Ryan NicolJanuary 29, 2019
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DeSantis nominated Chauncey Goss and Ron Bergeron Tuesday.
Tag: Everglades
Ryan NicolJanuary 29, 2019
Drew WilsonNovember 29, 2018
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Citing Florida statute put in place by a law passed two years ago, U.S. Sugar said Thursday that the land acquisition option agreement between the company and the state can now be terminated. The bill, SB 10, mandated the construction of a reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee to reduce discharges to the St. Lucie and […]
Scott PowersMarch 26, 2018
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A couple weeks out from his anticipated April 9 announcement about running for the U.S. Senate, Gov. Scott touted budget investments in Florida’s environment and agriculture during a stop Monday at Wekiwa Springs State Park in Apopka. While there he said little about his potential U.S. Senate plans, not commenting the significance of the move […]
Peter SchorschJanuary 19, 20185min288
On Thursday, the Senate Appropriations committee heard a presentation from South Florida Water Management District Executive Director Ernie Marks on the status report of the reservoir project authorized by Senate Bill 10. Following the presentation, Appropriations Chair and Senate Bill 10 sponsor Rob Bradley expressed confidence in the district’s plans. But following the meeting, Senate […]
Danny McAuliffeJanuary 4, 2018
6min346
Audubon Florida announced its legislative priorities on Thursday, but also was happy to see Gov. Rick Scott oppose the U.S. Department of Interior’s possible drilling explorations in the Sunshine State. “We were glad to see Gov. Scott’s response, coming out strongly in opposition to drilling near Florida’s waters,” said Julie Wraithmell, the interim executive director of […]
Peter SchorschDecember 13, 2017
2min349
Environmental group Audubon Florida presented Senate President Joe Negron with an award Tuesday recognizing his “steadfast leadership” in Everglades restoration. Negron earned the “Champion of the Everglades” award for a bill he ushered through the legislature earlier this past session that mandated the construction of a reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee to reduce discharges to […]
Scott PowersAugust 11, 2017
3min170
U.S. Rep. Francis Rooney earned a new title Thursday: Python hunter. The Republican congressman from Naples, who has asserted leadership in the Florida delegations’ efforts to address Everglades problems, announced he bagged five pythons Thursday night, the invasive snakes clogging up the South Florida ecosystems. Rooney captured the beasts while he participated in the South Florida […]
Guest AuthorJuly 19, 2017
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Heads up, citizens: the federal government is about to review the endangered status of one of our state’s rarest species — the Florida panther — and now is the time for all of us to make our voices heard. We Floridians clearly love our wild and mysterious panthers; in 1981, the state’s schoolchildren chose the […]
Scott PowersJune 22, 2017
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In the U.S. House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee, Orlando’s U.S. Rep. Darren Soto pinned down Interior Department Secretary Ryan Zinke for assurances that the off-shore drilling ban is “in no real jeopardy.” Soto also pressed Zinke on whether he would support a Wild & Scenic River Program designation for the Kissimmee River, and the […]
Associated PressMay 30, 2017
8min521
Call it retail-tainment. Just don’t call American Dream Miami a mall. Developers are proposing a massive 6 million-square-foot (557,000 square-meter) project on the edge of the Everglades in bustling South Florida that would dwarf any other shopping mecca in North America, including Minnesota’s Mall of America. Miami-Dade County officials could vote this fall to approve […]