Water is ‘our way of life’ but makes Florida vulnerable to climate change
By Matilda Pollard The following is a Q&A conducted with Maya Burke, assistant director of the Tampa Bay Estuary Program. ...
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The governor and Legislature need to address Florida’s many water-quality challenges
By Jon Paul Brooker, Florida Conservation As Florida continues to wisely invest in high-profile environmental initiatives such as the restoration ...
Tampa Bay must restore its seagrass
The Tampa Bay Times Editorial Board Tampa Bay is Florida’s largest open-water estuary, a foundation of the area’s quality of ...
Here are three steps we can take to reduce the number of manatee deaths in Florida
By The Treasure Coast Newspapers Editorial Board The manatee is one of the most iconic animals in Florida. Few visitors ...
Many of Florida’s most important waterways are dying
By Robert Knight, Florida Springs Institute Florida is the Land of a Thousand Springs. Beautiful and healthy springs are among Florida’s ...
Florida’s environment took a beating in 2021. Could 2022 be even worse?
By Ed Killer, Treasure Coast Newspapers Outdoors Writer The list of environmental disasters that befell Florida's lands and waters in ...
In St. Petersburg, climate change smells like rotting fish
Tampa Bay Times Editorial Board This is what climate change smells like. It’s the stench of tons of rotten fish ...
Piney Point is a symptom of a bigger issue in Florida: the lack of a statewide approach to cope with the climate crisis
By Jon Paul “J.P.” Brooker, Director of Florida Conservation for Ocean Conservancy While the Piney Point disaster seems to no ...
Terry Gibson: The warming climate threatens Florida’s claim to the title of ‘the fishing capital of the world’
An interview with Terry Gibson, American Water Security Project As part of its series “The Business of Climate Change,” which ...
Republican leaders say Florida must prepare for sea-level rise
By Chris Sprowls and Wilton Simpson Throughout our history, Floridians have reveled in our state’s natural resources. With our miles ...
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