1995 2014 Egmont Key Audubon FLORIDA Floridas coastal beaches are prized by millions of people but our coastlines are irreplaceable habitat for birds sea turtles and other wildlife ID: 803217
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Rising Seas: Florida’s Vulnerable Coastal Birds and Habitats
1995
2014
Egmont Key
Audubon
FLORIDA
Slide2Florida’s coastal beaches are prized by millions of people…
Slide3… but our coastlines are irreplaceable habitat for birds, sea turtles, and other wildlife.
Photo credit: Tom Carey
Slide4Sea level rise is already evident along Florida’s coastlines…
Photo credit: Dave Kandz
Slide5…and hardening our coastlines will not hold back the ocean indefinitely.
Photo: Dave Kandz
Slide6One 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.
Slide7Alternative: allow beaches to migrate inland by preserving adjacent undeveloped uplands
Slide8Learn 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
Slide9Let’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
Slide10Learn more
about sea level rise and coastal habitatFloridaClimateMessenger.com