Category: environment
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Writing 101: Indian RIver Lagoon Birds

#writing101 #wordpress #indianriverlagoon Indian RIver Lagoon Birds The assignment was to write something based on an image. We were given a place to get images. I went there and I donated 8 images and then decided to use my own. When we had the toxic discharges from Lake Okeechobee in 2013 all the birds went…
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Writing 101: Funny

#writing101 In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Retrospectively Funny.” I had a hard time picking a word. The first word I thought I’d write about was synchronicity. “the simultaneous occurrence of events that appear significantly related but have no discernible causal connection.” Like picking the word and seeing the prompt from yesterday was…
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Florida Back Roads: Yesterday’s Woad Twip , The Peace River and oh ya pollution.
HUGE PHOSPHATE MINES ARE DEVOURING THE PEACE RIVER WATERSHED, LEAVING BEHIND UNSTABLE CLAY POOLS THAT PREVENT WATER FROM REACHING THE RIVER — UNTIL THEY COLLAPSE.
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Must watch Video on Bear Hunt. Then funny bear video.

Ronald Bergeron, one of the commissioners, said he can’t vote for any quota is against the hunt because he doesn’t see the science. He believes that bears are an icon of Florida. He think the train has moved very rapidly.
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Stop the bear hunt, save the panthers. manatee’s you’re next. SOS SOS Please help us! save our Florida!

“Despite throngs of protesters, bear advocates were dealt a crushing defeat Wednesday when the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission approved the killing of 320 bears next month during the state’s first bear hunting season in more than 20 years.
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The Wood Stork is Back!

The Wood Stork is one of Florida’s signature wading birds, a long-legged, awkward-looking bird on land that soars like a raptor in the air. Like many Florida birds associated with wetlands, the Wood Stork has suffered from the destruction and degradation of our state’s wetlands. Today, the Wood Stork is classed “Endangered” by the State…