Preserve Access to Florida Wildlife Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/preserve-access-to-florida-wildlife.html Online petition signatures en-us Sat, 4 Apr 2026 11:57 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Trevin Seginak [Signature #1031] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23954490?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Nov 2020 03:09:44 UTC 23954490 Patricia Bridges [Signature #1030] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/22330874?utm_medium=rss Sun, 12 Aug 2018 12:37:51 UTC 22330874 Carolyn Waldron [Signature #1029] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/22322250?utm_medium=rss A native of St.Petersburg, I spent 40 years watching Florida wildlife. Being able to see the wildlife teaches people to love and protect it. We need to maintain that closeness to maintain and protect the natural beauty of Florida.

]]> Sat, 11 Aug 2018 11:01:53 UTC 22322250 Timotheus Engberts [Signature #1028] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/22113386?utm_medium=rss Angel Care

]]> Mon, 2 Apr 2018 06:09:31 UTC 22113386 Larry Shuman [Signature #1027] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21233003?utm_medium=rss I would support day passes into areas along with classroom work to teach the masses proper photo practice.

]]> Fri, 31 Mar 2017 03:18:04 UTC 21233003 Lynn Stone [Signature #1026] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21004354?utm_medium=rss Mon, 30 Jan 2017 06:41:55 UTC 21004354 Anonymous [Signature #1025] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20971589?utm_medium=rss Tue, 10 Jan 2017 06:47:07 UTC 20971589 Nikhil Patwardhan [Signature #1024] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20955685?utm_medium=rss Wed, 21 Dec 2016 10:14:51 UTC 20955685 Anonymous [Signature #1023] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20945604?utm_medium=rss Tue, 13 Dec 2016 11:49:53 UTC 20945604 Hark Lee [Signature #1022] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20935126?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Dec 2016 06:04:58 UTC 20935126 Anonymous [Signature #1021] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20910632?utm_medium=rss Sun, 27 Nov 2016 03:03:02 UTC 20910632 Richard Poire [Signature #1020] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20835852?utm_medium=rss Imposing these restrictions merely creats special privileges for an elite group.

]]> Sat, 29 Oct 2016 02:13:17 UTC 20835852 Juan Tolentino [Signature #1019] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20831737?utm_medium=rss Thu, 27 Oct 2016 09:08:22 UTC 20831737 Charles Stephenson [Signature #1018] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20824084?utm_medium=rss If we don't protect. When they are gone, they're gone

]]> Mon, 24 Oct 2016 04:56:32 UTC 20824084 Jim Fields [Signature #1017] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20806389?utm_medium=rss Tue, 18 Oct 2016 06:25:23 UTC 20806389 Vicki Santello [Signature #1016] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20803696?utm_medium=rss Sun, 16 Oct 2016 10:12:02 UTC 20803696 Mike Poole [Signature #1015] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20790950?utm_medium=rss I have visited these locations before and will do so in the future.

Until I see evidence these ideas and restrictions work, they must be opposed. How can anybody claim ringing and the like is less intrusive than photography is well beyond my comprehension

]]> Wed, 12 Oct 2016 02:19:04 UTC 20790950 keith Mitchell [Signature #1014] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20790879?utm_medium=rss Wed, 12 Oct 2016 02:04:42 UTC 20790879 Peter Kes [Signature #1013] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20786974?utm_medium=rss Ban Ann Paul from visiting Wildlife areas. She lives in Lala-Land and is an obnoxious disturber of wildlife.

]]> Wed, 12 Oct 2016 04:17:30 UTC 20786974 Anonymous [Signature #1012] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20688242?utm_medium=rss I find the proposed new boundaries @ existing CWAs in FL to be unnecessarily restrictive.

]]> Sun, 2 Oct 2016 02:51:43 UTC 20688242 Todd Ryburn [Signature #1011] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20683468?utm_medium=rss Sounds like the members of the Audubon Society are more interested in turning the place into their personal space than protecting wildlife.

