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Associated PressSeptember 12, 2016

A new report on the health of the St. Johns River found increasing salinity and high phosphorous levels, but also positive signs that other pollutants plaguing the waterway were reduced. The Florida Times-Union reports that the study released on Friday was conducted by researchers at four schools including the University of North Florida and Jacksonville […]

Phil AmmannApril 11, 2016

Earlier this month I stood in breathless awe, witnessing a “miracle” of modern technology – a wild-running Elwha River in northwestern Washington State. I consider it a wonder because just 10 years ago the Elwha was a river in trouble. Dammed in two places in the early 1900s for hydroelectric power generation, the river had […]

Associated PressJanuary 7, 2016

Federal wildlife officials will announce their decision on a petition to reclassify Florida’s iconic manatees as “threatened” instead of “endangered.” The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has scheduled a news conference for Thursday afternoon in Miami to discuss its review of the manatee’s status. A Florida business group and the conservative Pacific Legal Foundation petitioned […]

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Report finds some improvements in St. Johns River health

Leslie Poole: Florida needs to remove the damn dam on the Ocklawaha River

U.S. wildlife officials to decide on manatee status petition