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The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity is assessing the impact recent freezing temperatures had on the state's agricultural industry.
Read More »Citrus and Hernando among counties impacted by January freeze
Gainesville holds groundbreaking ceremony for new homes
Gainesville held a groundbreaking ceremony for an eastside housing development Monday. In 2019, the city donated 11 lots to Habitat for Humanity. The pandemic initially halted the plans. As WUFT’s Kendall Brandt shows us, the project is back on track and about to change lives.
Read More »Gainesville’s first environmental book club makes a splash for water preservation
Ethan LeBlanc, 20, wakes up every day looking forward to taking in the views of one of the clearest springs in Florida. For the past two years, he has been up at 5:20 a.m. preparing for his daily 50-minute commute to Ginnie Springs from his home in Gainesville. He said …
Read More »Gainesville sets sights on zero waste initiatives
Gainesville is inching closer to its goal of achieving zero waste by 2040.
Read More »Earth BioGenome Project enters new phase, Florida researcher shares progress
To combat the endangerment of the 15,521 animal species that are listed as threatened by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, one Florida-based project is developing genomic resources to discover the species still hidden from science.
Read More »Your plastic bottle cap can become a work of art
A new mural will be crafted entirely from bottle caps and sponsored by a budding partnership between the city and the University of Florida’s chapter of #UNLITTER.
Read More »An endangered snail kite was spotted in Paynes Prairie, though its future is unclear
In 2017, Hurricane Irma flooded Paynes Prairie. The high water habitat attracted new wildlife to north Florida, including the snail kite.
Read More »Some Florida residents faced a $600 fee for reporting free-flowing wells on their property. Now they won’t.
Residents within the St. Johns River Water Management District used to pay a high price for abiding by the law. Until recently, residents of its northeast Florida counties were expected to report free-flowing wells on their property and incur a $600 fee for plugging it. But now, St. Johns River …
Read More »Gainesville residents can recycle holiday lights at designated drop-offs
Gainesville residents can now start dropping off old or broken holiday lights for recycling at the Gainesville Public Works Facility. “As the City of Gainesville is working towards developing a zero-waste community, our goal is to encourage neighbors to reduce waste and seek alternative uses for materials rather than landfilling …
Read More »Nikki Fried joins Alachua County leaders to discuss statewide phaseout of potentially harmful food packaging
On Thursday, Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried discussed the phaseout of polystyrene food packaging at a press conference in Alachua County.
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