]]> Sat, 1 Oct 2016 09:31:57 UTC 20683468 Anonymous [Signature #1010] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20672672?utm_medium=rss We should not impose regulations or restrictions without good science documenting a specific need. I do not believe these areas need a 300 foot set back and I have not seen any documentation to the contrary. The examples given show that distance to human contact alone does not appear to be a factor in successful rookery performance.

]]> Sat, 1 Oct 2016 02:46:31 UTC 20672672 steve rosenbaum [Signature #1009] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20398173?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Sep 2016 08:58:40 UTC 20398173 Anonymous [Signature #1008] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20396321?utm_medium=rss Fri, 23 Sep 2016 04:23:51 UTC 20396321 Wanda Extrom [Signature #1007] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20394541?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Sep 2016 09:12:33 UTC 20394541 Cornelia Fischer [Signature #1006] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20394475?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Sep 2016 09:03:32 UTC 20394475 Bonnie Iwanow [Signature #1005] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20394422?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Sep 2016 08:56:20 UTC 20394422 Bob Phillips [Signature #1004] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20394302?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Sep 2016 08:41:04 UTC 20394302 Biran Desjardins [Signature #1003] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20372171?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Sep 2016 07:52:59 UTC 20372171 Brendan Quigley [Signature #1002] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20367884?utm_medium=rss Sun, 18 Sep 2016 05:24:54 UTC 20367884 Winifred Krafton [Signature #1001] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20360080?utm_medium=rss This would have an impact on tourism as well. Over the last 20 years I've visited FL from CA at least a total of 10 months just to enjoy the birding here and care for the wildlife.

]]> Fri, 16 Sep 2016 07:06:57 UTC 20360080 Anonymous [Signature #1000] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20346941?utm_medium=rss Mon, 12 Sep 2016 02:20:30 UTC 20346941 Anonymous [Signature #999] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20346937?utm_medium=rss Mon, 12 Sep 2016 02:19:50 UTC 20346937 Gabriella Cassano [Signature #998] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20346208?utm_medium=rss Mon, 12 Sep 2016 07:18:55 UTC 20346208 Anonymous [Signature #997] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20346102?utm_medium=rss Mon, 12 Sep 2016 06:33:52 UTC 20346102 Anonymous [Signature #996] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20346096?utm_medium=rss Mon, 12 Sep 2016 06:30:59 UTC 20346096 Deborah Alley [Signature #995] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20346090?utm_medium=rss Please let photographers and bird lovers see and enjoy the birds since they are thriving and there's no reason not to.

]]> Mon, 12 Sep 2016 06:26:47 UTC 20346090 Dennis Gingerich [Signature #994] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20346070?utm_medium=rss This in an unnecessary restriction on us nature photographers who hold ourselves and each other accountable to the highest of ethical field practice standards of the NANPA.

]]> Mon, 12 Sep 2016 06:14:18 UTC 20346070 Anonymous [Signature #993] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20344423?utm_medium=rss The wildlife in Florida seem to be very habituated to the photographers and not stressed by them.

]]> Sun, 11 Sep 2016 03:44:08 UTC 20344423 Anonymous [Signature #992] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20343977?utm_medium=rss Sun, 11 Sep 2016 02:04:13 UTC 20343977 ROSS HUBBARD [Signature #991] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20340572?utm_medium=rss To say that the proposed boundaries are an overreach is an understatement! Considering the lack of scientific data supporting the request and the negative economic impact to the local economies, I can not support the proposed expanded boundaries, especially considering the lack of adequate enforcement for the boundaries we currently have in place. Photographers are not at the root of the problem!

]]> Sat, 10 Sep 2016 05:48:42 UTC 20340572 Hans H. Siegrist [Signature #990] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20339024?utm_medium=rss Sat, 10 Sep 2016 10:49:05 UTC 20339024 Leslie Brown [Signature #989] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20336021?utm_medium=rss There is no scientific number that proves this is necessary. If it were not for the photographers, many people would not be aware of the beauty of nature and the joy of birding.

