WLRN 91.3 FM | By Jenny Staletovich Published January 14, 2021 at 6:00 AM EST On the edge of the Everglades, less than a couple thousand feet from a backdoor entrance to the national park, the Las Palmas neighborhood teeters like a forlorn scheme to conquer the marshes. Perfectly gridded lots are filled with heavy equipment, [...]
Thousands of invasive pythons removed from Florida Everglades November 15, 2020 at 11:55 am EST By Jared Leone, Cox Media Group National Content Desk MIAMI — A record number of Burmese pythons have been removed from the Florida Everglades a year after two state agencies combined efforts to combat the invasive species. Contractors for the [...]
Protecting sparrows limits flow to Everglades Nov 21st, 2019 · by Katrina Elsken FORT MYERS — The tiny Cape Sable seaside sparrow is the subject of a big debate. Is the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service jeopardizing the health of Florida Bay to save 100 to 200 endangered birds? At the Nov. 14 meeting of the South [...]
By JENNY STALETOVICH October 30, 2019 A stand-off between Florida’s Indian tribes and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is threatening to derail work to restore more than a half million acres of swamps and marshes. On Tuesday, the Corps’ commander who oversees Everglades restoration announced that he was terminating the project, which would fix [...]
July 16, 2019 at 6:05 pm DAVIE (CBSMiami) – Brought to Florida in the 1800s as an ornamental tree, the Brazilian peppertree has become a real problem in the state. More than 700-thousand acres, including portions of the Everglades, are impacted. Brazilian peppertree, a relative of poison ivy, is one of the most damaging invasive [...]
