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Florida Wildlife Corridor

Preserve or develop? The race against time to protect the Florida Wildlife Corridor

The effort to protect the integrity of Florida’s landscape, including via the Florida Wildlife Corridor, is a race against time. 

Susan Glickman talks clean energy, Alan Cohn waxes on Tampa Bay’s TV news ecosystem

Susan Glickman has been involved in environmental policy-making for decades. In January she was named Vice President of Policy & Partnerships of the CLEO Institute, aka Climate Leadership Engagement Opportunities. The Miami-based nonprofit calls itself...

Black Nerds Matter: Elliot Mcphatter

Elliot Mcphatter, a Marine ecotoxicolgist from Eckerd College discusses his upbringing in the midwest, the role his family plays in his scientific career and the importance of networking. 
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Controversial land swap moves forward for an expressway to be built through Split Oak Forest

160 acres of the Split Oak Forest Wildlife and Environmental Area in Osceola County could be exchanged for 1,550 acres in the region.

FWC says there’s a decrease in ‘spinning’ fish and sawfish deaths in Florida

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials hope it could be a sign “we're on the tail end of this event.”
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Transportation is among Tampa’s and St. Petersburg’s clean energy challenges: Insights from the 2024 scorecard

The Hillsborough County School Board has approved putting the question before voters about a tax increase
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Spinning fish linked to algae bloom toxins Toxic algae blooms in Florida waters from the Keys to Boynton Beach are causing fish to spin themselves to death. Scientists, led by Florida Fish & Wildlife Section...

A Voice for the Truth Commission, Energy Crisis

African farmers look to the past and the future to address climate change Host, Walter L Smith II, declares The Forum is the place to analyze the work of Tampa’s new Truth and Reconciliation Commission....
Florida Wildlife Corridor

Florida Supreme Court justices are urged to weigh environmental funding

Environmental groups Thursday urged the Florida Supreme Court to take up a long-running legal battle over state conservation funding.

City of Clearwater celebrates Arbor Day

The City of Clearwater is giving out free trees to residents tomorrow, this is in celebration of Arbor Day.
Florida wetlands

Florida seeks a stay in its wetlands permitting fight

Florida has asked a federal appeals court to put on hold a district judge’s ruling about wetlands permitting authority.

Black Nerds Matter: Jada Alexander

Jada Alexander, a marine ecologist from UCSB takes a deep dive into her life as a scientist, mental health in STEM fields and her experience as a Black woman in marine biology

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