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Scott PowersApril 3, 2017

If anyone has ever tried to insert a passive integration transponder tag into a lionfish, they may have an idea of how seriously the Florida House Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee is viewing control of invasive species. Under House Bill 587, lionfish become one of three invasive species animals, along with python snakes and tegu […]

Scott PowersMarch 21, 2017

Bills that would expand Florida’s efforts to control Burmese pythons and other invasive species and to require companies to report toxic spills moved swiftly through a Senate committee Tuesday morning. The toxic spill bill, sponsored by Republican state Sen. Bill Galvano of Bradenton, is largely a response to the massive Mosaic spill last summer that […]

Guest AuthorMay 7, 2014

I saw the following tweet recently from a semi-famous college president: “On my way to Orlando, my version of hell.” I have heard this sentiment expressed more than once by others in my higher education circles. At conferences during national committee meetings, it is usually a statement along the lines of, “Do we have to […]

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