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After an unusually stormy start to the Florida summer, the Horse Protection Association of Florida is seeking temporary foster homes for some of the horses until their flooded pastures dry up.
Read More »Micanopy Farm Seeks Foster Homes For Horses
Alachua County Votes To Buy Weiss Property, Open Trails Within A Year
That 12-month trail-opening timeline was part of his motion Tuesday night to have the county spend $2.9 million for its share of a joint $4.4 million purchase with the City of Gainesville.
Read More »Tourism Boost Sought After Alberto Blows Through
As winds and rains let up from Subtropical Storm Alberto, Florida officials Tuesday were quickly spinning ways to draw tourists to areas that may have missed out on Memorial Day crowds.
Read More »Florida Voices | Kenny Camp, 40 Acres
Black farmers made up 16 percent of U.S. farmers in 1920. Today, that number is less than one percent. Kenny Camp worries the family he has worked on since he graduated high school will end with him.
Read More »More Sinkholes Open In Marion County
More sinkholes were reported Monday in Marion County around homes that were previously evacuated for the same reason in February.
Read More »Volunteers Collect Thousands of Pounds of Trash From Gainesville Creeks
About 150 volunteers with Current Problems Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting water resources in North Florida, recently collected 6,590 pounds of trash from creeks around Gainesville. Most of the trash likely came from flooding during Hurricane Irma, said Megan Black, executive director of Current Problems.
Read More »Why Wishful Thinking Leads To ‘Wishful Recycling’ Problems In Alachua County
Wishful recycling is when a consumer hopes that a good is recyclable and puts it in their collection bin, but in reality, that slows down the recycling operation.
Read More »Waterways Group Warns Of Fecal Contamination Impacting Gainesville Creek
Megan Black said that nearly all creeks in the Gainesville area are considered “impaired.” This classification indicates that the water body has become so polluted that it no longer does its job properly, and county officials are taking notice.
Read More »Lochloosa Lake Homeowners Battle Invasive Plants
Invasive plants such as hydrilla and hyacinth pose a mounting concern for homeowners on Lochloosa Lake in Hawthorne.
Read More »How Are Gainesville, Alachua County Going To Use Millions In Wild Spaces And Public Places Funds?
The county and its municipalities all receive portions of this funding, but the largest chunk, 57.17 percent, goes to the county and the second largest 35.78 percent, to the City of Gainesville. What is Gainesville going to spend this money on?
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