]]> Fri, 9 Sep 2016 08:14:12 UTC 20336021 Judy Foxworthy [Signature #988] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20334587?utm_medium=rss Please do NOT restrict access to Florida Wildlife.

]]> Fri, 9 Sep 2016 02:58:06 UTC 20334587 marilyn ross [Signature #987] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20332605?utm_medium=rss boundary of 300 feet

]]> Fri, 9 Sep 2016 08:37:42 UTC 20332605 Jefrey Smith [Signature #986] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20323914?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Sep 2016 10:53:49 UTC 20323914 Anonymous [Signature #985] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20323891?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Sep 2016 10:51:33 UTC 20323891 Doug Hansgate [Signature #984] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20322867?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Sep 2016 08:23:44 UTC 20322867 William Rogala [Signature #983] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20322089?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Sep 2016 06:56:14 UTC 20322089 Willis Schwartz [Signature #982] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20316974?utm_medium=rss The presence of people in birding areas such as Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge seem to have no effect on their behavior. Birders and bird photographers contribute significantly to the state's economy and this will end if this regulation takes effect.

]]> Wed, 7 Sep 2016 10:31:27 UTC 20316974 William Coleman [Signature #981] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20316966?utm_medium=rss Photographers don't hurt birds!

]]> Wed, 7 Sep 2016 10:27:50 UTC 20316966 David Salem [Signature #980] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20316805?utm_medium=rss Wed, 7 Sep 2016 09:33:01 UTC 20316805 Anonymous [Signature #979] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20316708?utm_medium=rss Wed, 7 Sep 2016 08:53:59 UTC 20316708 Mary Frost [Signature #978] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20316655?utm_medium=rss Keeping photographers hundreds of feet away from birds would seriously impact the ability to photographically record these wildlife species.

]]> Wed, 7 Sep 2016 08:35:54 UTC 20316655 Anonymous [Signature #977] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20316570?utm_medium=rss Caring wildlife photographers don't want excessive boundaries and restrictions . We always stay a safe distance and respect all wildlife now.

]]> Wed, 7 Sep 2016 08:02:56 UTC 20316570 Sharon Dentice [Signature #976] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20316349?utm_medium=rss Wed, 7 Sep 2016 06:49:29 UTC 20316349 George DeCamp [Signature #975] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20316267?utm_medium=rss Wed, 7 Sep 2016 06:31:18 UTC 20316267 Doug Brown [Signature #974] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20316184?utm_medium=rss Wed, 7 Sep 2016 06:16:32 UTC 20316184 Anonymous [Signature #973] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20315456?utm_medium=rss Wed, 7 Sep 2016 05:09:34 UTC 20315456 Anonymous [Signature #972] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20315411?utm_medium=rss All the rookeries I have boated near the birds seem to have no issues with boaters. I don't understand why this is being done. A total waste of money.

]]> Wed, 7 Sep 2016 05:07:43 UTC 20315411 Anonymous [Signature #971] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20315358?utm_medium=rss Wed, 7 Sep 2016 05:05:11 UTC 20315358 linda joyce [Signature #970] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20315250?utm_medium=rss Wed, 7 Sep 2016 04:59:19 UTC 20315250 Brandon P [Signature #969] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20314833?utm_medium=rss Wed, 7 Sep 2016 04:40:51 UTC 20314833 Terry Buonomo [Signature #968] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20312832?utm_medium=rss Wed, 7 Sep 2016 03:18:46 UTC 20312832 Anonymous [Signature #967] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20310775?utm_medium=rss Florida birds are tame. I see no reason to create these buffers. Been navigating these waters for years, fishing these waters, and have rarely seen any issues at the rookery islands in my area. Seems like a total waste of money and once again the Florida gov't and audubon over reaching and trying to limit our access to wildlife.

