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Fish and Wildlife Commission Prohibits Campfires on Public Lands

FlaglerLive | June 17, 2011

As a result of ongoing wildfires, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission issued the executive order prohibiting campfires in wildlife management areas, wildlife and environmental areas and all other lands it manages.

Sprawl-Fighting State Oversight Agency Is Dissolved, To the Delight of Local Developers

FlaglerLive | June 15, 2011

The Florida Department of Community Affairs, created in 1969 to manager growth, is being diluted into other agencies, leaving local governments much freer to develop as they choose.

Black Bear, Brown Pelican and 14 Other Species Off Threatened List in Florida

FlaglerLive | June 8, 2011

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission voted unanimously to delist the animals following a review began four years ago. The snowy egret was also removed.

In a Victory for Flagler Boaters, FWC Rejects Its Staff’s Proposed Manatee Speed Zones

FlaglerLive | June 8, 2011

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission asked its staff to draw up a new compromise favoring Flagler County’s position on manatee speed zones on the Intracoastal, a significant defeat for manatee advocates.

Coquina Defund: Palm Coast’s Desalination Hopes Dry Up As Last Partners Drop Out

FlaglerLive | June 8, 2011

The Coquina Coast Seawater Desalination project unveiled 14 general sites where the plant might be located in Palm Coast, but it may be a moot discussion as the city’s financial partners are quitting, and Palm Coast can’t afford it on its own.

Florida Wants Privatized Camping and RV Sites at 56 State Parks, Including Washington Oaks

FlaglerLive | June 4, 2011

The privatization quietly developed plan would bid out the 56 parks to companies that would build and operate the camping and RV sites as a way to generate money and ostensibly help keep the parks running.

Scott Signs Development Bill That Virtually Eliminates State Oversight of Local Planning

FlaglerLive | June 2, 2011

Local governments will get to decide how and where to grwo with little or no interference from the state growth-management regulators, whose role is now severely limited.

Flagler Ranks Low in Latest Florida Forever Priorities, But Money Is Elusive Anyway

FlaglerLive | May 18, 2011

Only one project–the 4,200-acre Flagler County Blueway–made the list of the state Florida Forever priorities for preservation this year, and at a low ranking–with little to no money in the state fund anyway.

Flagler Whacks Proposed Speed Zones on Intracoastal as Manatee Advocates Protest

FlaglerLive | May 17, 2011

Tuesday’s public hearing was the latest step in months of wrangles between Flagler County and the Fish and Wildlife Commission over manatee-protecting speed zones on about a third of Flagler’s 18 miles of Intracoastal.

Hurricane Tallahassee: Environmentalists Survey Wreckage of 2011 Legislative Session

FlaglerLive | May 13, 2011

Developers gained more power in environmental disputes, state regulation of development was scaled back, the Department of Community Affairs is all but history as the Florida Legislature diminished the state’s growth management role in favor of development.

Scenic A1A Lands $460,000 Grant to Remake Varn Park and River-to-Sea Gateways

FlaglerLive | May 2, 2011

The federal National Scenic Byways grant was the largest of just three such awards in Florida, and will have a $140,000 match from Flagler County.

How Slashing Water Management Districts’ Budget 25% Endangers Our Way of Life

FlaglerLive | April 16, 2011

Allan Milledge, a former water management district chairman, asks: Do you want to jeopardize protection of our rivers, lakes, springs, and wetlands and the protection of our water supply to save an average less than $20 dollars per household per year?

BP Oil Spill Aftermath: “Spillionaire” Profiteers of Mismanagement’s Gulf Spoils

FlaglerLive | April 14, 2011

How the BP oil spill has made profiteers rich from BP’s $16 billion in clean-up spending while hiding the results of the cleanup, because BP, not the federal government, is in charge.

Disaster Ready? 5 Nuclear Reactors in Florida, 3 Of Them Within 180 Miles of Palm Coast

FlaglerLive | March 15, 2011

Progress Energy’s Crystal River Plant in west Florida is exactly the same distance–140 miles–separating Tokyo from the exploding Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan. Two reactors in Jensen Beach are 180 miles south.

In Your Backyard: Public Discussion on Where to Plunk Desalination Plant Wednesday

FlaglerLive | March 8, 2011

The $200 million, Palm Coast-led desalination project is holding an open house and public comment period on the project’s location beginning at 6 p.m. at the Whitney Laboratory in Marineland on March 9.

