Florida outdoor Archive

Walk Amongst Tall Pines and Cypress

Tucked into the heart of Royal Palm Beach in Southeast Florida is Preservation Park, primarily a bike trail but also an excellent park to walk amongst tall pines, cypress and sable palms. Newly dedicated this June, Preservation Park offers smooth walking paths with different degrees of difficulty for mountain biking. Palmetto palms border the trails with [...]
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National Estuaries Day: This Saturday September 27, 2008

If you live in Palm Beach County, Martin County or Indian River County, this is a great weekend to take your kids out to Shepard Park in Stuart where there will be a rally to draw attention to fresh water discharges from lake Okeechobee into the Saint Lucie River. After the rally there will be [...]
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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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The Rise and Fall of Lake Okeechobee

Today’s 5:00 pm update from NOAA has shown a notable change in the projected track of Tropical Storm Hanna, which could potentially dump more water into the newly revived Lake Okeechobee. In all her fury Tropical Storm Fay did make up for 2 years of drought by increasing Lake “O” by over 2 feet to [...]
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Rosette Spoonbill – Everglades Indicator

Late this afternoon, while working near a flooded retention area, I was joined by a few Wood Storks and their tag-a-long partner, the uncommon Rosette Spoonbill. Last time I saw a Rosette Spoonbill was right by the County Dump, a great place for bird watching. If you can stand the smell of [...]
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