]]> Wed, 7 Sep 2016 01:16:30 UTC 20310775 Kevin Norris [Signature #966] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20310706?utm_medium=rss Once again, Audubon and FWC want to strip our access to Florida wildlife when it so patently obvious that no harm is being done to our Florida birds. Florida birds are TAME. That's why so many people visit Florida to birdwatch and photograph birds. These buffers are a total waste of taxpayer money and continually diminishing our access to our own State is truly unacceptable. Maybe boats and fishermen need to be educated but I personally have not witnessed any issues with the rookery islands in this area. If there are any, they are few and far between.

]]> Wed, 7 Sep 2016 01:10:17 UTC 20310706 Dimitri Scarr [Signature #965] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20310572?utm_medium=rss I have been boating the waterways of Sarasota and Manatee counties since 1976. I am very familiar with 3 of the mangrove islands inquestion and the birds there have absolutely NO fear of boats. If there is a problem with fishing lines, maybe the fishermen need to be educated in how to dispose of their tackle. These mangrove islands are great for bird viewing and photography and there is no reason to cut Floridians off from viewing birds This idea is absurd. Look at all the money we have already spent over $1million dollars on the barrier reef around Roberts Bay Rookery Islands. How much more of our taxpayer money are you going to spend to keep us from our own wildlife?

]]> Wed, 7 Sep 2016 01:00:13 UTC 20310572 Priscilla Joyner [Signature #964] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20310053?utm_medium=rss Wed, 7 Sep 2016 12:25:39 UTC 20310053 Anonymous [Signature #963] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20309975?utm_medium=rss Been living and boating in Sarasota for years and never seen our Florida birds bothered by boats nearby these island rookeries. I do see Audubon boats getting close though!

]]> Wed, 7 Sep 2016 12:20:40 UTC 20309975 Anonymous [Signature #962] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20309932?utm_medium=rss My family and I have boating and passing these rookery islands for years and the boats never seem to have any effect on the Florida birds on these rookery islands. They are completely used to boats and noise.

]]> Wed, 7 Sep 2016 12:18:28 UTC 20309932 Kevin Norris [Signature #961] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20309868?utm_medium=rss I have been boating and fishing in Sarasota for years and never found the need to to encroach on these mangrove islands. I don't see any need for buffers as the birds are very content with boats passing by even at a close distance when the mangroves are located near the channels. Florida birds are good with boats.

]]> Wed, 7 Sep 2016 12:13:32 UTC 20309868 Robert Coppola [Signature #960] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20309752?utm_medium=rss Wed, 7 Sep 2016 12:02:49 UTC 20309752 Anonymous [Signature #959] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20308444?utm_medium=rss Wed, 7 Sep 2016 09:57:06 UTC 20308444 Mill Fisler [Signature #958] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20307736?utm_medium=rss I am in total agreement with the comments made in this petition. I think the boundaries proposed by the FWC and Audubon would be a huge mistake!

]]> Wed, 7 Sep 2016 08:43:45 UTC 20307736 Anonymous [Signature #957] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20307678?utm_medium=rss Wed, 7 Sep 2016 08:38:12 UTC 20307678 Diane Chenault [Signature #956] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20306064?utm_medium=rss Wed, 7 Sep 2016 06:11:48 UTC 20306064 Stephen Johnson [Signature #955] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20299917?utm_medium=rss NO! Too the government taking more!! What happened to the voted for proposition to help the everglades from the 2012 ballot????

]]> Tue, 6 Sep 2016 10:33:35 UTC 20299917 bob jacobs [Signature #954] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20299524?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Sep 2016 08:17:46 UTC 20299524 amanda brackin [Signature #953] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20299466?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Sep 2016 07:57:06 UTC 20299466 Anonymous [Signature #952] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20299454?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Sep 2016 07:54:26 UTC 20299454 Kathy Fugitt [Signature #951] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20299266?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Sep 2016 07:00:28 UTC 20299266 Ray Brackin [Signature #950] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20299241?utm_medium=rss Protect our wetlands, bird sanctuaries, fisheries and Indian River Lagoon through good management and funding.

