CONVERSATIONS: A Celebration Of Lake Apopka Birding With Multi-Million-Dollar Restoration As Backdrop

Jim Thomas remembers fishing for bass in Lake Apopka as a child. Photo by Amy Green


The 5th annual Lake Apopka Wildlife Festival and Birdapalooza is Saturday.
The event is taking place as the lake undergoes a multi-million-dollar restoration aimed at transforming it from one of the state’s most polluted to one of the best for bird-watching.
90.7 environmental reporter Amy Green talked with Jim Thomas of the Friends of Lake Apopka about the rebounding 50-square-mile lake, one of the state’s largest.
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