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From the Federal Emergency Management Agency
Pays Central Florida communities more than $5.9 million
FEMA has approved $5,943,502 for the State of Florida to help numerous central Florida …
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10/25/19
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By John Haughey | The Center Square
Florida will buy out a sugar grower’s lease for $2.4 million to save up to $16 million in accelerating site preparation for a $1.6 billion Everglades …
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10/23/19
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The St. Johns River Water Management District has launched a year-long “Water Less” campaign to help raise awareness about water conservation and communicate easy ways to integrate outdoor water …
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10/21/19
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From the Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA has approved $4,983,293 for the State of Florida to help central Florida communities defray the costs of cleaning up from Hurricane Irma under …
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10/15/19
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Hurricane Michael recovery efforts point to the power of local generosity after overlooked disasters
By David Berlan, Florida State University When Hurricane Michael made landfall on Florida’s Panhandle on Oct. 10, 2018, as a Category 5 storm it was only the fourth on record to have ever hit the …
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10/13/19
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By John Haughey | The Center Square
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) expects Florida’s 2019 orange production to increase by 3.4 percent over 2018 harvests, as one of the state’s …
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10/11/19
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By John Haughey | The Center Square
The state’s Blue-Green Algae Task Force met in Gainesville just days after Florida Fish & Wildlife Research Institute biologists reported red tide had …
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10/11/19
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From the St. Johns River Water Management District
The St. Johns River Water Management District’s Governing Board awarded a contract Tuesday for construction services for a water quality …
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10/10/19
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Board approves ranking of agricultural projects to share in $1.56 million for water conservation, nutrient reduction
Thirteen agricultural projects will share in $1.56 million from the St. Johns …
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10/8/19
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By Richard G. Snyder, Mississippi State University When I answer my office phone as an extension vegetable specialist, from time to time it’s someone asking how they can get recognition for growing …
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10/7/19
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By John Haughey | The Center Square
Florida Crystals Corp. wants to terminate its controversial 6,000-acre lease within the Everglades Agricultural Area about 15 months early, clearing the way …
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10/6/19
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By Trimmel Gomes/Florida News Connection
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Fisheries of the deep will now have a better chance of surviving the hooks of fishermen thanks to a new rule requiring descending …
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10/4/19
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Hans Paerl, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tropical cyclones – storms that bring strong, rotating winds and rain, and which can intensify into hurricanes or typhoons – affect …
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10/2/19
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Hurricane Season 2019
By John Haughey | The Center Square
The Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) has awarded a $1.1 million grant to cover salaries and other emergency costs …
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10/1/19
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By Jayur Mehta, Florida State University and Tara Skipton, Florida State University
Native North Americans first arrived in Florida approximately 14,550 years ago . Evidence for these …
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9/29/19
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Zellwood-based Company creating more than 135 new jobs
Anuvia Plant Nutrients has entered into a long-term strategic relationship with The Mosaic Company to help meet the increased demand for …
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9/28/19
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By Karen Winterich, Pennsylvania State University; Gabriel E. Gonzales, the State University of New York at New Paltz, and Gergana Nenkov, Boston College
Have you ever thought about what happens …
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9/27/19
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By John Haughey | The Center Square
Gov. Ron DeSantis will push lawmakers to follow through with funding he has requested in his Fiscal Year 2021 budget request for springs restoration and to …
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9/20/19
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Trimmel Gomes/Florida News Connection
A new study from the journal Science shows a steady decline of nearly three billion wild birds in North America since 1970.
Nearly a half-century ago, …
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9/19/19
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By Anupam Nanda, University of Reading
The world’s biggest cities have larger populations and higher economic outputs than in some countries. But as they grow in size and complexity, cities …
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9/17/19
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By Trimmel Gomes of the Florida News Connection
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Despite a White House threat to veto legislation that would permanently ban drilling off Florida's Gulf Coast , Gov. Ron …
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9/12/19
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By David Campbell, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Hurricane Dorian’s destruction in the Bahamas , North Carolina and up the Atlantic coast provides a terrible reminder of …
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9/10/19
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Extension due to Hurricane Dorian school closures
From the St. John's River Water Management District
The St. Johns River Water Management District has …
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9/9/19
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By John Haughey | The Center Square
Florida’s “last, best hope” to save Apalachicola Bay’s multi-million dollar shellfish industry will play out October 7th before a federal judge in …
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9/7/19
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By John Haughey | The Center Square
Members of three regional task forces commissioned to orchestrate a $45 million study of a decade-long, multi-billion-dollar plan to build three toll roads …
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9/6/19
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