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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Letters, Frank Dunstan and John Morrill, Spoil Island Vegetation, December 13, 1973
Frank M. Dunstan and John B. Morrill
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Letters, Edward Connor and Frank Dunstan, Study of Spoil Islands, September 12, 1973
Edward F. Connor and Frank M. Dunstan
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Resolution, Florida Internal Improvement Trust Fund Board of Trustees, Protecting Shorelines, July 10, 1973
Florida Internal Improvement Trust Fund Board of Trustees
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Letter, Joseph D. Carroll, Jr. to Robin Lewis, McKay Bay Report, January 12, 1973
Joseph D. Carroll Jr.
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News Release, National Audubon Society, Washburn Audubon Sanctuary, February 5, 1970
National Audubon Society
A news release from the National Audubon Society about Nina Griffith Washburn's donation of Little Bird Key for a bird sanctuary run by the National Audubon Society.