. FloridaClimateMessenger.com

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  24. Be a Climate Change Messenger Photo: John Nelson

  25. Be a Climate Change Messenger We need your help!

  26. Learn more about sea level rise and coastal habitat FloridaClimateMessenger.com Photo: Stephen Mann

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