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Agriculture, the Governor, the Florida State Legislature, “Blood is Thicker than Water,” St Lucie River/Indian River Lagoon
a must read! Jacqui Thurlow-Lippisch Historic photo, ca. 1850s, Martin County, courtesy of Sandra Henderson Thurlow, Thurlow Archives.) I come from a historic agricultural background, on both sides of my family, so I feel like I can criticize it. My Thurlow great-great grandparents grew thistles in New York, and my Henderson great-grandparents, from a long…
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Raising Cane – A History of Big Sugar in South Florida
Originally posted on Cracker Crumbs: 6,000 years ago, the Everglades were created when a receding ocean revealed a bare limestone plain that covered south Florida. Fed by heavy rainfall, subtropical plants made their home on the low nutrient soil. Rain falling across central Florida made its way to Lake Okeechobee, which frequently overflowed its southern…
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Dredge/Fill, “Changing History,” Francis Langford’s Outrigger Resort, Indian River Lagoon
Frances Langford Jacqui Thurlow-Lippisch Aerial of Francis Langford’s Outrigger Resort’s marina and compound, built in Jensen/Sewall’s Point ca. 1955. Visible is the dredge and fill it took to accomplish this project. (Photo courtesy of Thurlow archives.) “Mt Pisgah,” the area of Rio, contiguous with north Sewall’s Point, that was Mrs Langford’s home. (Photo ca. 1950s,…
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Northern Everglades’ Water-“Send it South,” Everglades Coalition’s Annual Conference, SLR/IRL
#cleanitupsenditsouth Jacqui Thurlow-Lippisch The Everglades Coalition is holding its 30th Annual Conference this week in Key Largo. The theme this year is”Send it South.” There are many players in the world of Everglades Restoration politics and policy; today I will briefly talk about the Everglades Coalition (http://evergladescoalition.org), not to be confused with the Everglades Foundation,…
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2014 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 850 times in 2014. If it were a cable car, it would take about 14 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see the…
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Speaking Up to Our Legislative Delegation, St Lucie Rive/Indian River Lagoon
this! Jacqui Thurlow-Lippisch Speak up! Quote… “Give me liberty to know, to utter and to argue freely according to my conscience, above all other liberties.” Milton This coming Monday, December 8th, 2014, at the City of Stuart commission chamber, located at 121 SW Flagler Avenue, from 9-12, it is our turn to speak up to…
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“I Can See the Light!” Moving Water South, SLR/IRL
Jacqui Thurlow-Lippisch Looking at the clouds over the St Lucie River, Roosevelt Bridge, Stuart, Florida. (Photo Jacqui Thurlow-Lipppisch 11-14) “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that…” Martin Luther King, Jr. The situation for the St Lucie River/Indian River Lagoon remains a bleak one, but I am telling you, “I can see the light!”…
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