Jenny's Eco Everglades Wilderness Tours

03/06/2025

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🎉𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦, 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮!

Today, funding was approved to move 𝟰𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬+ 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘀 of land toward protection across the state!

We’re grateful to all those who made this step forward for Florida conservation possible — landowners, Governor DeSantis, the Cabinet, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Environmental Protection, the many land conservancies and NGOs involved, and each & every one of 𝙮𝙤𝙪.

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁:
✳ Family farms & ranches
✳ Homes to endangered animals like the eastern indigo snake, Florida burrowing owl & red-cockaded woodpecker
✳ Acres within the Florida Wildlife Corridor that are critical to the survival of wide-roaming species like the Florida panther

Today marks another major win for land conservation and protecting the places that keep Florida wild!

💚 Thank you, Florida!

03/05/2025

03/05/2025

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02/23/2025

We recently signed on in support of Friends of the Everglades' initiative urging more land acquisition south of Lake Okeechobee to more meaningfully Restore the River of Grass. A more natural sheetflow of water is what has long been compromised over decades of political maneuvering by generations of state and federal elected officials directing CERP. Learn more and sign and share the petition at: https://www.everglades.org/rescue/

02/22/2025

02/14/2025

Supporting our Florida Panther and sporting 😉 the beautiful Protect the Panther Tag since 2015 😻

02/11/2025

The Board of County Commissioners has authorized a burn ban in , effective February 11, 2025.

Per Collier County Ordinance 2009-23, as Amended, the County Manager may recommend an immediate ban of outdoor burning and outdoor ignition sources during extreme drought conditions. The ban prohibits open burning, which is any outdoor fire or open combustion of material that produces visible emissions, of trash and yard waste, which includes vegetative matter resulting from landscaping and yard maintenance operations.

The decision came after consultation between the Collier County Emergency Management Department, Florida Forest Service, Collier County Fire Chiefs’ Association, and Collier County Sheriff’s Office. The group jointly identified a need for a burning ban to become effective immediately after certain environmental conditions were met, including dry conditions. In recent dry seasons, local dependent and independent Fire Districts and State and Federal Agencies have responded to numerous wildfire events that have frequently threatened homes, schools, businesses, parks, and roadways. Wildfires have on occasion generated periodic evacuations and impacted commerce and travel by forcing roads to be closed for suppression or smoke management concerns.

The ban includes all unincorporated Collier County but exempts all commercial agricultural burning, lawful controlled industrial or commercial environments that are part of the manufacturing or some type of assembly process, and burning activities regulated by the Florida Forest Service. This ban presently has no impact on the retail sales of fireworks, although the discharge of fireworks, sparklers, and incendiary devices is prohibited.

In addition, outdoor grills, stoves, cookers, and smokers may be used in the preparation of food if the cooking fire is controlled and attended to. All outdoor cooking areas shall be free of burnable materials within an area having a circumference of three feet beyond the nearest edge of the cooking fire.

Violation of the order, if it is found to cause irreparable or irreversible damage, can be up to $15,000.

The ban will remain in effect until further notice.

01/23/2025

A HUGE THANK YOU to John and Carol Walter for their tremendous gift to this much needed and appreciated organization! 💖🦉🦆🦅🐿🐇

12/23/2024

✨🌊️ Good News 🌞💖!

12/06/2024

🚨 Please drive cautiously ⚠️ and be alert in Panther zones, thank you!

DEATH TALLY GROWS: A panther, believed to be around 7 to 8 months old, was likely hit by a car in Giles County, bringing the total number of panthers found dead this year to 32. Details: https://bit.ly/49kTFYp

11/27/2024

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11/19/2024

🌊🐊🌴The water is dropping quickly this year in the Western Everglades.

We're already just over a month into the South Florida dry season, and here's the local outlook for the rest of the dry season (December - April) released yesterday:http://weather.gov/media/mfl/news/DrySeasonOutlook_2024PublicRelease.pdf

The basis for the warmer and drier than normal outlook is the expected La Niña episode which, although likely to be rather weak and brief in duration, will play enough of a role. Other factors include trends (particularly with temperatures), and long-range model forecasts.