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Lunch time! Saka and Akondro enjoy berries, chives, cilantro, and other colorful food. They are awaiting girlfriends as they enjoy their bachelor pad at the North Florida Wildlife Center.
About a half-hour away from Tallahassee, the North Florida Wildlife Center (NFWC) cares for rescued and endangered animals. The public can visit and get a hands-on experience.
On this visit, it’s lunchtime for Akondro and Saka. The black-and-white ruffed lemurs climb into a cardboard box full of cilantro, chives, and berries. Their white fur turns purple as they roll around in berry juice.
“It’s an incredibly simple way to keep our animals entertained,” says Ryan David Reines, NFWC executive director and founder, as the lemurs bounce in and out of the box foraging for their food. “It’s very easy and part of our enrichment program.”
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As Tallahassee emerges from the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, parents are deciding if and how they are reading to send their kids to camp this summer.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released new guidelines saying vaccinated people can stop wearing masks in most situations.
But children under the age of 12 still cannot get the vaccine, so summer camp coordinators are left weighing what other protective measures might be needed to prevent COVID in camps for younger children.
Here are a few of the ways Tallahassee camps are safeguarding their staff and camp-goers this summer.
Stevenson and Tanaka know that the infrastructure that holds the land, water, air, and the earth’s living creatures in a delicate balancing act has begun to dangerously sway.
It is what they offer to steady the environmental pyramid and to teach others to participate that has gleaned them recognition and praise.
Reading through the letters of recommendation for the award, 80-year-old Jim Stevenson’s and Tara Tanaka’s plaudits include dozens of laudatory letters from conservation organizations across Florida.
One could believe they are a compilation of the accolades of three or four people, not just two: The Florida Wildlife Federation, The Wakulla Springs Alliance, Tall Timbers Research Station & Land Conservancy, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservancy, Apalachee Land Conservancy, National Wildlife Federation, Coastal Plains Institute and Land Conservancy, Florida Springs Institute, and the Apalachee Audubon Society all speak with high gratitude for their efforts.