Posts Tagged ‘Everglades’
PBS Video: What’s Stopping Everglades from healing?
“What’s stopping the vulnerable Everglades from being healed?” PBS Newshour story includes video of toxic algal blooms in Stuart. Worth watching for interview with Michael Grunwald, author of “The Swamp.”…
Read MoreGuest column: Invest in reservoir now — not later
By Nathaniel P. Reed March 10, 2017 TC Palm There is nothing complicated about the need to invest in the so-called Everglades Agricultural Area reservoir. One need only understand that water…
Read MoreSteep decline in wading bird nesting, SFWMD annual report shows
By Dacia L. Johnson March 8, 2017 TC Palm The South Florida Water Management District this week released its annual South Florida Wading Bird Report which showed the lowest wading bird nesting count…
Read MoreEve Samples: Economic Council co-founder resigns, citing U.S. Sugar
By Eve Samples February 24, 2017 TC Palm Bud Jordan is not a radical. He has been an investment broker in Stuart for more than four decades. He’s a member…
Read MoreFlorida water managers call for ending federal court oversight of Everglades clean-up
By Jenny Staletovitch February 23, 2017 Miami Herald A quarter century after the state promised to clean up polluted farm water fouling the Everglades in a historic federal court order,…
Read MoreColumn: A Mistake by the lake — and how we now have a second chance for our water
By Dan Burkhardt February 14, 2017 Tampa Bay Times] Think of it this way. Seventy-five years ago, your neighbor had three chickens. Over the years one thing led to another,…
Read MoreFix the Everglades? Don’t listen to Sugar’s lobbyists
(Uncredited) February 10, 2017 Orlando Sentinel The Florida Legislature is likely to be divided this session between North and South Florida. It shouldn’t be. South Florida needs water desperately. What used to…
Read MoreEve Samples: Land-buy bill is bold response to toxic algae
By Eve Samples January 26, 2017 TC Palm Let the gamesmanship begin. On Thursday, a bill was filed advancing state Senate President Joe Negron’s proposal to buy 60,000 acres south of…
Read MorePoisoning A River of Grass
By Jessica M. Castillo January 23, 2017 University of Miami In less than a 20-minute drive west, Larry Brand leaves Miami’s suburban sprawl and reaches the Everglades, where he’s been…
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