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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
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
on Mon Jan 16, 2023 at 08:20 AM PST
with 27 Recommends
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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
on Sun Oct 02, 2022 at 03:30 AM PDT
with 19 Recommends
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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
on Sun Apr 03, 2022 at 07:07 AM PDT
with 89 Recommends
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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
on Thu Mar 31, 2022 at 12:45 PM PDT
with 20 Recommends
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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
on Wed Mar 30, 2022 at 01:53 PM PDT
with 26 Recommends
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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
on Tue Mar 29, 2022 at 12:52 PM PDT
with 21 Recommends
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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
on Wed Mar 16, 2022 at 12:50 PM PDT
with 19 Recommends
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Alligators, birdies, lizards, snakes and more alligators. What’s not to love with all that?
:)
Some photos from a visit to the Everglades Alligator Farm in Homestead FL.
For those who don't ...
by Lenny Flank
on Wed Mar 09, 2022 at 12:26 PM PST
with 16 Recommends
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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
on Sun Mar 28, 2021 at 09:00 PM PDT
with 31 Recommends
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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
on Wed Dec 23, 2020 at 08:09 AM PST
with 17 Recommends
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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
on Wed Oct 21, 2020 at 07:18 AM PDT
with 7 Recommends
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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
on Sun Mar 31, 2019 at 03:12 PM PDT
with 32 Recommends
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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
on Fri Jan 26, 2018 at 12:08 PM PST
with 23 Recommends
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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
on Tue Jan 23, 2018 at 12:21 PM PST
with 17 Recommends
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Ever wonder what happens if you strap an airplane engine to the back of a boat….?
In all the almost two decades I lived in Florida, I was never on an airboat. So I went to Gator Park, near Miami, ...
by Lenny Flank
on Tue Jan 09, 2018 at 11:55 AM PST
with 8 Recommends
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Been a lifelong fan of civil engineering, and watched with amusement here in Minnesota as they tried to drain, fill, and build in and on swamps. Eventually, the swamp always won- Flooding and consuming even the best designed highways, buildings, and...
by dyna
on Fri Sep 15, 2017 at 12:35 PM PDT
with 132 Recommends
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From almost the moment it formed, expectations have been that Hurricane Irma would hook right as it approached Florida, carrying it north and east, away from the scalding waters that have nursed it’s unmatched intensity. That hasn’t happened. Irma has...
by Mark Sumner
on Sat Sep 09, 2017 at 07:23 AM PDT
with 71 Recommends
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Got an e-mail from my landlady just after noon, our trailer park is evacuated and but there's no damage. The fire has consumed 7,500 acres at the west end of the Everglades near Naples, southwest of the I-75 and Collier Boulevard. No casualties but a...
by dyna
on Wed Mar 08, 2017 at 02:25 PM PST
with 10 Recommends
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The Fanjul family of Palm Beach County, Florida are some of the most powerful, influential and wealthy people on the planet. Their power and their endless wealth is so strong that they have been able to cause politicians of both parties to sell their...
by Pakalolo
on Mon Oct 03, 2016 at 02:44 AM PDT
with 31 Recommends
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