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Join Friends Board member Katasha Cornwell on a paddle up the East River and explore with her this beautiful part of the Refuge.
Joe Reinman, Supervisory Wildlife Biologist at St. Marks, retired in December, 2021 after 43 years. Here Joe tells us about his many conservation programs and successes on the Refuge.
“All those little, small memberships add up and result in neat things being done on your National Wildlife Refuge.”
“If you really want to support Saint Marks National Wildlife Refuge, a great way to do that is to join our Friends of St. Marks Wildlife Refuge, because they take that money and pour it right back in to making this Refuge look great and be great.”
“People come in search of specific birds, animals, plant life, or insects. Mostly, they come to breathe.” - Phillip Pollock
“We have two endangered species that we work with on a hands-on basis: the Frosted Flatwoods Salamander and the Red-cockaded Woodpecker.”
"Everything you see the public doing at the Refuge has been touched by Robin”
“There's so much to say here about how much institutional knowledge will be gone as Gail moves toward retirement.”
“He is the glue that holds our equipment, roads and facilities together."
Preston Earley provides an update on some exciting discoveries in the Wakulla unit.
A WeatherSTEM station installed at the St. Marks Lighthouse provides real time weather and views of the Gulf and the Lighthouse
The Great American Outdoors Act now gives us a second chance to protect bird habitat and provide places to go birding…
Personnel have taken precautionary measures to continue trapping threatened Frosted Flatwoods Salamanders…
It was a bit cold and overcast for the 2020 WHO Festival, but the atmosphere was quite sunny
The St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge works to monitor salamander populations, while also helping to boost population numbers
A Toy Exhibit is open at the Lighthouse for Christmas
With luck, those two woodpeckers will stay together and become a breeding pair.
Friends pre-lighting celebration was a huge success!
Important research that will help Monarch butterflies
50 volunteers participated in National Public Lands Day 2019 at St. Marks
The importance of the St. Marks Monarch Milkweed Initiative.
The St. Marks Lighthouse is Florida’s 2nd oldest.
Each year a volunteer crew comes together once a week in the Fall and Winter to clear a segment of the Florida Trail.