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This is smack in the middle of the Biscayne Aquifer where South Florida gets its water supply. Remember Marjorie Stoneman Douglas. A high school was named after her. She was a great champion of the Biscayne aquifer. Wikipedia Authority officials saw...
by Mathy Kathy
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on Sun Jul 13, 2025 at 07:49 AM PDT
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What you see in the main picture is a satellite shot of the airport runways on which Alligator Alcatraz is being built. What is there now is only a start. Here's another look from the air. It was originally called the Everglades Jetport. It was going...
by Bill Addis
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on Sat Jul 05, 2025 at 06:06 AM PDT
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Trump calls it the East Coast version. I'm not going to sanewash what he said, which would be that he is referring to Alcatraz out in San Francisco Bay. No, I'm going to just go and say he thinks there is another Alligator Alcatraz. You'll see in the...
by Bill Addis
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on Tue Jul 01, 2025 at 12:45 PM PDT
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Go ahead and download and enlarge. Have fun with it! --Ct
by Curious therapist
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on Sun Jun 29, 2025 at 11:10 AM PDT
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This article first appeared in The Paradise Progressive Profile, Commentary March 30, 2025 by David Silverberg On Feb. 12 of this year, Prof. Bill Mitsch passed away at the age of 77. William Jerome Mitsch was one of the world’s foremost scientific...
by Silmedia2
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on Mon Mar 31, 2025 at 07:42 AM PDT
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With an abortion initiative probably on the Florida ballot in 2024, Florida Dems have an opportunity to campaign on policies that are less divisive and would benefit everyone (including Republicans) at zero cost to taxpayers. The first policy I propose...
by Bob Waterstripe
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on Wed Sep 13, 2023 at 01:33 PM PDT
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As climate change threatens the Everglades, artists and activists try to foster connections between the people and the environment.
by Ray Levy Uyeda
This article was originally published at ...
by Prism Guest Writer
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on Mon Jan 16, 2023 at 08:20 AM PST
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Good morning everyone and welcome to Sunday’s Morning Open Thread.
Morning Open Thread is a daily, � copyrighted � post from a host of editors and guest writers. We support our community, invite ...
by P Carey
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on Sun Oct 02, 2022 at 03:30 AM PDT
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Everyone who knows me knows I like snakes and am always happy to see them.� So here are a few shots of a Cottonmouth (aka Water Moccasin—they are different names for the same snake—and yes, ...
by Lenny Flank
119 comments
on Sun Apr 03, 2022 at 07:07 AM PDT
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Everglades National Park is big. Really big. So I’ve split it into three sections: Royal Palm�Visitor Center, Flamingo Visitor Center, and Shark Valley Visitor Center. Shark Valley is at the ...
by Lenny Flank
10 comments
on Thu Mar 31, 2022 at 12:45 PM PDT
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Everglades National Park is big. Really big. So I’ve split it into three sections: Royal Palm�Visitor Center, Flamingo Visitor Center, and Shark Valley Visitor Center. Flamingo is located way at ...
by Lenny Flank
22 comments
on Wed Mar 30, 2022 at 01:53 PM PDT
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Everglades National Park is big. Really big. So I’ve split it into three sections: Royal Palm�Visitor Center, Flamingo Visitor Center, and Shark Valley Visitor Center. Royal Palm, near Homestead ...
by Lenny Flank
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on Tue Mar 29, 2022 at 12:52 PM PDT
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Let’s strap a V-8 engine on the back of a boat and see what happens. Yippee!
Some photos from an airboat ride in the edge of the Everglades.
For those who don't know, I live in a converted ...
by Lenny Flank
10 comments
on Wed Mar 16, 2022 at 12:50 PM PDT
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Alligators, birdies, lizards, snakes and more alligators. What’s not to love with all that?
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Some photos from a visit to the Everglades Alligator Farm in Homestead FL.
For those who don't ...
by Lenny Flank
13 comments
on Wed Mar 09, 2022 at 12:26 PM PST
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A selection of tonight’s stories:
Assault on Palma
Mexico virus death toll up 60%
Mexicans travel to US for vaccines
Europe; France, Covid-critical
Ship still stuck in canal
Beijing sandstorms
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by side pocket
58 comments
on Sun Mar 28, 2021 at 09:00 PM PDT
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The Paradise Progressive News and analysis, December 23, 2020 4 Minutes Dec. 23, 2020 by David Silverberg President Donald Trump’s sudden attack on the $900 billion coronavirus relief bill passed by the House and Senate...
by Silmedia2
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on Wed Dec 23, 2020 at 08:09 AM PST
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Toby Overdorf is the FL GOP State House incumbent in HD 83. Toby has spent a lot of time trying to convince people that he is the best choice for our environment and that couldn’t be further from the truth. Now that he sees...
by EJ for Florida House
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on Wed Oct 21, 2020 at 07:18 AM PDT
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As we were driving across southern Florida on US41 toward the Shark Valley entrance to Everglades National Park two and a half years ago, I kept thinking that there were too many trees. I’d been in the area 16 years before (while attending the Phish...
by scurvy turbo
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on Sun Mar 31, 2019 at 03:12 PM PDT
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The Flamingo Visitors Center is about an hour's drive from the park entrance in Homestead, so many tourists don't make the trip down, and spend all their time up at Royal Palm instead. I was hoping ...
by Lenny Flank
24 comments
on Fri Jan 26, 2018 at 12:08 PM PST
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A relic of Cold War history right here in the Everglades.
In the 1950's as the Cold War was beginning, the primary threat to the US was Soviet bombers delivering nuclear weapons by flying over the ...
by Lenny Flank
14 comments
on Tue Jan 23, 2018 at 12:21 PM PST
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