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Bruce RitchieMarch 20, 2015

Florida Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Jon Steverson told a Senate panel this week he wants to cut and sell more trees from state parks — and do it faster. Citing other states that have increased revenue from timber sales on state land, Steverson told senators he is working to make Florida’s state parks financially […]

Phil AmmannMarch 16, 2015

On Friday, Gov. Rick Scott released the names of 18 appointments, including four reappointments and ten individuals selected for a series of judicial nominating commissions. Northwest Florida Water Management District Scott began by announced three reappointments to the Northwest Florida Water Management District. John Alter, 78, of Malone, is a manager with Alter-Bevis Farms LLC. […]

Florence SnyderMarch 12, 2015

Tallahassee’s Red Hills Horse Trials isn’t the first thing that comes to mind for working-class people looking to spend a spring afternoon outdoors with the kids. It’s easy to feel intimidated by a United States Equestrian Association event that attracts an international crowd of diehard members of the horsey set. But the “suggested donation” of $15 is a […]

Florence SnyderMarch 8, 2015

Tallahassee’s Red Hills Horse Trials isn’t the first thing that comes to mind for working class people looking to spend a spring afternoon outdoors with the kids. It’s easy to feel intimidated by a United States Equestrian Association event which attracts an international crowd of die-hard members of the horsey set. But the “suggested donation” […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 4, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott appointed veteran Florida lawyer Marc Dunbar to the Northwest Florida Water Management District’s governing board. Dunbar, 44, of Tallahassee, is a partner with the Jones Walker LLP national law firm and an adjunct professor at the Florida State University College of Law. Prior to his tenure at Jones Walker, Dunbar was Assistant General […]

Bruce RitchieDecember 12, 2014

Jon Steverson, Gov. Rick Scott’s choice as Department of Environmental Protection secretary, has been an outspoken director of the Northwest Florida Water Management District during his brief tenure there. Whether he will impress environmentalists with his passion and results at DEP is uncertain. Scott named Steverson, 39, on Thursday to replace Herschel T. Vinyard Jr., […]

Bruce RitchieDecember 11, 2014

Jon Steverson, Gov. Rick Scott’s choice as Department of Environmental Protection secretary, has been an outspoken director of the Northwest Florida Water Management District during his brief tenure there. Whether he will impress environmentalists with his passion and results at DEP is uncertain. Scott named Steverson, 39, on Thursday to replace Herschel T. Vinyard Jr., […]

Tag: Northwest Florida Water Management District

DEP's Jon Steverson wants to cut down more trees, do it faster

Gov. Rick Scott releases names of 18 state board, judicial nominating appointments

Florence Snyder: At Red Hills Horse Trials, cafeteria ladies join ladies who lunch

Florence Snyder: Postcard from Red Hills

Gov. Rick Scott names veteran lawyer Marc Dunbar to Northwest Florida Water District

On Florida’s newly appointed Department of Environmental Protection director

Bruce Ritchie: On Florida’s newly appointed Department of Environmental Protection director