environmental issues Archive

PSA-Everglades Summer Internship – Arthur R. Marshall Foundation

The Deadline is March 31, 2010; A great way to spend part of a summer: Arthur R. Marshall Foundation Summer Intern Program Increase your probabilities for job selection in the future thanks to working at the Arthur R Marshall summer internship program. Since its inception in 2002, the Arthur R. Marshall Summer Intern Program [...]
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Death To An Live Oak – A Strapping Reminder

Bart Colucci Planted along a rear service road of a major shopping center stands this Live Oak Tree. Heavy rains and strong winds were the “final nails in the coffin” as the tree splits from the center of the trunk about head high. The lower branches are heavily scarred from being bumped on numerous occasions by [...]
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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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West Palm Beach Newly Renovated Waterfront – Current Art Exhibit Sends Message To Cast Out Today’s Human Race

Bart Colucci Open Space Restoration combines nature with fiction, so to get the most out of each writing here is a brief trackline for this post: Non-Fiction This Sunday we spent the day exploring the West Palm Beach Waterfront. A newly landscaped $30 million dollar open space area along Flagler Drive in West Palm [...]
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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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