{"id":17,"date":"2018-04-04T16:58:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T21:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bbwpmaster.blackbaudwp.com\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2025-05-20T14:30:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T18:30:44","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t\n\t\tAll\n\t<ul>\n\t\t<li data-filter=\"*\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"All\">All<\/li><li data-filter=\".category-announcement\" data-term=\"announcement\" data-item-count=\"37\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Announcement\">Announcement<\/li><li data-filter=\".category-education\" data-term=\"education\" data-item-count=\"29\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Education\">Education<\/li><li data-filter=\".category-from-the-president\" data-term=\"from-the-president\" data-item-count=\"11\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"From the President\">From the President<\/li><li data-filter=\".category-naturecenter\" data-term=\"naturecenter\" data-item-count=\"29\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Nature Center\">Nature Center<\/li><li data-filter=\".category-policy\" data-term=\"policy\" data-item-count=\"100\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Policy\">Policy<\/li><li data-filter=\".category-science\" data-term=\"science\" data-item-count=\"49\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Science\">Science<\/li><li data-filter=\".category-wildlife-hospital\" data-term=\"wildlife-hospital\" data-item-count=\"167\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Wildlife Hospital\">Wildlife Hospital<\/li>\t<\/ul>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"http:\/\/16125\" content=\"Mitigation and restoration underway in the Big Cypress National Preserve\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2025-05-19\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2025-05-20\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Conservancy of Southwest Florida\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/author\/robing\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Robin Gould\" \/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Picture1.png\" \/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"827\" \/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"620\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/mitigation-and-restoration-underway-in-the-big-cypress-national-preserve\/\" title=\"Mitigation and restoration underway in the Big Cypress National Preserve\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/Picture1-landscape-e2ef52005cd12506846d7ab5f410a868-.png\" alt=\"Picture1\" itemprop=\"image\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"620\" width=\"827\" title=\"Picture1\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading='lazy' \/>\n    \t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/category\/policy\/\">Policy<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 itemprop=\"headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMitigation and restoration underway in the Big Cypress National Preserve\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\tMay 19, 2025\t\t\t\t\t\t\n    <p>Written by Amber Crooks, Senior Environmental Policy Advisor For over ten years, the Conservancy of Southwest Florida has championed protection of the Big Cypress National Preserve from the threatening impacts&hellip;<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"http:\/\/16009\" content=\"Protect migratory birds this season\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2025-05-07\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2025-05-20\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Conservancy of Southwest Florida\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/author\/robing\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Robin Gould\" \/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1223.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1536\" \/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"2048\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/protect-migratory-birds-this-season\/\" title=\"Protect migratory birds this season\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/IMG_1223-1050x1400-landscape-8a9e844f69ed18a95e5781aa4eeac69a-.jpg\" alt=\"IMG 1223\" itemprop=\"image\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"1400\" width=\"1050\" title=\"IMG 1223\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading='lazy' \/>\n    \t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/category\/wildlife-hospital\/\">Wildlife Hospital<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 itemprop=\"headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tProtect migratory birds this season\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\tMay 7, 2025\t\t\t\t\t\t\n    <p>The von Arx Wildlife Hospital is located and part of the Conservancy of Southwest Florida. We are located at 1495 Smith Preserve Way in Naples, Florida. Call 239-262-2273 for wildlife&hellip;<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"http:\/\/15986\" content=\"From backyard rescue to roadside recoveries: Baby bird season is here and more!\u00a0\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2025-05-01\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2025-05-01\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Conservancy of Southwest Florida\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/author\/gracied\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Gracie Seidel\" \/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-2025-05-01T130150.159.png\" \/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1024\" \/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"806\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/from-backyard-rescue-to-roadside-recoveries-baby-bird-season-is-here-and-more\/\" title=\"From backyard rescue to roadside recoveries: Baby bird season is here and more!\u00a0\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/Untitled-design-2025-05-01T130150.159-landscape-88f843e756106d8f309c45be1c5a9398-.png\" alt=\"Untitled Design 2025 05 01T130150.159\" itemprop=\"image\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"806\" width=\"1024\" title=\"Untitled Design 2025 05 01T130150.159\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading='lazy' \/>\n    \t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/category\/wildlife-hospital\/\">Wildlife Hospital<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 itemprop=\"headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFrom backyard rescue to roadside recoveries: Baby bird season is here and more!