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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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Barley Barber Swamp: South Florida’s Greatest Legacy

Bart Colucci Barley Barber Swamp, which was closed to the public after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, is now open for guided tours. Put politics and big business aside and get out and see the swamp. This is South Florida’s Greatest Legacy. I have waited about 4 years to get a glimpse of Barley Barber Swamp , [...]
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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

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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Loxahatchee River

Lyrics by Wyatt Fulton Ebb Lowchowhatchee thru the land of the Jobe, Run Lowchowhatchee by the Black Bear and Panther you flow. Ebb Lochahatchee the Seminole at your edge, Drift Lochahatchee halting Jesup’s men, Chorus: Go son tell the story, carry our river thru, keep her running wild and her golden water too. Go son tell the story, [...]
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