August 29, 2013 Report From Public Employees For Environmental Responsibility: Cases and Fines Nosedive to Record Low Levels; Penalties Collected Fall 70%. Tallahassee — Enforcement of anti-pollution laws in Florida have plummeted to historic low levels during the second full year of Governor Rick Scott’s tenure, according to agency figures released today by Public Employees…
You know it’s probably a bad idea for Florida when the National Rifle Association, Unified Sportsmen Florida, the Humane Society, wildlife veterinarians, conservationists, and environmentalists are against it. After postponing a vote in June, The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is meeting again in September to vote on the prohibition of cervid (deer) importation…
Right now, there are two communities in Florida, on opposite sides of the state, both of which are currently struggling to save the main bodies of water in their area that are the cornerstones of their livelihoods. The situation is so bad in the Panhandle that just last week federal officials declared a fishery disaster…
Mother Jones (Tom Philpott) August 14, 2013: First, the good news: The annual “dead zone” that smothers much of the northern Gulf of Mexico—caused by an oxygen-sucking algae bloom mostly fed by Midwestern farm runoff—is smaller this year than scientists had expected. In the wake of heavy spring rains, researchers at the National Oceanic and…
I do not very often promote online petitions for various reasons. But this petition to inform Congress of the need to help the Apalachicola River and Bay is very important. It was sent to me by the Florida Conservation Coalition which is a very credible organization that is working hard to protect Florida’s water. The…
There are only a few weeks left to get enough certified petitions to get this amendment on the Florida ballot in 2014. Florida’s Water And Land Legacy Campaign aims to provide a stable, dedicated funding source for the acquisition of conservation and recreation lands in Florida A coalition of leading defenders of the state’s environment…
Bloomberg August 14, 2013: Florida plans to file a U.S. Supreme Court lawsuit against Georgia, saying the state is consuming too much water that would otherwise flow to Florida, the latest battle nationally over an increasingly scarce resource. The dispute is fueled by the rapid growth of the metropolitan area surrounding Atlanta, which is demanding…
The Jacksonville Regency Square Regional Library, Friends Of The Library, will be meeting on the second Wednesday of each month beginning today, August 14, 2013, at 6:30pm. Please be there and bring suggestions about how to make our library better and more responsive to the needs of the community. What: Friends Of The Library –…
The following is the statement from U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker on August 12, 2013 about a NOAA disaster declaration for the Oyster Fishery along Florida’s west coast: “U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today declared a commercial fishery failure for the oyster fishery along the west coast of Florida. The fishery resource disaster…
As I covered previously on this blog as part of a series on invasive species in Florida, Dioscorea bulbifera, or “air potato” as it is commonly called, is native to tropical Asia and sub-Saharan Africa and was introduced to Florida around 1905. It can grow 8 inches a day and the vines can grow in…
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