For Water Birds, Fireworks Are Not As Fun
• Fireworks can pose a threat to Florida’s water birds.
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• Fireworks can pose a threat to Florida’s water birds.
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• A new report estimates Hurricane Irma caused more than $5 million in damage to Everglades restoration.
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• Conservationists say the governor’s budget proposal announced Monday for Florida’s environment is encouraging but lacks funding for water quality improvements.
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• Construction is scheduled to begin within weeks on the 515-mile Sabal Trail pipeline.
The underground natural gas pipeline will stretch from Alabama through Georgia and Florida, terminating in Osceola County.
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• There’s a multi-billion-dollar plan to protect Florida’s Everglades. But progress has been slow, and that’s raised concerns. 90.7’s environmental reporter Amy Green visited the headwaters of the Everglades right here in central Florida to see what’s been done to protect the river of grass.
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• Lawmakers are poised to approve a major water bill as early as this week.
The bill to help Florida’s troubled waterways failed last year when the Legislature collapsed.
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• Audubon’s 116th Christmas Bird Count ends Tuesday.
Hundreds of central Floridians joined the wildlife census that has drawn bird lovers from across the nation for more than a century.
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• While some interest groups have nothing but complaints about the Florida House adjourning early and leaving unfinished business on the table, environmentalists say it’s a good thing for the state’s ailing waterways.
They say lawmakers now have second chance on reforming the state’s water policy.
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• Audubon’s annual Christmas Bird Count — the world’s longest-running wildlife census — ends Monday. Tens of thousands of birders throughout the Americas take part in the count every year, including one group in Clermont.
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