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Johnny Jones passes away

By Ben, on July 19th, 2010%

Johnny Jones, executive director of the Florida Wildlife Federation in the 1970s and 1980s, has passed away. He was a leader in combating the environmental destruction that confronts Florida today: ill-conceived drainage plans, the over development of marginal lands, and the destruction of the Everglades ecosystem. Jones spearheaded the major effort to address the ecological disaster inflicted . . . → Read More: Johnny Jones passes away

Meeting re Inland Port in Clewiston

By Ben, on September 21st, 2008%

This just in from Hendry County:

JOINT GOVERNMENTAL MEETING BETWEEN HENDRY COUNTY AND THE CITIES OF CLEWISTON AND LABELLE

The public is invited to attend a joint governmental meeting between Hendry County and the Cities of Clewiston and Labelle on the South Florida Inland Port Project. The meeting will be held on October 2, 2008 . . . → Read More: Meeting re Inland Port in Clewiston

AoF’s comments to SFWMD re Lake O

By Ben, on September 19th, 2008%

For those of you who don’t get the email updates, here are the comments from Audubon of Florida about the U.S. Sugar purchase and the restoration of Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades. The gist is this: buy the land south of Lake O and use it for filter marshes so we can release water to . . . → Read More: AoF’s comments to SFWMD re Lake O

Miami Herald Q&A about Lake O

By Ben, on September 8th, 2008%

Once again, Curtis Martin, writing for the Miami Herald, has a timely and informative article. He did this last month as well. It’s articles like this one that make it hard for a blogger to avoid plagiarism: I simply can’t find enough fluff in the article to cut out. For example, here’s the lede:

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SFWMD to meet about land acquisition

By Ben, on September 8th, 2008%

This just in from the SFWMD:

The South Florida Water Management District Governing Board is scheduled to meet this week on Wednesday and Thursday, September 10-11, 2008. On Wednesday, September 10, District staff will be providing an update on the “River of Grass” land acquisition project during the scheduled Board committee meetings and workshop. The . . . → Read More: SFWMD to meet about land acquisition

Phosphorus

By Ben, on August 31st, 2008%

This is the second in a series of “standing issue” posts that I plan to morph into standing pages on the Conservation portion of the website. But since pages can’t receive comments easily, I thought I’d post the drafts, as it were, in case anyone out there had anything to add to our pages.

Phosphorus, . . . → Read More: Phosphorus

After drought, the deluge: Corps to begin lowering lake

By Ben, on August 29th, 2008%

According to this report in the Miami Herald, the Army Corps of Engineers is going to begin lowering water levels in Lake Okeechobee next week. You can see why at one of my favorite blogs, the South Florida Watershed Journal: the lake has gone from under 11 feet (where it was for nearly 2 years) . . . → Read More: After drought, the deluge: Corps to begin lowering lake