Membership

				Click Here for Membership Renewal/Application Form   Annual Meeting March 2010 The members of the Friends of the Lower Suwannee & Cedar Keys National Wildlife refuges live throughout the region, state, and nation. Most members are from Cedar Key, Suwannee, Chiefland, Trenton, Bronson, and Gainesville. Members receive The Ibis, a quarterly print newsletter, and a regular, brief email newsletter. Both include announcements about activities and events. The Friends hold events, such as birding, butterfly, photography, and tree identification walks, kayak and bike trips, campfire programs. Members of Friends also volunteer in activities such as the Great Suwannee River Clean Up. There is an annual meeting of the membership and the Board of Directors meets regularly to organize activities and manage the Friends efforts to achieve all of the organization's goals. Levels of Membership    Swallow-tailed Kite: $1,000 or more Bald Eagle: (Special Contributor and Life Member) $500 - $999 River Otter: (Life Member) $250 - $499 White Ibis: (Family Membership) $20 Annually Gopher Tortoise: (Individual Membership) $10 Annually Membership Renewal: January of each year is the time for renewal Current Board Members (Elections are held at the Annual Meeting in the Spring) President: Jay Bushnell VP: Marci Wilcox Treasurer: Joan Stephens Secretary: Bob Hudson Directors: John Thalacker, Ed DeHaan, Richard Herman, Mark Gluckman, Russ Hall, Peg Hall, Sean Dowie