aquatics Archive

Interview: w/My Daughter on the Bluegill Trail – Palm Beach Gardens Florida

The 5.4-mile Bluegill Trail is the first in Palm Beach County to be opened inside the footprint of the Northeast Everglades Natural Area program(NENA). It is a collection of about 165,000 protected acres – about 260 square miles – in northern Palm Beach County and southern Martin County. The Bluegill Trail, now recently [...]
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Barley Barber Swamp: South Florida’s Greatest Legacy

Bart Colucci Barley Barber Swamp, which was closed to the public after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, is now open for guided tours. Put politics and big business aside and get out and see the swamp. This is South Florida’s Greatest Legacy. I have waited about 4 years to get a glimpse of Barley Barber Swamp , [...]
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Lake Wellington honors the late great Benson by naming Its 40# Carp Lord Sawyer Benson I

Bart Colucci Not really, not really Lake Wellington, not even any person living in Wellington Florida has decided to honor the late great Benson. Benson (pictured on the left of your screen not wearing the hat) was the U.K.’s largest common carp, but I’m going to take mayoral liberty, name myself Mayor and then name Wellington [...]
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EPA Fresh Water Standards – The New Battle at Taylor Creek

The Miccosukee Tribe of Florida Sued the Environmental Protection Agency in U.S. District Court in Miami in 1995 and the Florida Wildlife Federation followed with their complaint on July 17, 2008. Taylor Creek is located in Okeechobee, Florida. The Taylor Stormwater Treatment Area is maintained by South Florida Water Management District, and a must visit for birders, walkers and photographers. All photos were taken at the Taylor STA.
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The River Otter and Osprey And How They Can Answer Acreage Cancer Cluster Questions.

Open Space Restoration combines nature with fiction, so to get the most out of each writing here is a brief trackline for this story: Non-fiction. During the next few weeks the State of Florida will start new testing of the soil and water to find the smoking gun, if any that may be [...]
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