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2012 video interview with Tampa Bay Times reporter Craig PIttman, author of The Scent of Scandal, an orchid import mystery, conducted by Mr Media, Bob Andelman. http://www.mrmedia.com/?p=45592012 video interview with Tampa Bay Times reporter Craig PIttman, author of The Scent... more
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Video interview with Tampa Bay Times outdoors-fitness editor Terry Tomalin, author of Everyday Adventures, conducted by Mr. Media, Bob Andelman. http://www.mrmedia.com/?p=3790Video interview with Tampa Bay Times outdoors-fitness editor Terry Tomalin, author of... more
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Source: St. Petersburg Times
TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott found himself on both sides of the fence Tuesday when he told a Tallahassee audience that he supports oil drilling in the Everglades, then hours later issued a clarification that he didn't mean "an expansion of drilling."
Scott's remarks to the Economics Club of Florida were prompted by an audience member who asked whether the governor agreed with Republican presidential candidate Michelle Bachmann's call last week for oil drilling in the Everglades for "additional energy."
"You know we already have drilling in the Everglades. We already have oil wells in the Everglades,'' Scott replied. "There's a road in Naples called 'Oil Well Road,' so we already have oil drilling. We've had it since 1943.''
The comments unleashed immediate warnings from environmentalists, who have fought for decades to shield South Florida's crucial watershed from additional oil drilling as they attempt to restore the Everglades ecosystem.
http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/energy/gov-scott-clarifies-his-support-for-oil-drilling-in-everglades/1190081
"If they are already, and have been drilling there since 1943, Should they expand and allow more oil here on our Soil???Source: St. Petersburg Times
TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott found himself on... more
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(AP) The United Nations has added Florida's Everglades National Park and rain forests in Madagascar to its list of World Heritage sites in danger.
The Everglades, home to 20 endangered species, was previously on the list from 1993 to 2007 because large amounts of water were being diverted to cities.
The U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization says in a statement the park was added again for the same reason.
UNESCO says in the Atsinanana rain forests of Madagascar, illegal logging and poaching are a threat to rare lemurs.
Being on the danger list allows the agency to allocate immediate assistance from the World Heritage Fund.
UNESCO added the two sites during a meeting Friday in Brasilia, Brazil.(AP) The United Nations has added Florida's Everglades National Park and rain... more
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David Spates shows and talks about an alligator feeding frenzy caught on video by fisherman Ray Cason in Georgia.David Spates shows and talks about an alligator feeding frenzy caught on video by... more
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The Everglades, a subtropical wetland in the southern portion of Florida. A scenic oasis for wild and plant life. The Everglades Have been around long before human habitation took place around 15,000 years ago. And now due the the influx of residents in southern Florida approximately 50% of Florida's "river of grass" is gone. Though Florida has developed a comprehensive restoration plan to rehabilitate the water flow from lake Okeechobee back to the ocean there is a much darker threat on the horizon, OIL. since April 20, 2010 an estimated rate of about 70,000 barrels of oil per day have been pumping out of the gulf of Mexico. Since then an estimated amount of anywhere between 42 million and 100 million gallons have devastated the gulfs fragile waters. Much of the gulfs ecosystem is being affected. So far, 353 turtles and less than 1000 birds have been found dead. But if the oil spill is not taken care of soon we will most likely see these number rise. What does this mean for the Everglades? Will it soon be annihilated? The truth is we don't know, we can only speculate. But what we do know is it is soon to be much more devastating than we ever thought.The Everglades, a subtropical wetland in the southern portion of Florida. A scenic... more
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Mon May 17, 2010 4:59 PM EDT
By The Rachel Maddow Show
(Times-Picayune graphic)
Years before the Deepwater Horizon disaster, before the underwater volcano of oil threatened to create a dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico, scientists recognized another dead zone in the Gulf. The New Orleans Times-Picayune won a Pulitzer in 1997 for documenting the devastation around the mouth of the Mississippi River. The 7,000-square-mile dead zone was caused by algae blooms, feeding on agricultural and sewer runoff, that deplete the oxygen in the water.
