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    Staff with the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) release the rescued manatee back into the St. Lucie Canal on August 13 after it was nursed to health.

    Port Mayaca lock operators play key role in rescue and rehabilitation of injured manatee

    March 15 started like so many other days for Jon Fields, a veteran lock operator at the Port Mayaca Lock & Dam on the east side of Lake Okeechobee in south Florida. As he was performing his pre-operation checks to begin the day, he noticed a manatee along the shore of the lake.
  • During small group breakout sessions on the second day of the Everglades Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area Summit, members discuss and plan action items and strategies for the management of invasive plants and animals in the coming year.

    Everglades invasive species management summit provides a call to action

    Jacksonville District team members along with a diverse group of 143 members attended the 2014 Everglades Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area (ECISMA) Summit, July 23- 24 in Davie, Fla. to learn about recent efforts and plan for the upcoming year.
  • A monument stands in downtown Punta Gorda paying homage to the resilience of the town in the face of Hurricane Charley. “The Spirit of Punta Gorda” consists of two palm trees made of metal—one is bent to show the power of hurricane winds; the other is standing tall to show the strength of the people to survive the storm. A sundial is also built into the structure, fixed on 4:29 p.m.—the moment when the downtown clock stopped as the storm struck.

    A look back at the 2004 hurricane season

    The 2004 hurricane season was unlike any other season in the past century. Since hurricane records started being kept in the 1850s, it was the only time that four storms hit the state of Florida. It was also the first time since 1886, when Texas was hit, that four hurricanes had made landfall in the same state in one year.
  • With Tampa in the distance, dike construction continues at 3-D to increase its capacity to 15-million cubic yards for use in disposing Tampa Harbor Project dredged materials.

    Corps 3-D island provides haven for birds

    Every year, hundreds of birds flock to two manmade islands at the edge of Tampa Harbor’s federal navigation channel in Hillsborough Bay. The birds have found the islands, which are posted and protected from trespassers, to provide ideal conditions to safely court, nest and raise their young.
  • With proper management and planning, human progress can co-exist with the nurturing of precious wildlife.

    This job is, literally, for the birds!

    The Caspian Tern is the world’s largest tern, and although distributed worldwide, Florida has only five documented nesting locations, one of which is DMPF- 3D! The excellent cooperation from all workers in strictly following the many management tools has given us glorious success.