From: "\"Ding\" Darling Wildlife Society" <[email protected]> Subject: News from "Ding" Darling Wildlife Society Date: February 26, 2015 5:12:54 AM EST To: [email protected] Reply-To: [email protected] "Ding" Darling Wildlife Society Newsletter February 26, 2015 In This Issue Tarpon Tourney Water Quality Wildlife Sightings UpCycle! Sneak Peek Volunteer Awards Brush of Excellence Queen of the Sun Quick Links Scat Video Birding Hotspot Wildlife Sleuths "Ding" Darling NWR Accommodations Refuge Association San Cap Audubon Lecture Series CLICK HERE for a calendar of events TripAdvisor Review Have you enjoyed a terriffic Refuge visit? Please review it at www.tripadvisor.com 2015 Lecture Series TOMORROW, FEBRUARY 27 Gary Monroe has taken the lead role in writing about self-taught art in Florida, with a particular interest in the Highwaymen. He will present two programs about his books The Highwaymen: Florida's African- American Landscape Painters and his latest, published in 2014, Mary Ann Carroll: First Lady of the Highwaymen, beginning at READ MORE Funding for this lecture was also provided through a grant from the Florida Humanities Council with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed do not necessarily represent those of the Florida Humanities Council or the National Endowment for the Humanities. FRIDAY, MARCH 6: Sarah Adams will speak about the personal life and conservation ethic of her grandfather and America's most famous landscape photographer, the late Ansel Adams,on Friday, March 6, 2015. She will present two "Memories of My Grandfather, Ansel Adams" programs about her relationship with the California-born nature
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From: "\"Ding\" Darling Wildlife Society" <[email protected]>Subject: News from "Ding" Darling Wildlife Society
Date: February 26, 2015 5:12:54 AM ESTTo: [email protected]
Reply-To: [email protected]
"Ding" Darling Wildlife Society NewsletterFebruary 26, 2015
In This IssueTarpon TourneyWater Quality
Wildlife SightingsUpCycle! Sneak Peek
Volunteer AwardsBrush of ExcellenceQueen of the Sun
Quick Links
Scat VideoBirding HotspotWildlife Sleuths
"Ding" Darling NWRAccommodations
Refuge AssociationSan Cap Audubon Lecture Series
CLICK HEREfor a calendar of
events
TripAdvisor Review
Have you enjoyed a terriffic Refugevisit?
Please review it atwww.tripadvisor.com
2015 Lecture SeriesTOMORROW, FEBRUARY 27 Gary Monroe hastaken the lead role inwriting about self-taughtart in Florida, with aparticular interest in the
Highwaymen.
He will presenttwo programsabout his books The Highwaymen: Florida's African-American Landscape Painters and his latest,published in 2014, Mary Ann Carroll: FirstLady of the Highwaymen, beginning at READ MORE
Funding for this lecture was also provided through a grant fromthe Florida Humanities Council with funds from the National Endowmentfor the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, orrecommendations expressed do not necessarily represent those of theFlorida Humanities Council or the National Endowment for theHumanities.
FRIDAY, MARCH 6: Sarah Adams will speak about the personallife and conservation ethic of her grandfather and America's mostfamous landscape photographer, the late Ansel Adams,on Friday,March 6, 2015. She will present two "Memories ofMy Grandfather, Ansel Adams"programs about her relationship withthe California-born nature
An osprey obligingly confronts two bald eagles forsuper photo ops during the Stokes annual tours.
Photo credit: Terry Baldwin.
Here's a recent 5-starreview: "We have so
many wonderfulmemories from visiting the refuge during
our 4 weeks on the island. There is noshortage of wildlife and so much to do."
orchid4me2003, February 19, 2015
Register Now for Tarpon Tourney
Last years winning team "BoomersSooners" took home $10,744.
Click here toregister now forthe fourth annual"Ding" Darling& Doc Ford'sTarponTournamenton May 9, 2015.For rules and
registration info and to view the2014 results, click here
With 100% of the entry feesgoing back to the anglers, theonly way the tournamentraises money to benefit the"Ding" Darling Refuge, isthrough sponsorships anddonations. To join the following 2015Sponsors, please call BirgieMiller at 239.292.0566 or
the California-born naturephotographer READ MORE
Thanks to our 2015 Lecture SeriesSponsor:
Lectures begin at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Seating is on a first-comebasis, so plan to arrive early.
Click HERE to view the 2015 Lecture Series Schedule
Stokes ToursFor the fifth consecutive year, celebrity birders Don and LillianStokes filled two trams during their annual Wildlife Drive TramTours. The two lead separateidentificationand photographytours each year tobenefitDDWS. Tarpon BayExplorers alsodonates the use oftwo trams for theannual fundraiser. Toinquire about the2016 Stokes TramTours, email BirgieMiller or call 239-292-0566.