\u00a0\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\tMay 1, 2025\t\t\t\t\t\t\n    <p>Since the beginning of April, we&#8217;ve seen a noticeable increase in baby bird admissions. One of our recent patients was a young pileated woodpecker. The bird was found hopping around&hellip;<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"http:\/\/15860\" content=\"53 opossum joeys admitted to the wildlife hospital\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2025-04-16\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2025-04-16\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Conservancy of Southwest Florida\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/author\/robing\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Robin Gould\" \/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/3L7A5696-1-scaled.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2048\" \/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1365\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/53-opossum-joeys-admitted-to-the-wildlife-hospital\/\" title=\"53 opossum joeys admitted to the wildlife hospital\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/3L7A5696-1-1400x933-landscape-ec9d938044f912d2d6fb7cb900ed5edb-.jpg\" alt=\"3L7A5696\" itemprop=\"image\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"933\" width=\"1400\" title=\"3L7A5696\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading='lazy' \/>\n    \t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/category\/wildlife-hospital\/\">Wildlife Hospital<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 itemprop=\"headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t53 opossum joeys admitted to the wildlife hospital\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\tApril 16, 2025\t\t\t\t\t\t\n    <p>The Conservancy of Southwest Florida&#8217;s wildlife hospital is starting April off with a busy baby season. Within the past two weeks, the von Arx Wildlife Hospital has admitted 53 young&hellip;<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"http:\/\/15848\" content=\"Environmental policy team releases new wetlands storymap and panther dashboard\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2025-04-15\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2025-04-15\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Conservancy of Southwest Florida\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/author\/gracied\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Gracie Seidel\" \/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Fakahatchee-1-scaled.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2048\" \/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1243\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/environmental-policy-team-releases-new-wetlands-storymap-and-panther-dashboard\/\" title=\"Environmental policy team releases new wetlands storymap and panther dashboard\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/Fakahatchee-1-1400x850-landscape-1868f09d14d7a1463483cb70479a5bb4-.jpg\" alt=\"Fakahatchee (1)\" itemprop=\"image\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"850\" width=\"1400\" title=\"Fakahatchee (1)\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading='lazy' \/>\n    \t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/category\/policy\/\">Policy<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 itemprop=\"headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEnvironmental policy team releases new wetlands storymap and panther dashboard\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\tApril 15, 2025\t\t\t\t\t\t\n    <p>We are pleased to announce that our new Wetland Loss Storymap is available on our website. Wetlands are among the most valuable ecosystems in the world, and Florida has the&hellip;<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"http:\/\/15834\" content=\"Proposed Mitigation Banks bill would expedite wetland destruction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2025-04-14\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2025-04-14\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Conservancy of Southwest Florida\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/author\/gracied\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Gracie Seidel\" \/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Everglades-Aerial_AS_249280843-scaled.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2048\" \/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1352\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/proposed-mitigation-banks-bill-would-expedite-wetland-destruction\/\" title=\"Proposed Mitigation Banks bill would expedite wetland destruction\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/Everglades-Aerial_AS_249280843-1400x924-landscape-bd665c2682eee012b9d125aa004767c6-.jpg\" alt=\"Aerial view, Everglades Natuional Park, FLORIDA, USA, AMERICA\" itemprop=\"image\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"924\" width=\"1400\" title=\"Everglades Project Tile, Leg Priorities Header\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading='lazy' \/>\n    \t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/category\/policy\/\">Policy<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 itemprop=\"headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tProposed Mitigation Banks bill would expedite wetland destruction\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\tApril 14, 2025\t\t\t\t\t\t\n    <p>Written by SCCF Environmental Policy Staff and reprinted with permission HB 1175\/SB 492, Mitigation Banks, is a bill that, if passed, will expedite wetland destruction across the state and cause&hellip;<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"http:\/\/15673\" content=\"Conservancy honors The Martin Foundation with esteemed Eagle Award\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2025-04-08\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2025-04-09\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Conservancy of Southwest Florida\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/author\/gracied\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Gracie Seidel\" \/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/628b99885e2ba16b8b11e399_soaring-eagle.