The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is proposing a slew of tighter regulations on invasive reptiles. But reptile breeders, exhibitors and shop owners are saying they will threaten the nature of their business, including public education about these species.
Read More »Volunteers Pull Nearly 400 Pounds Of Trash From Sweetwater Branch Creek
They collected a total of 398 pounds of debris and trash.
Read More »Clean Creek Annual Trash Cleanup Collects More Waste Than All Previous Years Combined
Gainesville got a little cleaner this past weekend as about 160 volunteers collected 19,121 pounds of trash during the fifth annual Clean Creek Revival, according to Megan Black, executive director of Current Problems, a nonprofit environmental group.
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 »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.
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