Meet one of Florida's most unique birds—the Florida scrub-jay! 💙

The Florida scrub-jay is Florida's only native jay species and is found nowhere else in the world. It depends on the state's rare sandy scrub habitats, many of which are located within the St. Johns River Water Management District.

These intelligent birds live in close-knit family groups and have one of the most complex social systems of any North American bird. Unfortunately, habitat loss has made the Florida scrub-jay a threatened species.

By protecting and managing conservation lands throughout the District, we're helping preserve the habitats this remarkable bird and countless other native wildlife need to survive for generations to come.

🐦 Learn more about the District's conservation lands and the wildlife that call them home by visiting our website: sjrwmd.info/homepage

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Want a career that helps protect the Florida you love? 🌊

SJRWMD is hiring! 🤩

🌱 Great benefits
💧 Meaningful, mission-driven work
📍 Several roles open now

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🌧️ We’re getting rain, but we’re not out of the drought yet.

Recent rainfall is helping, but the aquifer has not yet rebounded from months of below-average rainfall. In July, 5.17 inches of water was lost to evaporation and plant use, while 6.84 inches of rain fell, leaving little available to replenish groundwater.

The graphic shows the rainfall needed over the next three months, as of Aug. 5, to end extreme drought conditions.

It will take sustained, above-average rainfall to recover. 💧 Continued conservation remains important.

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