Audubon Florida's Coastal Islands Sanctuaries collection

Collection

Identifier: MS-2016-02

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of weekly, monthly, and annual reports form wildlife sanctuaries, correspondence, warden reports, newspaper clippings, photographs, data logs, population statistics, ecological studies, and assorted reports.

Dates

Created: 1918-1995
Other: Majority of material found in 1944-1995
Other: Date acquired: 00/00/2016

Creator

Florida Audubon Society (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

None. The contents of this collection may be subject to copyright. Visit the United States Copyright Office's website at http://www.copyright.gov for more information.

Biographical or Historical Information

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.

Note written by Audubon Florida

Extent

2.66 Linear Feet

2 boxes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

This collection consists of materials related to the Audubon Society’s Florida Coastal Island Sanctuaries, whose mission is the protection of the great colonial waterbird populations of the Florida coast, and the natural systems that support them. Materials in this collection include reports from wildlife wardens, Florida sanctuaries, Texas sanctuaries, Whiskey Stump, Green Island, Tavernier, and the Florida Keys. Logs and studies in this collection report on bird populations, landscape carrying capacity, environment, wildlife distribution, and other ecological concerns.

Arrangement Note

This collection is arranged topically and according to chronology.

Method of Acquisition

Donation.

Related Materials

Audubon Florida Records, USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections Department, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida. Robert Porter Allen Audubon Collection, USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections Department, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.

Lorida Audubon Papers, USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections Department, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.

Bay Study Group Collection. USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections Department, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.

Florida Audubon Slide Collection, USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections Department, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.

Separated Materials

A large portion of this collection is currently out of the USF Libraries for digitization. The collection was shipped in March 2023. Please check that materials are present with the Operations Manager prior to requesting an appointment.

Subjects

Birds Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Birds -- Habitat -- Florida Subject Source: Local sources
Coastal ecology Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Conservationists -- Florida Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Ecology -- Florida Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Environmental protection Subject Source: Local sources
Florida Audubon Society
National Audubon Society