Rose Schnabel
Report for America Corps MemberRose is a Report for America corps member covering the agriculture, water and climate change beat in North Central Florida. She can be reached by calling 352-294-6389 or emailing rschnabel@ufl.edu. Read more about her position here.
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Gov. DeSantis announced over $10 million in grants to help homeowners upgrade their septic systems as part of an effort to reduce the pollution seeping into rivers, springs and groundwater. But industry professionals say some of those dollars might go to hardly tested tech.
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It would be the second lawsuit against the landfill this year.
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Un juez del condado de Marion escuchó testimonios el miércoles para determinar si se deben admitir varias pruebas obtenidas en el hospital al juicio contra un hombre acusado de causar un accidente que mató a ocho trabajadores agrícolas e hirió a más de 40 en 2024.
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Witnesses testified at a hearing Wednesday to determine whether to suppress evidence in the upcoming trial of a man involved in a Marion County crash that killed eight farmworkers.
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The gushing groundwater that fills crystalline swimming holes in North Central Florida temporarily stopped flowing at nine springs this year. Humans are partly to blame.
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The Cow Creek wildfire burned 2,400 pine-lined acres of Levy County in April. Florida’s millenia-long fire history prepared its plants and pollinators to rebound stronger.
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The Great Southeast Pollinator Census runs Friday and Saturday.
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Resilient Florida was created to provide funding to help communities prepare for the impacts of more frequent and severe flooding, but not all who are at risk get the help they need.
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Greenville and Mount Dora show how some communities applaud Resilient Florida for its flood help and others don’t know they’re eligible.
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Between the 2019 and 2024 fiscal years, the city collected $10.3 million from projects that cut down regulated trees, according to a five-year snapshot of city data.