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More aquatic plants seen as vital to helping Lake Apopka thrive again
Below the surface of the vast waters of Lake Apopka is a landscape akin to a desert. Only a hardy smattering of grasses, lily pads and other native plants cling to 1 percent of its lake bottom. As part of the vast, multimillion-dollar plan to restore...
Tags: Apopka, Wildlife, Conservation, Winter Garden, Lakes and Ponds
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Can growing hay on dredged muck ease Lake Apopka pollution?
Farms that were bought out and removed in the 1990s get much of the blame for the decades of pollution that killed giant Lake Apopka. Yet now some government and business officials say a return to farming along the lake's north shore might help clean it...
Tags: Environmental Pollution, Wildlife, Winter Garden, Lakes and Ponds, Chemical Industry
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Water managers accused of foot-dragging while paddling down polluted Wekiva River
The treasured Wekiva River now resembles its neighbor, notorious Lake Apopka, in at least one vivid way: algae cripple both bodies of water. That's what state water managers confronted recently when they took a rare field trip on the Wekiva, paddling...
Tags: Environmental Pollution, Barry University, St. Johns River Water Management District, Wekiva River, Bodies of Water
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Comet was dim, but the sky was beautiful
Orlando SentinelThe comet Pan-Starrs had been seen in the southern hemisphere and now was now moving to the north. Predictions said you might be able to see it with the naked eye and NASA said March 12-13 would be the best time because the location would be below a...Tags: NASA
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Freebie Friday: Free stuff to do around Orlando
EVENTS BEACH N’ BOARDS FEST: surfing tournaments, films and activites: today-Sunday; Shepard Park Beach, State Road 520 at the Atlantic Ocean, Cocoa Beach; free; 321-799-8820. BIKE WEEK: city-wide motorcycle festival: daily through March 17;...Tags: New Smyrna Beach, Daytona Beach, Arts and Culture, Mount Dora, Lake Mary
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State Sen. Alan Hays' extreme bill to limit conservation land buying should be defeated
This is the time of year when state Sen. Alan Hays usually tries to turn one of his extreme opinions into law by filing a bill that the Legislature has to consider with a straight face. Session 2013: The Umatilla Republican does not disappoint. Hays...
Tags: Ocala National Forest, Alan Hays, Nature Conservancy, Conservation, Wekiva River
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Lake Apopka Loop Trail: Segment 1
The Chain Gang - Orlando SentinelThis 4-mile section opened in 2012 and runs northwest along the lake from Magnolia Park in Orange County. It's the black line at lower right on the map is this segment. The first half-mile is paved; the rest runs atop a levee and is crushed limerock... -
Water district wisely postpones decision on sale of land near Eustis
Here's a partial victory for those who speak up and carry on at government meetings. Staffers at the St. Johns River Water Management District were recommending that board members sell 800 acres east of Eustis because it's "surplus." The land would have...
Tags: St. Johns River Water Management District, U.S. Postal Service, Property
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Obama carved a “V” for victory in Orange County
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelPresident Barack Obama easily carried Orange County, the key to the I-4 corridor, which was key the swing state of Florida, by carving a powerful “V” for victory out of the county's middle. A Political Pulse look at voting patterns on a map of... -
St. Johns River Water Management District shouldn't sell Lake County conservation property
What does "forever" mean? For Florida Gov. Rick Scott, the definition likely won't be the same as yours. His idea of the "Florida Forever" land-buying conservation program is more like "Florida Until I Say Otherwise." And now he has said otherwise....
Tags: Environmental Pollution, Politics, Wekiva River, Property, Auction Service
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HD 45: Bracy advances
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — In the House District 45 primary, Democratic voters tapped Randolph Bracy III, 35, a charter-school employee and son of Randolph Bracy Jr., the well-known senior pastor at New Covenant Baptist Church of Orlando and former chair of... -
State rejects proposal to let hydrilla spread in Lake Apopka
The Florida agency responsible for fish and wildlife has decided to pass on a controversial proposal that would have allowed an invasive aquatic plant known as hydrilla to infest more of Lake Apopka, where it survives now in spite of regular dousing...Tags: Apopka, Environmental Pollution, Wildlife, Conservation, St. Johns River Water Management District
Jun 14, 2013
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Jun 10, 2013
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May 26, 2013
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Mar 15, 2013
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Mar 8, 2013
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Feb 24, 2013
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Jan 15, 2013
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Dec 5, 2012
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Nov 23, 2012
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Nov 11, 2012
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Aug 14, 2012
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Jun 24, 2012
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