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A Lake Dumps Thru It…The Rise and Fall of Lake Okeechobee

Today, murky golden water dropped down into the Saint Lucie River as the Army Corps of Engineers decided to release water from Lake Okeechobee for the first time in over 2 years. The Saint Lucie River was making a comeback and now it may have to fight back again to ward off the wrath of [...]
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Wyatt’s Snook Challenge

Did I get an earful from Wyatt today when I ran into him at Whole Foods, “Thanks for painting me as a carbon burning, land exploiting, deer hunting, right wing nut job,” says Wyatt. I never said you were a deer hunter Wyatt, in fact every year you hunt deer you come [...]
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Modern Day Tragedy

I have seen a Diamond Back Rattlesnake only 2 times in the last 5 years on my trail, both times it was during the winter, basking in the afternoon warmth of the sun. I walked around him and viewed his beauty like I was stepping on an ice covered lake. [...]
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Wyatt on Carbon Footprints

Working on my trail I get an opportunity to “chew the fat” with some pretty interesting folks, but no one is more colorful than Wyatt Fulton. Wyatt is known for three things on the trail, fishing for large mouth bass, telling you the name of every bird in sight, and chomping out his opinions. Wyatt [...]
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Lightning Strike

It can take over twenty years for a slash pine to reach impressive heights and size, but only a millisecond to kill it from a lightning strike. That is exactly what happened to the slash pine in the photo, but not once but twice!
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