http://www.pulitzer.org/archives/6010
Ten years later, the Times-Picayune found this dead zone was still growing:
"You reach a point where you've shifted the ecosystem to a completely different domain, and the recovery from that may be impossible," said Don Scavia, a professor of natural resources and environment at the University of Michigan and former National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientist who led one of the first federal studies on the dead zone in 2000. "There will be a time where the critters that typically occupy the sediment in those areas can no longer recover."Mon May 17, 2010 4:59 PM EDT
By The Rachel Maddow Show
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A Palm Beach County judge will rule within the next two weeks on whether Florida's historic plan to purchase $536 million worth of land from U.S. Sugar Corp. for Everglades restoration can move forward.
South Florida water managers plan to buy 73,000 acres of farmland from the company to construct reservoirs and water treatment marshes. The deal also leaves open the option for the state to purchase more land from the nation's largest cane sugar producer.
But U.S. Sugar's main rival, Florida Crystals, and the Miccosukee Indians have sued over the deal. Closing arguments took place Thursday; they claim it is an irresponsible use of taxpayer dollars and could further delay Everglades restoration efforts.A Palm Beach County judge will rule within the next two weeks on whether... more
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A dozen of pythons had escaped from a pet store during Hurricane Andrew in 1992. Today, they should be near 100 000 and seriously threaten the ecosystem of the national park in Florida. "They are endangering the natural balance of the park and prevent any visitor to stroll. There is only one way to stop them : "killing them"A dozen of pythons had escaped from a pet store during Hurricane Andrew in 1992.... more
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Floridians are generally not flummoxed by the variety of reptile species that invade their state. Even when pythons started turning up on the peninsula in large numbers a few years ago, most residents laughed off the huge, not-native snakes as yet another imported nuisance, little worse than some condo developers. But that nonchalance vanished in a heartbeat last week when 2-year-old Shaiunna Hare was strangled to death in her crib by a 9-ft. Burmese python kept as a pet, illegally, in her house near Orlando. (The owner, a live-in boyfriend of Shaiunna's mother, killed the python with a knife as it squeezed the girl, but it was too late.)
Suddenly Floridians, and the rest of the country, are paying more sober attention to the warnings of wildlife officials and environmentalists that proliferating pythons are a threat to critical ecosystems like the Everglades as well as to people. On July 8, Florida Senator Bill Nelson turned up the heat when he told a Senate subcommittee weighing his bill to ban the importation of Burmese pythons, "The crown jewel of our national park system has been transformed into a hunting ground for these predators. It's just a matter of time before one of these snakes gets to a visitor."
The threat to humans, however, is still slight compared with the eco-damage the invasive serpents can wreak. Officials, for example, fear pythons may be on the brink of wiping out what remains of the endangered Key Largo wood rat and that other South Florida animals like the Key Deer could be next. The Everglades are estimated to contain as many as 150,000 pythons now, preying on rare bird and mammal wildlife. "If we don't get on top of this, they're going to eradicate the indigenous species of the Everglades," Rodney Barreto, Florida's Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission chairman, said during a visit this year by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. Or beyond: the pythons are believed to be moving northward into other parts of Florida and the U.S.
