"I've heard a phrase, that the last crop that will grow on these lands is houses...."

~ Lynetta Usher-Griner, Wind Bend Ranch & Tree Farm

 

Watch this National Geographic video about why protecting rural working lands is vital to conserving the wildlife of Florida:

View In the Field Magazine endangered species articles by Libby Hopkins

July 2025 The Miami Blue Butterfly

June 2025 Wakulla Seaside Sparrow

May 2025 Giant Manta Ray

April 2025 Florida Grasshoppper Sparrow

March 2025 Florida Sandhill Crane

Feb 2025 Everglades Mink

Jan 2025 Key Deer

Dec 2024 Barbour's Map Turtle

Nov 2024 Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Oct 2024 Leatherback Sea Turtle

Sept 2024 Florida Grasshopper Sparrow 

Aug 2024 Telephus Spurge - flowering plant 

July 2024 Burrowing Owl

June 2024 Barbour's Map Turtle

May 2024 Frosted Flatwoods Salamander

April 2024 The Red-Cockaded Woodpecker

March 2024 Gulf Moccasinshell

Feb 2024 Florida Bonneted Bat

Jan  2024 American Chaffseed

Dec 2023 The Florida Grasshopper Sparrow

Nov 2023 White Birds-In-A-Nest

Oct 2023 Ochlockonee Moccasinshell

Sept 2023 Florida Golden Aster

Aug 2023 Florida Bog Frog

July 2023 The Okeechobee Gourd

June 2023 Cooley's Water-Willow

May 2023 Beach Mice

April 2023 Avon Park Harebells

March 2023 Cooley's Water-Willow

Feb 2023 Scrub Blazing Star

Jan 2023 The Florida Bonneted Bat