Red Shouldered Hawk Archive

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

    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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  • 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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  • Blue Bracelet

    Blue Bracelet

    I spotted him leaning on the trunk of a Cabbage Palm just outside of Clewiston.   His backpack cracked by the sun, his beard gray and long.  I slowly drove by to catch a  fleeting glance at his eyes.  Clothes worn, shoes blown out,  his skin hardened, hands formed around thick veins and a faded blue [...]

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