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1080\" \/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"608\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/conservancy-honors-the-martin-foundation-with-esteemed-eagle-award\/\" title=\"Conservancy honors The Martin Foundation with esteemed Eagle Award\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/628b99885e2ba16b8b11e399_soaring-eagle-landscape-93800dc83a770461089abca973df54d8-.jpg\" alt=\"628b99885e2ba16b8b11e399 Soaring Eagle\" itemprop=\"image\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"608\" width=\"1080\" title=\"628b99885e2ba16b8b11e399 Soaring Eagle\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading='lazy' \/>\n    \t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/category\/announcement\/\">Announcement<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 itemprop=\"headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tConservancy honors The Martin Foundation with esteemed Eagle Award\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\tApril 8, 2025\t\t\t\t\t\t\n    <p>The Conservancy of Southwest Florida&#8217;s Eagle Award is\u00a0the organization&#8217;s highest honor, recognizing individuals or groups whose work and actions protect the natural environment and quality of life in Southwest Florida.\u00a0The&hellip;<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"http:\/\/15739\" content=\"Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast 2025\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2025-04-02\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2025-04-02\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Conservancy of Southwest Florida\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/author\/robing\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Robin Gould\" \/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/23.png\" \/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1000\" \/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"667\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/volunteer-appreciation-breakfast-2025\/\" title=\"Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast 2025\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/23-landscape-e1f408758856d68ceceac63b418589cb-.png\" alt=\"23\" itemprop=\"image\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"667\" width=\"1000\" title=\"23\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading='lazy' \/>\n    \t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/category\/announcement\/\">Announcement<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 itemprop=\"headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVolunteer Appreciation Breakfast 2025\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\tApril 2, 2025\t\t\t\t\t\t\n    <p>On April 1, we held our annual Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast at\u00a0Vi at Bentley Village. Thank you Vi at Bentley for sponsoring and hosting our volunteers for this special recognition breakfast.&hellip;<\/p>\n\t<meta itemscope itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"http:\/\/15587\" content=\"Crested caracaras admitted to wildlife hospital\" \/><meta itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2025-03-13\" \/><meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" content=\"2025-03-13\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Conservancy of Southwest Florida\"\/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/author\/robing\/\" \/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Robin Gould\" \/><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/caracara4-2.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1468\" \/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1404\" \/><meta itemprop=\"interactionType\" content=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CommentAction\" \/><meta itemprop=\"userInteractionCount\" content=\"0\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/crested-caracaras-admitted-to-wildlife-hospital\/\" title=\"Crested caracaras admitted to wildlife hospital\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/caracara4-2-1400x1339-landscape-eb56421e09a96c9f6414e85b2f1c90bc-.jpg\" alt=\"crested caracara\" itemprop=\"image\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"1339\" width=\"1400\" title=\"crested caracara\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading='lazy' \/>\n    \t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/category\/wildlife-hospital\/\">Wildlife Hospital<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 itemprop=\"headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCrested caracaras admitted to wildlife hospital\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\tMarch 13, 2025\t\t\t\t\t\t\n    <p>The\u00a0von Arx Wildlife Hospital\u00a0has been busy the past two weeks. Some wildlife patients that are currently in their care include two crested caracaras, four grey squirrels, 12 gopher tortoises and&hellip;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<ul class='page-numbers'>\n\t<li>1<\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/page\/2\/?page_id=17&#038;fl_builder\">2<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/page\/3\/?page_id=17&#038;fl_builder\">3<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li>&hellip;<\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/page\/41\/?page_id=17&#038;fl_builder\">41<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/page\/2\/?page_id=17&#038;fl_builder\">Next &raquo;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t<!-- .pp-content-posts -->\n\t\t<h6>\n\t\t\tHow You can help\n\t\t<\/h6>\n\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\tHelp protect our water, land and wildlife\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/support-us\/membership\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/icon-membership.png\" alt=\"Become a Member\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Become a Member<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Membership helps support our work and gets you free membership to the Nature Center and many other perks. Join today!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/donate\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/icon-donate.png\" alt=\"Donate\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Donate<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The majority of our funding comes from people like you who care about protecting our environment in Southwest Florida.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/support-us\/volunteer\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/conservancy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/icon-volunteer.png\" alt=\"Volunteer\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Volunteer<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A variety of fun volunteer opportunities are available. 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