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Wildlife Research Team: The Canoe View!

Welcome to WRT's website: a gathering spot for some of South Florida's most awesome volunteers. Since 1993, WRT has used its own fleet of canoes to accomplish all manner of programs. Our hundreds of waterway and coastal cleanups have extracted tons of marine debris, making the habitat safer for wildlife throughout South Florida. We have also custom-designed excursions for stress relief, education, artists, photographers, and scientists.

Explore our site! You'll see good people of all ages having a fun adventure in our canoes; they may be hauling a giant tire out of the mangroves, earning community service hours for a scholarship, or paddling through a mangrove tunnel to photograph Nature's wonders.

Help us help you help the environment!

As defined by our founders Dr. Tom Kazo and Donna McVicar Kazo, membership in WRT is earned after 20 hours of volunteer service with the Team. That's a lifetime membership. Unlike other organizations, WRT does not charge annual dues. Like other nonprofits, however, we need donations and sponsors so we can keep paddling.

Your support is critical to our mission. Wildlife Research Team maintains a fleet of canoes which we transport by trailer to our worksites. Since December 2008, we have lacked an essential element to our success: our well-maintained 2005 Sport-Trac blew its engine, and the economic situation at the time meant a potential donor of a new engine could not come through. Since then, WRT has relied on volunteers with appropriate vehicles to get our canoes where they need to go; however, the availability of these great volunteers is uncertain. What WRT really needs is its own tow vehicle. We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, so your donation is tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law. We are grateful for donations of any amount. Please let us know if you have a truck or SUV to donate!

If you wish to make a donation by check, please make it out to Wildlife Research Team, Inc and mail to the second address on our Contact Page (Donna Kazo).

Project Baitfish and WRT's Restoration of Matheson Hammock

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With a Special Notice for Boy Scouts

All hands on deck!
All hands on deck! This abandoned foredeck was towed by Freddy, Carey and Franny from the southern corridor all the way to where we took out the canoes, for disposal by Miami-Dade Parks. No sign of the rest of the boat. On the right, behind the deck, is another noxious bit of debris, a large block of some type of plastic, towed from the southern corridor by Larry Brown and Charlene Burke.

Front row, left to right: Evian White, Carey Hunt, Donna Kazo, Franny Josephs, Larry Brown, Jessica Jette.
Back row, left to right: Kevin DuBart, Keith Zahler, Billy Lindley, Rakelle Shaw, Robert Lamar (with arm raised in triumph), Freddy Masterson, Blanca Puerta, Fernando Masterson, Balu Vandor, Jana Eckhardt, Adam Grayson, Charlene Burke.

Photo credit: Kevin DuBart and his awesome time-delay camera!

What's New

New site design on the way!

Features

Upcoming -- Future events involving WRT, proposed work dates, contests, and more news that hasn't happened yet
Members -- Learn about the members of WRT and how you can join
Partners Updates in Progress -- Organizations and institutions that have combined efforts with WRT
History -- How the Wildlife Research Team was born
Fleet -- WRT's unique canoes and their histories
Gallery -- Photographs from events, cleanups, and countless wilderness forays
Articles -- Essays, stories, and other writings by members of WRT
Contact -- Email, call, or write to members of WRT
Links -- Other sites of interest

Please also visit the Dr. Tom Kazo Online Memorial.

The new WRT web site was launched on November 2, 2003

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