Dear Fellow Audubon Member,

With a new year, we are writing with the news that two people are taking over the role of President that Stan Kroh has so admirably filled for the last four years (it will take the determined efforts of TWO of us to do what Stan has done!).  Our Society’s Board of Directors has elected Rob Heath and Ann Paul to carry on as Co-Presidents for the rest of the year.  The next election will occur in the spring.  In the meantime, Stan continues as Treasurer, and the other current Board Members also will serve the Society.  If you would like to participate in the leadership activities of Tampa Audubon or have any other questions, please contact Rob Heath at 310-0072 or Ann Paul at 623-6826 (work) or 626-2051 (home).

We have some other good news:  Hillsborough County’s Parks, Recreation & Conservation Department has staffed the Visitor’s Center at Lettuce Lake Park with a Park Naturalist and Interpretative Staff during the week.  This means, with our continued “manning” the Center on the weekends, that the interpretive displays and other resources are available to the public every day!  We commend the Parks Department for this financial commitment and are so pleased that our cooperative relationship remains strong and viable.  Mike and Barbara Mullins, our Environmental Education Coordinators, are providing leadership and environmental outreach activities at the Center.  Come out to the Center, any day!

Meanwhile, our Program and Field Trip schedules and the Avocet, our newsletter, are posted here on our website.Please check to see what’s happening, when and where!  Please take a minute, mark these events on your calendar, and plan to participate!  We always have a lot of fun.Thank you for your membership in the Tampa Audubon Society and your commitment to our mission.

Sincerely,
Tampa Audubon Society Board of Directors

President: Ann Paul/Rob Heath
Immediate past President: Stanley Kroh