Gallery Whales: Rick Cannizzaro’s Giants Opening at Ocean Publishing

FlaglerLive | February 17, 2011

The third in a series of gallery shows that tie art to books (and a cause), Rick Cannizzaro’s “Ocean Giants” features 11 new paintings of whales, along with a few works from previous shows.

Premature Celebrations: Scott Silent on Park Closures. Legislature May Still Ax Some.

FlaglerLive | February 11, 2011

State parks such as Washington Oaks Gardens appear to have been spared closure in Gov. Rick Scott’s budget, but they’re far from safe as the Legislature begins to look for ways to close a $4 billion deficit.

From Flagler’s Washington Oaks, Fla. Audubon Launches Campaign to Save 53 State Parks

FlaglerLive | February 7, 2011

Some 65 people gathered at Washington Oaks Gardens State Park Monday to kick-off the campaign to save endangered parks, including two in Flagler County, as Gov. Rick Scott was pledging to cut $5 billion from the budget.

Washington Oaks Gardens and Bulow Ruins Among 53 State Parks That Would Close

FlaglerLive | February 1, 2011

Similar proposals have been made before, but the state must close a $3.6 billion budget gap, and Gov. Rick Scott is not as friendly to the environment as Charlie Crist was.

Spotted Seatrout Fishing Prohibited in February North of Flagler-Volusia Line

FlaglerLive | January 26, 2011

The harvest and possession of spotted seatrout is prohibited from Feb. 1 to March 1, 2011 in all waters north of the Flagler/Volusia counties line to the Florida-Georgia border.

The Southern Redcedar, or “Sand-Cedar”

FlaglerLive | January 21, 2011

The Southern Redcedar: a brief definition and description of the hardy tree found in mid-to-northern Florida and the coastal South, with images.

Right Whale Alert: Mother and Calf
Off Flagler Coast Today

FlaglerLive | January 18, 2011

A mother right whale and her calf are gliding south along Flagler’s coastline today. They were seen of Jungle Hut Road in the Hammock this morning.

Right Whales Soar Off Flagler’s Coast, But Two Beached Pilot Whales Die in Marineland

FlaglerLive | January 16, 2011

The week brought rich sightings of right whales along the Flagler County coastline. But on Thursday, two seriously ill pilot whales beached in Marineland and died. Videos of both events from whale watcher Christine Sullivan.

23 Panthers Killed in Florida Last Year, 16 of Them by Vehicles

FlaglerLive | January 10, 2011

The endangered Florida panther numbers less than 200 animals in South Florida. Every year, in rising numbers, 12 to 17 panthers are killed on Florida roads. Yet the panther population may be increasing.

9.5-Inch Rain Deficit at Year’s End, Falling Aquifer: Hydrologic Summary for July-December

FlaglerLive | January 6, 2011

The latest bi-annual report on water conditions in the region: a severe drought netting a 9.52-inch deficit at year’s end, lower flows on the St. Johns, and a still-declining aquifer.

Why Fish & Wildlife Commission Is Keeping Strict Limits on Snook Fishing in Florida

FlaglerLive | December 6, 2010

Snook fishing was allowed this fall, Fish and Wildlife Chairman Rodney Barreto writes, but all harvesting of the fish in Florida waters will end from Dec. 15 until at least next September to better protect stock and spawning.

Deceptive Calm: Flagler and Florida Spared 3rd-Busiest Hurricane Season on Record

FlaglerLive | December 1, 2010

The calm is deceptive: Florida has done nothing to reduce its colossal property-insurance exposure. To the contrary. Builders are increasingly encouraged to build anywhere to reverse the effects of the real estate crash.

Flagler Health Department Downplays Worries As First Cholera Case Is Confirmed in Florida

FlaglerLive | November 17, 2010

The disease, carried from travelers from Haiti, is dangerous and can be deadly, but its chances of spreading in the United States are next to nil, treatment is simple, and recovery swift–when it’s caught in time.

Marineland’s John Hankinson Appointed Director of Obama’s Gulf Recovery Task Force

FlaglerLive | October 29, 2010

John Hankinson, chairman of Florida Audubon, has an environmental consulting office in Marineland and was the Southern Region’s EPA administrator during the Clinton administration.

Bill Proctor and Doug Courtney Struggle To Out-No Each Other In Florida House Race

FlaglerLive | October 6, 2010

In the race for the Florida Legislature seat closest to Flagler residents, Republican incumbent Bill Proctor of St. Augustine is facing perennial candidate and Democrat Doug Courtney of Palm Coast.

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