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Clear Spring native named Wildlife Conservationist of the Year by Florida federation
crystal.schelle@herald-mail.comGrowing up in Clear Spring, biologist Kim Dryden's childhood seems almost like a Disney nature movie. Her father and grandfather both worked for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, which gave her an unusual exposure to wildlife. "I remember...Tags: Lee County, Marine Science, Wildlife, Lee County (Florida), Science and Technology
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Lobbying 2013 Legislature cost $34.2M
TALLAHASSEE — Insurance carriers, sugar growers pushing to lessen their pollution costs, telecommunications giant AT&T and an Internet-cafe software company dominated spending on lobbyists to influence the Florida Legislature during the first...Tags: Winter Park, Labor Legislation, Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority, Business Enterprises, Rick Scott
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Unusual rain pattern helps create riot of roadside color
Surely the six days of soggy weather last week caused some sort of mayhem like destructive flooding, heavy swarms of mosquitoes or a rash of new sinkholes. Not so much. But the weather that lurked about much of Florida last week, looking on radar like a...
Tags: Seminole County, Palm Beach County, Wildflowers, Apopka, Highway Transportation
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Shooting range proposed for Mecca Farms
There will be gunfire rather than scientific discovery under a proposal to open a shooting range on Palm Beach County's Mecca Farms — once the intended home of The Scripps Research Institute. A new state plan calls for building a shooting range,...
Tags: Jupiter, Palm Beach County, Wildlife, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Issues
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Usually sunny, South Florida's spring turns stormy and wet
The jet stream, a powerful river of air in the upper atmosphere, has radically altered South Florida's weather. Usually warm and sunny this time of year, it's turned wet and wild. On Thursday, thunderstorms and heavy rains caused a widespread mess....
Tags: Boynton Beach, Delray Beach, Deerfield Beach, National Weather Service, CVS Corp.
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Costly new levee to guard against Palm Beach County flooding threatens wetlands
Flooding fears lingering from Tropical Storm Isaac's historic soaking of Palm Beach County shouldn't result in destroying wetlands to add a new levee, according to environmental advocates. After Isaac, concerns about a potential breach of the damaged...
Tags: Boynton Beach, Palm Beach County, Wildlife, Wetlands, Hurricane Isaac (2012)
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Breezy Friday, good chance of rain over weekend
Sun SentinelIt should be warm and breezy today, followed by a potentially wet weekend. South Florida's Friday forecast calls for partly sunny skies with afternoon highs in the mid 80s, evening reading in the low 70s and a 20 percent chance of showers and storms....Tags: West Palm Beach, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), National Weather Service, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Fort Lauderdale
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Tuesday Morning: Health care vote, immigration and water
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — Good morning and happy Tuesday. Here's what we're reading today. * The Sun-Sentinel covers yesterday's hearing on the House health plan. * The Orlando Sentinel reports that teachers are planning a lawsuit over a state evaluation... -
Tuesday Morning Reads: Teacher lawsuit, the House health plan and water quality
TALLAHASSEE -- Good morning and happy Tuesday. Here's what we're reading today. * The Sun-Sentinel covers yesterday's hearing on the House health plan. * The Orlando Sentinel reports that teachers are planning a lawsuit over a state evaluation...Tags: Delray Beach, Maria Lorts Sachs
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Governor appoints two new South Florida Water Management District board members
Sun SentinelA development consultant and a farming company representative are Gov. Rick Scott’s two new appointees to the South Florida Water Management District board. Frederick “Rick” Barber and Mitch Hutchcraft will fill two vacancies on the...Tags: Orlando, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Science and Technology, Rick Scott, Everglades
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Moderate drought spreads across most of South Florida
Most of South Florida is now at a high risk of seeing wildfires, and some water supplies are lower than normal, as moderate drought conditions have spread across Broward and Miami-Dade counties. Palm Beach County, which received enough rain to escape...
Tags: Water Supply, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), National Weather Service, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Lake Okeechobee
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South Florida Water Management District gets new chairman
Sun SentinelA real estate attorney who lives near Orlando is the new chairman of the South Florida Water Management District. Daniel O’Keefe, of Windermere, on Thursday was picked to lead the appointed, nine-member board that heads the agency charged with...Tags: Windermere, Orlando, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Science and Technology, Rick Scott
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