Florida is an interesting place, existing at a crossroads of incredible development and population growth and still having profound and incredible biodiversity in hot spots of deep wild. Florida’s Nature Coast and Big Bend regions offer examples of that. Everglades National Park is another example. There are still places to melt into the wild and
September is National Public Lands Month. The effort to celebrate, conserve, protect and enhance our public lands culminates with National Public Lands Day on September 26th. Thousands of Americans will gather in shared purpose and spirit, on that special day in a fellowship of service, to join efforts at the local, state and federal level
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I have been pondering the miracle of migration recently. Living along the Gulf Coast we get a front row seat to the arrival and departure of our feathered friends, and sometimes they even stay a spell and spend a season with us. Let us celebrate those brave and amazing avian travelers who take epic journeys
The Other Day in Florida I took a road trip up through the Nature Coast to the Big Bend region. I left my watch at home. As the miles of my journey fell behind me in my wake, my mind opened up memories and recollections that made the trip all the sweeter. When I was
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I try to journey to Cedar Key, heart of the Nature Coast of Florida, whenever I can. My travels there recently were in part in memory of a special day I spent in Cedar Key with my dad. It was our last trip to Cedar Key together. As I drove up to the Cedar Key
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The Extinction Committee’s gutting of the ESA has far ranging consequences.
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I found myself thinking of Cedar Key today. The heart of the Nature Coast, the capital of the coastal marsh, the end of the line for railroads and travelers like John Muir. So many Cedar Keys have existed on the islands perched out in the Gulf of Mexico. Railroad destination, fishing village, pencil factory, artist
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Our new Guest series highlights the love for and importance of the Gulf.
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Justin Solet is a tribal member of the United Houma Nation, organizing fellow with Healthy Gulf, commercial fisherman, and 10 year veteran of the Gulf oil fields.
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The Trump Administration plans to issue a new proposed rule to review and revise the definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) this week. This is no surprise given that EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has been one of the loudest critics of the Obama era Clean Water Rule. The Clean Water Rule sought to
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