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Planning and Growth Management

May 24, 2021

From the Florida Association of Counties on growth management, which reads in part: “In 1985 Florida enacted the Local Government Comprehensive Planning and Land Development Regulation Act, Chapter 163, Part II, Florida Statutes. This statute requires that all local governments…

The Big Sugar-COVID connection

May 20, 2021

Did Sugar add to the COVID-19 body count? CLICK HERE TO BECOME A BULLSUGAR.ORG MEMBER As the COVID-19 pandemic begins to ease in the United States — though it continues to rage in India and other countries — Americans have…

TAKE ACTION: Tell Gov. DeSantis to Veto Senate Bill 88

April 28, 2021

For Big Sugar, it was party time. Last Thursday lobbyists for the powerful sugarcane industry were seen having lunch at the swanky Governor’s Club in Tallahassee, popping champagne and exchanging high-fives to celebrate the passage of Senate Bill 88 in…

Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Go Back In The Water…

April 22, 2021

CLICK HERE TO BECOME A BULLSUGAR.ORG MEMBER A visit to the eastern shores of Lake Okeechobee this Earth Day should be accompanied by the ominous tones of the “Jaws” theme song. Just when you thought it was safe to go…

Water Quality Standards Needed to Protect Coastal Estuaries

April 15, 2021

Congressman Byron Donalds should be commended for recently filing a bill requiring that the federal government continue to monitor our waterways for harmful algae blooms, even in the event of a government shutdown. Continuous monitoring of the presence of red…

Herbicide used in FL as a cure-all is more like a kill-all

April 1, 2021

Article Reference: Herbicide used in FL as a cure-all is more like a kill-all By Craig Pittman “Can you imagine what life was like for Florida’s earliest occupants? Think of the unrelenting heat that led them to name so many places…

Fix the FLO

March 29, 2021

The following article is set to appear in the April edition of Florida Sportsman Magazine. It is reprinted with permission here. Send Lake O water south, before the rainy season,to prevent harmful discharges to the coasts: How it can be…

Florida Sportsman Guest Post: No and Bad

March 25, 2021

The following article is set to appear in the April edition of Florida Sportsman Magazine. It has been updated to reflect recent legislation and reprinted with permission here. No and Bad, that’s what we have in Tallahassee, and the 2021…

Florida Sportsman Guest Post: The Swamp and Unfishable Waters

March 18, 2021

The following article first appeared in the March edition of Florida Sportsman Magazine. It is reprinted with permission here. In 1763 the Dismal Swamp Company was founded to drain, tame and make profitable the low-lying swamp-land in and around Washington…

TAKE ACTION: Demand Zero Discharges to the St. Lucie

February 19, 2021

It’s possible to eliminate toxic discharges to the St. Lucie River entirely. The Army Corps of Engineers’ own modeling has demonstrated so. That’s big news for the estuary that suffers harm from any level of lake releases — and we…

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