1995 2014 egmont key audubon florida. florida’s coastal beaches are prized by millions of...
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Rising Seas: Florida’s Vulnerable Coastal
Birds and Habitats
1995 2014
Egmont Key
Audubon FLORIDA
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Florida’s coastal beaches are prized by millions of people…
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… but our coastlines are irreplaceable habitat for birds, sea turtles, and other wildlife.
Photo credit: Tom Carey
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Sea level rise is already evident along Florida’s coastlines…
Photo credit: Dave Kandz
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…and hardening our coastlines will not hold back the ocean
indefinitely.
Photo: Dave Kandz
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One promising method of managing saltmarsh erosion that has been used in northeast Florida is a living shoreline that protects the saltmarsh and allows it to rebuild naturally.
Alternative:
A “living shoreline” protects saltmarsh and allows it to rebuild naturally.
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Alternative: allow beaches to migrate inland by preserving
adjacent undeveloped uplands
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Learn more about birds and wildlife living in coastal areas and how to protect their habitat
in the face of sea level rise.
Photo: David Macri
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Let’s plan for climate change and make sure that our response to sea level rise helps – rather than harms – Florida’s
beaches and coastlines.
Photo: John Nelson Photo: John Young
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Learn more about sea level rise and coastal
habitat
FloridaClimateMessenger.com