]]> Tue, 6 Sep 2016 06:55:50 UTC 20299241 Anonymous [Signature #949] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20297162?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Sep 2016 04:39:58 UTC 20297162 Anonymous [Signature #948] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20294436?utm_medium=rss If birds are bothered by photographers, the years-long success of breeding at the rookery in Venice, FL, run by Audubon Volunteers, refutes the claim. Bird photographers are known for their quietness and respect for wild birds. Their splendid photographs help make nature lovers among the general population.

]]> Tue, 6 Sep 2016 03:03:12 UTC 20294436 Joel Coutu [Signature #947] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20293604?utm_medium=rss I’m appealing to my fellow birders in the states with this problem. It’s simple birds have no borders and during this fall migration you are probably observing species that were born in these exact wetlands we are trying to save. This is also the #1 Hot Spot on eBird on the island of Montreal for bird species. This is the city’s little and well-kept secret until many researchers found how rich in bird life this area was last spring. Next spring many birds returning through your states coming back here will no longer have a place to nest. That’s one less bird you’ll see next year and if we keep losing these valuable habitats day after day in all of North America our future generations will not be able to appreciate the same birds we are seeing.
So if you wish please sign and share our petition on line, http://goo.gl/PbvDdD (Change.org).

]]> Tue, 6 Sep 2016 02:19:35 UTC 20293604 michael mason [Signature #946] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20292937?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Sep 2016 01:36:46 UTC 20292937 Bob Singer [Signature #945] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20291986?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Sep 2016 12:26:14 UTC 20291986 Donald Deeks [Signature #944] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20291762?utm_medium=rss As a photographer, I would be prevented from photographing and enjoying the Florida Wildlife, if the FWC gets it's way and establishes 300 foot boundaries around existing wildlife areas.

]]> Tue, 6 Sep 2016 12:05:13 UTC 20291762 Alison Forbes [Signature #943] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20290867?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Sep 2016 10:36:34 UTC 20290867 Jim Bencivenga [Signature #942] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20290763?utm_medium=rss Law abiding Photographers and birders will always respect wildlife so this proposed regulation will only inhibit law abiding respectful birders and photographers. It's kid of like gun control. Bad guys will always have guns. People disrespectful of nature and birding are going to get as close as they can to take pictures anyway.

]]> Tue, 6 Sep 2016 10:25:34 UTC 20290763 Elisabeth Rusling [Signature #941] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20290381?utm_medium=rss As a wildlife photographer, I am in favor of allowing us to view and photograph birds in their natural habitat. I am sure that we are extremely conscious of preserving habitat and not disturbing the animals. Thank you

]]> Tue, 6 Sep 2016 09:46:54 UTC 20290381 Anonymous [Signature #940] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20290242?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Sep 2016 09:28:05 UTC 20290242 Hudson Smith [Signature #939] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20290173?utm_medium=rss My understanding is that there is no merit in increasing the boundary distance around wildlife areas.

]]> Tue, 6 Sep 2016 09:21:05 UTC 20290173 Jane Puzine [Signature #938] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20289898?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Sep 2016 08:51:01 UTC 20289898 Anonymous [Signature #937] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20289800?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Sep 2016 08:40:11 UTC 20289800 Bill Love [Signature #936] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20289771?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Sep 2016 08:37:15 UTC 20289771 David Taylor [Signature #935] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20289709?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Sep 2016 08:29:40 UTC 20289709 Roger Lawson [Signature #934] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20289651?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Sep 2016 08:24:42 UTC 20289651 James O'Connor [Signature #933] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20289576?utm_medium=rss I enjoy responsible access to wildlife and believe that birders and photographers can do so without adverse effects.

]]> Tue, 6 Sep 2016 08:18:27 UTC 20289576 Anonymous [Signature #932] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20289355?utm_medium=rss I am a keen photographer and I know that I and other photographers respect nature and always keep at a safe distance to avoid disturbing wildlife

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