Several environmental groups have intervened in a lawsuit that is challenging local protections for the Florida scrub jay.

Florida scrub jays nurture Florida’s unique elfin oak forests –– each adult burying 6,500-8,000 acorns a year –– coaxing life from all-but-sterile soils. Perching on pine snags ...

“Targeting Charlotte County’s proactive effort to protect the Florida scrub jay’s habitat from uncontrolled growth is a threat to all of Florida’s unique species from the Key deer, only found in the ...

Four conservation groups are striving to maintain federal protections for the Florida scrub jay. Currently, the bird is protected under the Endangered Species Act. Earthjustice represents the four ...

The Pacific Legal Foundation says the Endangered Species Act does not apply to species — such as the Florida bird — found in only one state. The modest Florida scrub-jay has now been enlisted ...

I’m tired of it. So I’ve come up with a plan to help the scrub-jay seal the deal the way all important legislation gets passed in Florida — with lobbyists, dark money and legally ...