Florida Fish and Wildlife (FWC) is giving us an opportunity to learn and comment on new guidelines to protect imperiled species, such as the burrowing owl, pine snake, and fox squirrel. You can log into webinars on 10/16, 11/3, 11/7, or 11/16.
For more information see Imperiled Species Public Input to Guidelines
Photo courtesy of FWC.
For more information see Imperiled Species Public Input to Guidelines
Photo courtesy of FWC.
News Updates provided by Julie Hauserman, a longtime Florida writer who lives in Tallahassee.She has twice been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, in 1991 for her stories about pollution in Florida's Fenholloway River, and in 2001 for her stories about arsenic leaking out of pressure-treated lumber all over America. She won the Scripps Howard National Journalism Awards' top environmental prize for her work on the arsenic stories.
10-11-2017: In today’s media report, the U.S. Supreme Court says it will hear the Florida-Georgia water wars case, black water is now fouling the southeast rivers and beaches, Florida Politics says Ag Commissioner Adam Putman has received more than $3 million from utilities in his bid to become Florida’s governor, U.S. Sugar has dropped $1.5 million in campaign contributions to politicians who sit on legislative committees, activist Maggy Hurchalla has a guest column asking where is the progress on the promised Lake O reservoir, the Miami Herald editorializes against EPA cutbacks and policy changes, the Naples Daily News reports on the political prospects of the statewide fracking ban bill, all the money allocated for the state’s springs in Florida legislative bills won’t fix the problem, Bob Knight says in a Gainesville Sun column, PBS’ Frontline has a national program tonight focusing on the Trump EPA nightmare which (I think) will feature some Earthjustice folks (we did do interviews for it,) and the New Yorker has a commentary on the Trump EPA’s dismantling of our nation’s environmental laws.
http://floridapolitics.com/archives/246493-utilities-money-adam-putnam-near-800k-indirect-may-top-2-5-million
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2017/10/us-sugar-drops-15-million-into-legislative-committees-biggest-check-
http://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/indian-river-lagoon/health/2017/10/10/polluted-stormwater-pouring-into-st-lucie-river-indian-river-lagoon-florida-beaches/749161001/
http://www.tcpalm.com/story/opinion/contributors/2017/10/10/where-promised-models-everglades-reservoir-guest-column/750376001/
http://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/politics/2017/10/10/republicans-attempt-another-statewide-fracking-ban/750857001/
http://www.gainesville.com/opinion/20171011/robert-knight-springs-spending-spree-doesnt-fix-problem
http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/article178193601.html
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-frontline-war-on-epa-review-20171011-story.html
http://floridapolitics.com/archives/246493-utilities-money-adam-putnam-near-800k-indirect-may-top-2-5-million
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2017/10/us-sugar-drops-15-million-into-legislative-committees-biggest-check-
http://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/indian-river-lagoon/health/2017/10/10/polluted-stormwater-pouring-into-st-lucie-river-indian-river-lagoon-florida-beaches/749161001/
http://www.tcpalm.com/story/opinion/contributors/2017/10/10/where-promised-models-everglades-reservoir-guest-column/750376001/
http://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/politics/2017/10/10/republicans-attempt-another-statewide-fracking-ban/750857001/
http://www.gainesville.com/opinion/20171011/robert-knight-springs-spending-spree-doesnt-fix-problem
http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/article178193601.html
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-frontline-war-on-epa-review-20171011-story.html
Now or Neverglades Declaration
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I support the 200-plus Everglades scientists who have determined that increased storage, treatment and conveyance of water south of Lake Okeechobee is essential to stop the damaging discharges to the coastal estuaries; to restore the flow of clean, fresh water to Everglades National Park, Florida Bay and the Florida Keys; to improve the health of Lake Okeechobee; and to protect the drinking water for 8 million Floridians living in Monroe, Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties.Read the full #NowOrNeverglades declaration text Providing your address allows Everglades Trust to keep you up to date on relevant information for your area, including candidate and voting information, events and volunteer opportunities.
Sign here:
http://www.evergladestrust.org/now_or_neverglades_declaration?recruiter_id=37677
I support the 200-plus Everglades scientists who have determined that increased storage, treatment and conveyance of water south of Lake Okeechobee is essential to stop the damaging discharges to the coastal estuaries; to restore the flow of clean, fresh water to Everglades National Park, Florida Bay and the Florida Keys; to improve the health of Lake Okeechobee; and to protect the drinking water for 8 million Floridians living in Monroe, Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties.Read the full #NowOrNeverglades declaration text Providing your address allows Everglades Trust to keep you up to date on relevant information for your area, including candidate and voting information, events and volunteer opportunities.
