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Category Archives: Environment
Residents ‘paws’ to reflect on ‘Save the Florida Panther Day’
By Sarah Brand on March 15th, 2013 | Last updated: March 18, 2013 at 12:44 pm
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission hopes the day will help keep Florida’s state animal around fur-ever.
Three women remembered for their contributions to Florida’s environment
By Stephanie Denardo and Jensen Werley on March 13th, 2013 | Last updated: March 13, 2013 at 3:28 pm
While celebrating the 75th anniversary of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings’ book “The Yearling,” Floridians remember three women of the same name: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Marjorie Carr and Marjory Stoneman Douglas, who each left their mark on Florida’s history.
Silver Springs animals to relocate as park becomes state property
By Ariana Lipkin on March 12th, 2013 | Last updated: March 19, 2013 at 10:59 am
More than 250 animals in Silver Springs Nature Park must relocate before Oct. 1, following a Florida Cabinet decision to make it a state park.
Floodwaters cause Suwannee and Santa Fe River levels to rise
By Rachel Genovese on March 11th, 2013 | Last updated: March 11, 2013 at 4:53 pm
Floodwaters have caused the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to activate all five idle-speed, no-wake zones on the Suwannee and Santa Fe Rivers. The FWC wants boaters to stay off of the Suwannee-Santa Fe River system if they can, but Parker said she hopes that boaters who continue to use it proceed with caution.
Alachua County high risk for sinkholes like in Seffner
By Trevor Sikkema on March 1st, 2013 | Last updated: March 8, 2013 at 3:13 pm
After a sinkhole opened on Thursday, and swallowed a Seffner man in the process, one UF professor discusses how sinkholes are created and how common they are in the north Florida area.
Museum to screen documentary on reducing waste
By Xuan Tian on February 26th, 2013 | Last updated: February 26, 2013 at 5:10 pm
The Florida Museum of Natural History and the University of Florida Office of Sustainability are screening the award-winning documentary “The Clean Bin Project” at 7 p.m. Wednesday
Whitney Gray discusses how endangered species may adapt to the climate change at the Public Interest Environmental Conference
By Charlene Ochogo on February 22nd, 2013 | Last updated: February 22, 2013 at 6:16 pm
Florida’s native species are at a uniquely high risk for endangerment, due to the state’s sloping land and problems with rising sea levels, according to one expert who spoke at a environmental conference in Gainesville.
Prescribed burn at Paynes Prairie
By Kylie Lacusky on February 22nd, 2013 | Last updated: February 22, 2013 at 6:18 pm
On Friday, Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park working in cooperation with the Florida Forest Service underwent a prescribed burn on the prairie basin ignited by helicopter.
Florida residents conserving water, survey says
By Maggie Schwartzman on February 21st, 2013 | Last updated: February 26, 2013 at 2:18 pm
Floridians are conserving water, according to a survey by the University of Florida’s Instutitue of Food and Agricultural Sciences. More than half of the 500 Florida residents surveyed said they use low-flow shower heads and toilets, and 65 percent turn off [...]
Florida Forest Service reforesting state forests through grant
By Ben Bornstein on February 21st, 2013 | Last updated: February 24, 2013 at 2:37 pm
Florida Forest Services has been awarded more than $154,000 to reforest state forests.
