Tag: everglades foundation
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Big Sugar Summit: Stephen E. Davis III PHD, Wetland Ecologist. Science Guy!
Big Sugar Summit: Stephen E. Davis III PHD, Wetland Ecologist, The Everglades Foundation This presentation will available thru the Sierra Club, Florida in full with all the slides. So enjoy this preview. http://www.evergladesfoundation.org/what-we-do/science/ “The Foundation employs a team of scientists to serve as technical expert sources for the environmental community. These resources include providing sworn…
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Throwback Thurs: What was penny a pound and make the polluter pay?
Throwback Thurs: What was penny a pound and make the polluter pay? As always, if you have something to add please add it. What was penny a pound? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restoration_of_the_Everglades “Restoration of the Everglades, however, briefly became a bipartisan cause in national politics. A controversial penny-a-pound (2 cent/kg) tax on sugar was proposed to fund some…
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Big Sugar Summit Buy your tickets now
Thanks to the Sierra Club, Florida @SierraClubFL Buy Your Tickets Here Now! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/big-sugar-summit-tickets-16963454148 he Big Sugar Summit will pull the curtain back on the sugar industry. We’ll dig as deep into the muck as we can, in one day, to uncover just how profoundly Big Sugar affects us all. You’ll get the facts regarding the sugar industry’s influence and…
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Get to Know Know Your SFWMD Board of Govenors: Kevin Powers: Friends and Neighbors
@SFWMD http://www.sfwmd.gov/portal/page/portal/xweb%20about%20us/governing%20board “The South Florida Water Management District is directed by nine Governing Board members who set policy for the agency. They reside within the agency’s 16-county region and represent a cross section of interests, including the environment, agriculture, local government, recreation and business. Governing Board members are unpaid citizen volunteers appointed by the Governor…
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Get to Know Know Your SFWMD Board of Govenors: Daniel O’Keefe and Festivus
@SFWMD http://www.sfwmd.gov/portal/page/portal/xweb%20about%20us/governing%20board “The South Florida Water Management District is directed by nine Governing Board members who set policy for the agency. They reside within the agency’s 16-county region and represent a cross section of interests, including the environment, agriculture, local government, recreation and business. Governing Board members are unpaid citizen volunteers appointed by the Governor…
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DIrty Rats: SFWMD kicks us in the head
@SFWMD @JaxStrong @joenegronfl @RepMurphyFL @SteveCrisafulli Nail in the Coffin. http://www.tcpalm.com/franchise/indian-river-lagoon/health/sfwmd-board-to-discuss-likely-reject-us-sugar-land-buy_14943889 “WEST PALM BEACH — As expected, the South Florida Water Management District board Thursday rejected the proposal to buy U.S. Sugar Corp. land south of Lake Okeechobee. Board member Kevin Powers of Stuart made the motion to “irrevocably” terminate the option to buy 46,800 acres…
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May the fourth be with us! Toxic algae, discharging St Lucie locks. We must keep going!
@JaxStrong @BarackObama @joenegronfl @RepMurphyFL @SteveCrisafulli May the fourth be with you! Toxic algae, discharging St Lucie locks. On May 4th our friend Katy Lewey, river warrior, founder of the River Kidz of St Lucie and Indian River County put together a gathering so we could all be there when the locks open. They have been…
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Toxic Algae Eve : Protest: Buy the land! May 3. St Lucie Locks
@JaxStrong @SteveCrisafulli @JoeBiden #buytheland #sendcleanwatersouth #nomoredischarges #saveflwater #savetheeverglades On May 3 we had a protest. https://www.facebook.com/events/831962766840242/ ***VIDEO CHALLENGE AND PROTEST*** DEMAND CLEAN WATER! Meet us at Phipps park and we can all stand together! Ask your elected officials to CANCEL THE DISCHARGES and BUY THE LAND! This Sunday, make a video on your phone, make…
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