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County Arborist Lacy Holtzworth said the tree planting program started six years ago. The group planted elm, longleaf pine, magnolia and live oak trees. The program’s goal is to plant the long lived, high value shade trees in unincorporated areas.
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Tree farmer Joshua Milliken, 38, spends his days trekking through miles of trees both on the job and off of it.
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The invasive, and elusive, Cuban tree frog has spread throughout Florida, requiring only a puddle of water to breed. With rain on the horizon, Dr. Steve Johnson, a professor of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation at the University of Florida, said seasonal reproduction rates are about to skyrocket.
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The Alachua County Board of Commissioners agreed on Tuesday to submit a chair letter to Florida Forever expressing the county’s initial commitment to manage the properties located in Alachua County in the proposed Little Orange Creek Conservation Corridor.
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“This is a big step in that direction of using multiple types of power sources to support our city for the future,” said Vice Mayor Dayne Miller. The amended contract aims to ensure the project’s success by providing the commencement of installation in November and amending the contract to an increased price as energy rates rise.
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Within 100 years, about 75% of the current gopher tortoise population could disappear. Despite these calculations, the federal agency denied Endangered Species Act protection to the Eastern population of gopher tortoises in the U.S.
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Florida is asking a federal judge to speed up a final ruling in a high-stakes case about permitting authority for projects that affect wetlands.
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Residents are concerned following the total clearance of a 20-acre parcel in northwest Gainesville.
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A team of scientists from the University of Florida celebrated their recent Greenland research expedition at a local brewery Wednesday night.
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The Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission found the body of a manatee people called Asha in the St. Johns River on Jan. 12 after she died of cold stress.
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There are also no harmful side effects of subsidences. The water is simply entering the aquifer faster than the park’s designers intended. The reason why these subsidences continue to occur is because of Florida’s karst topography, she said.
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The latest scientific findings reveal that global shark populations are on the decline, despite the protective arm of government efforts. Florida appears to be an exception.