Weeki Wachee Springs has always been considered a Hernando County jewel. ...more

January 14, 2009

The ambitious proposal for Florida to buy U.S. Sugar land could finally ensure the survival of the Everglades, the hydrological heart of South Florida. So the importance of the proposal can hardly be overstated. ...more

November 28, 2008

First, it was too dry. Then it was too wet. Bill Carlisle would like to set the wilds on fire, but Mother Nature isn't cooperating. ...more

July 12, 2008

EAST LAKE -- Pinellas County officials' plan to designate 900 acres of the Brooker Creek Preserve for a future water treatment facility has drawn fire from environmentalists and others. At a Tuesday night town hall meeting at the Brooker Creek Preserve Education Center, county land management and utilities officials presented a revised management plan for the 8,000-plus-acre county-owned preserve. ...more

June 11, 2008

PORT RICHEY - The plume of smoke rising above west Pasco County today isn't anything to worry about. It's a controlled burn. ...more

January 8, 2008

SEBRING – John Tallent told the Highlands County commissioners last week he "didn't want to be the skunk at the church picnic." ...more

December 25, 2007