nature center Archive

  • PSA-Everglades Summer Internship – Arthur R. Marshall Foundation

    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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  • EPA Fresh Water Standards – The New Battle at Taylor Creek

    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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  • Barley Barber Revisited – 2010 udpdate

    Barley Barber Revisited – 2010 udpdate

    Open Space Restoration combines nature with fiction, so to get the most out of each writing here is a brief trackline: this is non-fiction Last  January a protest was staged at the entrance of Barley Barber Swamp in Martin County Florida.  Barley Barber is currently under the stewardship of  Florida Power and Light.  The Protest [...]

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  • The Blob is Bryozoan ( Phylum Bryozoa)

    The Blob is Bryozoan ( Phylum Bryozoa)

    Trish W.  from Boise Idaho submitted Bryozoan as her answer and is our winner of the Guess The Blob Contest.   Trish should be receiving her copy of Population: 485 this week.  Fergi our OSR mascot added in the 2010 Farmer’s Almanac as an end of the year bonus. With all the global warming news out of [...]

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  • Guess the Blob Contest

    Guess the Blob Contest

    Michael Perry’s book, Population: 485,  is still sitting on my desk and is in fear of getting re-read, so we need to put the Guess The Track Contest to bed since we have no official winner.  James D. was our unofficial winner but he grilled me with questions until I snapped like a frozen hickory [...]

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