Free Butterfly ProgramsJoin us in the Visitor & Education Center AuditoriumA on Thursday, March 5 and 19 at 12 noon for special "LiveNative Butterflies of Southwest Florida" programs.
Speakers Gary and AliceLavimoniere, volunteers at the
Zebra Longwing by TerryBaldwin.
Refuge Manager Paul Tritaik and Deputy RefugeManager Joyce Palmer congratulate BetsyDoonan and Carolyn Johns on their 20-YearAwards. Not pictured: Sherry Myatt.
clicking HERE to email.
Title Sponsor:
Presenting Sponsor:
Platinum Sponsors
Gold LevelAnisa JewelryBass Pro ShopsBella Signs & DesignsCaptiva DivaIsland Sun/River Weekly NewsMedia SourceWhitney's Bait &Tackle
Silver SponsorSanibel Island Fishing ClubSanibel Oasis/Sanibel GearVasanta Senerat, CPA, PAThe Island Sand PaperMustDo Visitor Guides &MustDo.com
Water QualityMake a Difference
The EAA Resevoir Project is anessential element in the restoration of theEverglades and, as a result, will helpdramatically reduce the summer flow ofcontaminated water from Lake
Lavimoniere, volunteers at theRefuge and Butterfly Estates in FortMyers, will follow a shortPowerPoint presentation with on-going interpretation until 1 p.m.,featuring five live native butterflyspecies, host plants, and livecaterpillars and chrysalides.Admission is free.
Upcycle! Expands Silent AuctionThis year, the Upcycle! Art Fest on April 1and 2, 2015, at the "Ding" Darling Visitor& Education Center will expand its silentauction to include several pieces byparticipating artists. Last year in itsinaugural year, the festival featured onesignature piece, an "Osprey Sculptire"made from recycled bike tires by emergingFort Myers artist Andrew Corke. "This year, as we grow thesecond annual Upcycle! Art Fest to two days, we have decided toalso offer READ MORE
Upcycle! artist Andrew Corke is once againdonating a special original piece to the silentauction - a chameleon portrait, in which he
used recycled corks and bike tires.
Volunteer Awards
"Ding" Darling Refuge and"Ding" Darling WildlifeSociety-Friends of theRefuge (DDWS) celebratedtheir annual VolunteerAwards Luncheon onFebruary 20, 2015, at theSanibel Community House."There is no way we couldconduct the visitor servicesthat we do without thevolunteers ," says RangerJeff Combs, who overseesREAD MORE
Bill Rankin accepts his 7,500-houraward.
Refuge Manager Paul Tritaikand DDWS President Doris
Hardy with Brush ofExcellence Award.
Okeechobee into the Caloosahatchee andthence the Refuge watershed.
Recentrumblingsout ofTallahasseesuggest alack ofsupport forthis
initiative, in spite of the fact that theFlorida electorate overwhelmingly votedin favor of Amendment 1, which makesfunding available for critical conservationprojects like this. Please add your personal voice in favor ofthe reservoir to that of the Society. Timingis of the essence since the Floridalegislature only meets in March andApril. Click HERE to learn how to beheard
Wildlife Sightings
Photo credit: Refuge Biology InternJen LoDico.
Tide Charts
Brush of Excellence AwardOn February 19, 2015, Sam Koltinsky,filmmaker for America'sDarling documentary about the life ofJay "Ding" Darling, presented theRefuge and the "Ding" DarlingWildlife Society with a Brush ofExcellence Award. Sam is awardingframed paintbrushes used by artist andpolitical cartoonist Darling to deservingorganizations nationwide thatdemonstrate a commitment, as did"Ding," to stewardship of the land andculture. He made the presentations,also with awards to SCCF and theRobert Rauschenberg Foundation, at thehistoric fish house on Captiva Islandthat Darling used as a studio duringvisits. DDWS made possible nearly$80,000 in funding for America's Darling - the film's biggestsupporter.
Upcoming Film ShowingWEDNESDAY, MARCH 4:Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees TellingUs?. The third annual "Ding" DarlingWednesday Film Series continues its bi-weeklyshowing with this documentary that takes uson a journey through the catastrophicdisappearance of bees and the dramatic storyof the heartfelt struggles of READ MORE
The film begins at 2:30 p.m. at theVisitor & Education Center. Seating is on a first-come basis,so plan to arrive early. Click here to view the 2015 Film Seriesschedule.
Thank you to our 2015 Bi-Weekly Film Series Sponsor:
These are just snapshots of some of the things taking place at your WildlifeRefuge. Please check our website at www.dingdarlingsociety.org to learnmore!
Sincerely, Birgit Miller, Executive Director "Ding" On the Wing composed by Chelle Koster WaltonDesigned by Sarah Lathrop and interns Kasey Robb and Madison Durley
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