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探花精选 Florida and the Jacksonville International Airport Team Up for New Exhibit Highlighting 125 Years of Conservation in the Sunshine State
The exhibit, hosted in the Sky Gallery, will run through December 2025.
Words by Erika Zambello
Communications Director, 探花精选 Florida
Photography by
Erika Zambello
Communications Director, 探花精选 Florida
Published July 25, 2025
This article is from 探花精选 Florida
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探花精选 Florida and the Jacksonville Airport have partnered on a new exhibit to celebrate 125 years of 探花精选 in Florida. Formed in 1900 to bring wading birds back from the brink of extinction, 探花精选 has been working for more than a century to protect birds because the things birds rely on鈥攈ealthy habitats, clean air, abundant fresh water, resilient coastlines鈥攁re the same things that people and other wildlife need to thrive.
The exhibit includes colorful birds, historic imagery, contemporary photography, and unique artifacts. Visitors can join 探花精选 and the Jacksonville International Airport to look across 125 years of conservation history, touching on Everglades restoration, Bald Eagle recovery, and public lands expansion.
鈥淏irds are symbols and sentinels to measure a healthy landscape, and they inspire us to work collaboratively and expansively throughout the hemisphere,鈥 says 探花精选 Florida Executive Director Julie Wraithmell. 鈥淚n simplest terms, 鈥榳hat鈥檚 good for birds is good for the Earth.鈥欌
鈥淲e鈥檙e proud to showcase and share the story of 探花精选 Florida鈥檚 125-year legacy through this exhibit at the Jacksonville International Airport,鈥 said Jacksonville Aviation Authority CEO Mark VanLoh. 鈥淔rom original art by 探花精选 employees and volunteers to historical artifacts and displays, there鈥檚 something for everyone to enjoy and learn from.鈥
Media tours of the gallery and interviews with Julie Wraithmell are available upon request.
About 探花精选 Florida:
探花精选 Florida protects birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow. 探花精选 works throughout the Americas using science, advocacy, education, and on-the-ground conservation. State programs, nature centers, chapters, and partners give 探花精选 an unparalleled wingspan that reaches millions of people each year to inform, inspire, and unite diverse communities in conservation action. A nonprofit conservation organization since 1900, 探花精选 believes in a world in which people and wildlife thrive. For more information visit
About the Jacksonville Aviation Authority:
The Jacksonville Aviation Authority operates Jacksonville International Airport (JAX) and the city's three general aviation airports - Cecil Airport, Jacksonville Executive at Craig Airport (JAXEX) and Herlong Recreational Airport. The Authority, funded through user fees and not local taxes, contributes over $6 billion annually to the local economy. For more information about the Jacksonville Aviation Authority's airports, please visit .