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Save the Endangered Species Act
A threatened Florida Black BearRepublican Lawmakers, Lobbyists and the Administration Join Forces to Gut the Endangered Species ActThe 1973 Endangered Species Act is at once the noblest and most...
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Great Pacific Garbage Patch
The stomach contents of a sea turtle, according to the Ocean Cleanup Foundation, which is funding research into plastic debris found in the Pacific.Ocean Cleanup FoundationThe ‘Great Pacific Garbage...
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Florida's Most Poisonous Flower
So beautiful, and so deadly.Perhaps Florida's deadliest native plant.Spotted Water Hemlock(Cicuta maculata)In abundant supply this summer due to adequate rainfall hemlock is found in swamps and along...
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Florida's Rarest Bird—All-White Sandhill Crane
This summer Florida's rarest bird may well be this 1-in-a-million leucistic (almost all white) Sandhill Crane that is roosting in the huge Lake Theresa rookery in Deltona, Florida. Follow Phillipon...
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Florida Algae Crisis
A boat sails through a deepening algae bloom across the Caloosahatchee RiverFlorida Algae Crisis: What's the difference between red tide and blue-green algae? A Goliath grouper, killed by toxic algae,...
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Fight Against Extinction
A wolf worth saving. Photographer: John D. Simmons/Charlotte Observer/TNS via Getty ImagesWashington has become terrible habitat for the Endangered Species Act.Forty-five years ago, Congress passed the...
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Kayaking The Wekiva River
Kayaking The Wekiva RiverCentral Florida nature exists in its purest form along four miles of the Wekiva River and Blackwater Creek. Here 5,000 acres are protected (sort of, read below). For...
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Rick Scott Refuses to Accept Responsibility for Florida's Raging Red Tide
Lifeguard Mariano Martinez wears a mask Sunday because of the red tide at Lido Beach in Sarasota, Fla. (Eve Edelheit for The Washington Post)Rick Scott Refuses to Accept Responsibility for Florida's...
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Florida Lake Life
Florida lake living has been hot and sunny the second half of August. Virtually no rain on the eastern side of the peninsula coupled with maximum solar radiation makes for really hot and humid days. I...
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Florida's Fiery Fall
As Fall rapidly approaches temperatures are still in the mid 90°s (~37°C) but shadows are growing longer and the landscape is responding with a flood of fiery yellow and red flowers. One of my...
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Shark's Tooth Spring
There are at least a dozen spring in the Seminole State Forest but each has its accessibility challenges. Sharks Tooth Spring is remote, and hard to find even with a map and directions. But, it is...
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Driftwood
DriftwoodApollo BeachSeptember 2018 Weird beach days with completely deserted beaches, calm seas, hot weather. . . and driftwood. Follow Phillipon instagram@majikphilBonfire of Republican...
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Ebony Jewelwing Damselfly
The Ebony Jewelwing Damselfly (Calopteryx maculata).When mating the damselflies make a heart shape with their bodies. The female is always behind the male (white spots on her wings). Follow Phillip...
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Red Tide Rick: Red and Green Slime Sink Rick Scott
How Red and Green Slime (Really) Could Swing Florida’s Senate RaceMichael Grunwald for Politico MagazineJohn MoranJohn Moran is a Florida nature photographer, but lately he sees himself as a Florida...
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Florida Wildflowers: Pineland Chaffhead
Pineland Chaffhead(Carphephorus carnosus)Pineland chaffhead is a short-lived perennial wildflower that occurs naturally in wet pine flatwoods, savannas and open ravines. It typically blooms in late...
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Halloween in the Land of the Walking Dead
So for Halloween looking for something different to do? Why not tour the Land of the Walking Dead? Its only a short drive from Atlanta and full of creepy sights.Its not always so easy to find the...
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Florida's Threatened Garberia in Bloom
A Polka-Dot Wasp Moth (Syntomeida epilais) and a Bumble Bee on Garberia (Garberia heterophylla). Garberia is an old-growth Florida native shrub that is threatened with extinction. Garberia is...
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Florida's Forgotten Springs: Blue Algae Boil
Hidden deep within the Seminole State Forest in Lake County is Blue Algae Boil, one of Florida's forgotten springs. It appears I'm the only human to have visited this spring in a very long time. A...
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Florida's Forgotten Springs: Droty Spring
Tucked into a deep limestone ravine, right off of one of the main highways that bisects the Seminole State Forest near Mt. Plymouth is Droty Spring. Sublime. . .and completely forgotten. Follow...
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Christmas Lichen
Cryptothecia rubrocincta is a species of lichen in the Arthoniaceae family of fungi. The species is prominent in Central Florida wilderness areas this month. It is distributed in subtropical and...
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