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Fecal Contamination Closes Creek At Gainesville Park

March 21, 2017 Environment

Hogtown Creek at Alfred A. Ring Park in Gainesville is closed for now because of high levels of fecal contamination, officials say.

Citizens Concerned About Proposed Silver Springs Regulations

March 20, 2017 Environment

The St. John’s River Water Management district is under fire from Marion County citizens after proposing new regulations that would allow an additional 10 million gallons of water to be extracted from Silver Springs every day.

Conservation Awards Winners On Being “Women In The Woods”

March 20, 2017 Environment

Meg Neiderhofer and Pat Harden have worked in conservation almost all their life. On Saturday they were awarded the annual Conservation Stewards Awards by the Alachua Conservation Trust for the "Women in The Woods"-themed event. They sat down with WUFT News to talk about their lives and their work.

Workout On The Waterfront Raises More Than $5,000 For Cedar Key Aquarium

March 20, 2017 Environment

About 75 people gathered at Cedar Key for the first annual Workout on the Waterfront, where six teams built boats out of cardboard, plastic and other natural items for the Repurpose-It-Regatta. The University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Nature Coast Biological Station held the event.

Open Forum Held For Opinions On Future Of Northwest Urban Core

March 17, 2017 Business and development

Residents voiced their opinions for future plans in the Northwest Urban Core neighborhood in an open forum at Stephen Foster Elementary on Wednesday. They expressed their concerns and representatives from GRU, Parks and Recreation, and more spoke about the neighborhood's future development possibilities.

Cartoon Workshop Brings Chicago Artist To Gainesville

March 17, 2017 Arts and Entertainment

Laura Park, a Chicago-based cartoonist, visited Gainesville in March to hold a week-long workshop at the Sequential Artists Workshop. An interview with Park is available at WUFT.org.

Alachua County Farmers, Homeless Preparing For Late-Season Freeze

March 15, 2017 Weather

Alachua County and other places across North Central Florida are making preparations for the rare March freeze expected for tonight. Check in to WUFT.org for live weather updates.

With 3-D Printing, UF Students Give A GRiP To Hand Camp Kids

March 13, 2017 Health and Science

UF GRiP, a club that designs and 3-D prints prosthetic devices, brought some of their creations to Hand Camp, a camp for kids with upper-limb differences, in Starke, Florida.

Under Radar, Florida Spent $240M On Lawyers

March 13, 2017 Government and politics

Gov. Rick Scott and other top Florida Republicans have spent more than $237 million on private lawyers to advance and defend their agendas, an Associated Press investigation has found.