The python problem started in the 1990s, when many Americans decided that big constrictor snakes like pythons and boas, often imported from Southeast Asia, would make cool house pets. It didn't take them long to realize that the snakes are not quite the exotic delights they thought. Burmese pythons can grow as long as 20 ft. (6 m) and weigh 250 lb. (113 kg). As they grow larger, they require more-spacious homes and bigger, more-expensive animals to eat, like rats and rabbits. They also get more difficult and unpleasant to clean up after. And as last week's tragedy drove home, they can be quite dangerous. It's not easy, however, for disillusioned owners to get rid of them. Because there aren't many python-rescue agencies available, the snakes get dumped in the wild — a practice that's gotten out of control in Florida since 2000.Floridians are generally not flummoxed by the variety of reptile species that invade... more
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Florida Bay is a disaster. The Everglades-- as a pristine natural resource-- are crashing. And the multi-billion dollar plan to revive the faded River of Grass has been laid bare for what it is: a work-around of the geographical fact and water-needs of the sugar industry whose political influence is anchored in place by provisions of the US Farm Bill, granting profitability for growers before a single seed of a single crop is planted.Florida Bay is a disaster. The Everglades-- as a pristine natural resource-- are... more
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A possible new bid has thrown a wrench into the state of Florida's plan to buy most of US Sugar's land for $1.34 billion and use it to help restore the Everglades, the St. Petersburg Times reports. The Lawrence Group, which has tried twice before to buy US Sugar, says it plans to offer a "far superior" deal for $300 a share, but the bid is not yet official.A possible new bid has thrown a wrench into the state of Florida's plan to buy... more
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The state of Florida has agreed to buy nearly 200,000 acres of land from a major sugar producer in a $1.7 billion deal to help restore the Everglades, Gov. Charlie Crist announced Tuesday.
Crist said the purchase provides "a critical missing link" that will restore the flow of fresh water from Lake Okeechobee into the Everglades, the massive South Florida marshland.
"It is as monumental as the creation of our nation's first national park, Yellowstone," he said. "This represents -- if we are successful, and I believe we will be -- the largest conservation purchase in the history of Florida."
The 187,000-acre tract -- about 292 square miles -- comes from the cane fields of U.S. Sugar, which will be going out of business within six years as part of the deal, CEO Bob Buker said.
Decades of development, flood-control projects and agricultural runoff had caused the Everglades to shrivel to about half of the 11,000 square miles it covered in the early 20th century.
The Everglades Foundation, a conservation group that has been critical of the sugar industry in the past, called Tuesday's announcement "a once-in-a-generation opportunity."
The state of Florida has agreed to buy nearly 200,000 acres of land from a major sugar... more
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Almost 33,000 acres of the Everglades National Park were burning Sunday, fire officials said, the latest in a series of wildfires that have scorched parts of Florida in May.
The smoke cast a haze over parts of South Florida, including Miami, prompting a dense smoke advisory from the National Weather Service.
The fire, which threatened private property as well as an endangered bird, started Friday, the Southern Area InterAgency Management Blue Team said.
By Sunday morning it was 20 percent contained, and fire crews were working to restrict it to the park while protecting the Cape Sable seaside sparrow, a federally protected species whose only habitat is in the Everglades.
Almost 33,000 acres of the Everglades National Park were burning Sunday, fire... more
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Florida's wildlife and Everglades needs immediate national attention to help preserve it. Activists are working around the clock to try and stop the nations largest Fossil Fuel Power Plant from setting up shop right in the middle of this delicate area.
Keep in mind that once is built it will create roadways and construction that will create more sprawl that will add to the destruction of the only place of its kind on the entire planet, The Everglades. We desperately need action and coverage on this issue.
The Palm Beach Environmental Coalition along with the help of Earth First is doing everything it can to radically draw attention to this matter, including getting arrested on the day construction started. Here is the links to their notes and blogs about this important matter. They have all the information on the environmental issues going on in Florida. Get involved, they are everyones wetlands! if you are not radical help support the frontmen by donating to help with the lawyer fees and bonds to make sure these pioneers can keep making progress on the River of Gas in our River of Grass.
http://pbcec.blogspot.com/
http://pbcec.blogspot.com/2007/11/pbcec-november-notes-and-announcements.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEVYnlTm2hY
Florida's wildlife and Everglades needs immediate national attention to help... more
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The skunk ape, Florida's version of Bigfoot, has been sighted over 350 times. Through first-hand sighting accounts, expert interviews with a cryptozoologist and an owner of the Skunk ape Research Headquarters, we explore the plausibility of the animal's existence. Is there truth to the legend?The skunk ape, Florida's version of Bigfoot, has been sighted over 350 times.... more
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White House Press Secretary Dana Perino called the measure "fiscally irresponsible" and said Bush cast the fifth veto of his presidency before leaving for a trip to South Carolina.White House Press Secretary Dana Perino called the measure "fiscally... more
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