Lawmakers urge EPA to reject ‘radioactive roads’; Miami-Dade works to replace polluting septic tanks
At least 30 lawmakers urged the EPA to deny an application to use phosphogypsum as a test ingredient in road ...
Tag: Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission
UF scientists find good places to grow long-spined sea urchins, a starting point to restore ‘the lawn mowers of the reefs’
Disease nearly wiped out the long-spined sea urchin in the early 1980s, leading to algae overgrowing reefs.
Fewer manatee deaths reported than in recent years; heat records broken this summer
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reported that 431 manatees died across the state from Jan. 1 to Aug. ...
Officials charged with protecting Florida’s wildlife and ecosystems don’t seem to understand science – or care about it
By Christopher Koenig and Felicia Coleman When we started presenting the results of our research on goliath grouper ecology to ...
Signs of hope for endangered Everglade snail kite
By J. Scott Angle We know whether the Everglade snail kite becomes more or less endangered every few hours. At ...
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