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Time to pick a new state tree ? 2008-07-23 10:31:45 Unknown disease killing off Florida's sabal palmsSo just a few hours ago I published a post about invasive species and then I find this. Florida`s state tree is being threatened by some kind of disease that has researchers stumped. Designated by the florida legislature as the state tree in 1953 these palms go back millions of years and have provided food and shelter for animals and humans alike. T
Floridas illegal alien problem 2008-07-23 00:09:54 I was driving down the street where I live here in south florida and counted 15 iguanas. All were in the same area on the grassy shoulder of the road like they are every morning. They come out in the morning to get sun and sometimes will return in the afternoon. The only problem is they are not native and they are everywhere. They will eat your flower beds up and leave a mess on your seawall. Why Read more:illegal
Some of the best Everglades Books 2008-07-21 16:29:53 Here are some of the best non fiction everglades books that I have found. Although there are many more these are my personal favorites. You can find most of these by using the Amazon link that I have on the right side of this page and it will take you straight to books pertaining to the everglades, from there you can refine the search. If some of these are not found on Amazon you can find them by Read more:Books
Screw the Everglades Build a city and when it doesnt work out screw the taxpayers 2008-07-21 00:10:00 This is a great article that shows exactly why you should not rush development. Shove it down the peoples throats tell them its good for them, make some shady deals. Use tax money to furnish it and tell them its going to be an economic explosion for the area. Then when it all goes wrong make them pay for it again, and when they demand to trim the fat cut services everyone needs. Or tell them we ne Read more:Build
No title 2008-07-20 23:07:43 Here is something else you will be glad you know. If you are entering the Park notice those speed limit signs ?, the rangers are serious. If you speed and get pulled over you will be asked whether or not you have ever been given a warning for speeding in a national park. And if you have you will get a ticket and I guarantee if you are going over the speed limit it almost a sure bet you will be pul
Virtual Treasure Trove 2008-07-18 22:09:15 If you are interested in the history of the Everglades I highly recommend the Everglades Digital Library . Use the search or the browse features and keep going through them. The old photo`s are amazing. There are also some books I can recommend and will in a later post but for now you can use the Amazon search here and it will take you straight to most of them. I do have a couple of out of print b Read more:Treasure
Planning an Everglades Trip 2008-07-18 11:56:19 I just was searching the web and struck me that many people are not aware of the many facets of "The Everglades". There are many different regions of the everglades from Homestead in South Miami Dade, to Naples on the west coast, to Lake Okeechobee and beyond. The term everglades is a broad one and to not understand the differences could mean a disappointing trip to say the least.When I first star
Too much sugar ? 2008-07-17 14:00:20 Possible Flaws in State Plan to Rescue the Everglades By DAMIEN CAVE Published: July 2, 2008 Skeptics of Florida’s proposed purchase of a large swath of the Everglades fear the oft-fertilized farmland could take at least a decade and billions of dollars to rehabilitate.
If you rebuild it they will come 2008-07-17 13:59:09 Looks like there finally may be plans to rebuild an eco friendly village at Flamingo. This means air conditioned rooms to stay at besides camping. Anyone who has ever been to Flamingo after dark in the warmer months knows how much this means.
Florida Boat Registration fees increased 2008-07-17 11:19:27 Boat registration fees increase, with the additional $10 million going to pay for 66 Florida
Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission law enforcement officers whose jobs would have been eliminated because of FWC budget cuts, plus some other FWC expenses. The cost to register a boat 16-25 feet increases to $28.75 from $18.50. Boats 26-39 feet cost $78.25, up from $50.50. Boats that do not have to Read more:Registration
More on Big Sugar Buyout 2008-07-17 10:31:40 Everglades done taking its lumps — U.S. Sugar
selling to Florida by Barbara Murray, July 17th, 2008, 7:00 am
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Everglades Snail Kites are disappearing 2008-07-16 22:52:58 How ironic that what was killing off the Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow is what`s needed to save the Everglades Snail Kite. Because of severe drought conditions in the prime habitat of the Snail Kite the food on which it is named for is disappearing as well. But I would not put the blame squarely on the drought rather those who have caused it to begin with. Sadly the Everglades restoration may not co Read more:Kites
Florida Panther Deaths 2008-07-16 17:27:48 I was crossing Alligator Alley recently and noticed that along State Road 29 south of I75 all the way to Tamiami Trail there were new sections of fence being erected. Clearly this was to keep wildlife off of the roadway especially the FloridaPanther
. The only problem was that there were so many gaps of unfinished sections of fencing. So if anything entered the roadway it would have to go back the
Flamingo Commercial Services Plan Approved 2008-08-09 10:12:06 This is from the NPS website concerning the rehabilitation of the Flamingo
area within the park.Flamingo CommercialServices
Plan Approved Date: August 7, 2008 Contact: Linda Friar, 305-242-7714 Contact: Fred Herling, 305-242-7704 The National Park Service (NPS) has issued a Findin
Woman catches lake creature with 'legs' 2008-08-02 22:57:38 A woman fishing in an Ocoee lake caught a fish-like creature with "legs". The woman's photos show what appears to be a fish with two front legs and no scales. The woman said she was "freaked out a little bit" after pulling the creature to a pier. I know you are thinking "Here we go again another invasive species" but actually this is a species native to the southeastern states. It`s actually a Les Read more:catches
I didn`t like that Ficus Hedge anyway 2008-08-01 00:03:21 Here`s the newest invasive to make the rounds, Singhiella simplex better known as the fig whitefly or should I say not known at all. Oh I can see it now first we release some foreign bug to control it, then something else to keep the solution to the original problem from decimating something else. Then we give up and move on to the newest and more exciting plague that can only be killed by.....cas Read more:Hedge
The Fox Guarding The Henhouse 2008-07-29 17:15:20 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The U.S Environmental Protection Agency has turned a "blind eye" to Florida's Everglades cleanup efforts, while the state is violating its own commitment to restore the vast ecosystem, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.I always wondered how the EPA was going to be able to meet it`s own cleanup deadline. But I guess they never really knew either because they kept pushing
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