The first Audubon Sanctuary in Tampa Bay was established in 1934 to stop the shooting and harvest of nesting herons and ibis at Green Key in Hillsborough Bay. As human population growth and development in the Tampa Bay area have expanded, the wildlife conservation concerns of the Sanctuaries staff have also broadened from the more direct goal of the protection of nesting colonies themselves, to reflect an ecosystem approach. Today, the scope and area of the Florida Coastal Islands Sanctuaries' activities are still increasing to meet the conservation needs of the state's colonial waterbirds.
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Letter, Chris Palmer to Richard T. Paul, Audubon Television Programs, April 17, 1985
Christopher N. Palmer
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Memorandum, Frosty Anderson and Dusty Dunstan to Sanctuary Managers, Procedure for Monthly Activity Reports, July 29, 1981
John M. Anderson and Frank M. Dunstan
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Letter, Ruth Troscianiec to Jim Rodgers, National Audubon History, March 5, 1980
Ruth E. Troscianiec