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Steve Newborn/WUSF Public MediaBusiness owners in Manatee County took their concerns to Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried. -
Gerald Herbert/APMost of the nuisance gators are euthanized and sold for their hide and meat.
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The mammals were removed from the endangered species list in 2017, but algae blooms and overdevelopment have killed 46,000 acres of seagrass, leaving manatees without enough to eat. -
A group gathered at a plot for a future community garden in West Tampa on Saturday to honor Juneteenth with an event dubbed the "Love Feast."
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Alternatives for how the U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers plans to manage the lake all propose increasing water levels during the dry season to above 17 feet, raising concerns about the health of the lake.
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Research involving crayfish spotlights the issue of medications entering the environment through improper disposal or excreting amounts in the bathroom.
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Why has the Sunshine State emerged as a crucible of political conspiracy and extremism? Also, The Villages is the fastest growing metropolitan area in the country, pressuring development and the environment. And a symbol of Florida is in trouble.
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High concentrations of red tide were reported in Pinellas County in the Gulf of Mexico at Madeira Beach; and along Bay Pines and Abercrombie Park on Long Bayou.
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Tom Frazer, the dean and a professor at the University of South Florida College of Marine Science, said the wastewater spill at the phosphate plant could be helping to fuel the outbreak.
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The Rights of Nature initiative was overwhelmingly passed by Orange County voters last fall. Now, activists statewide are hoping to get not just one, but five Rights of Nature constitutional amendment changes on the ballot in 2022.
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Three months ago, a rupture at the former Piney Point phosphate plant sent hundreds of millions of gallons of toxic water into Tampa Bay. We take a tour of one towering "gypstack" to see what's being done to keep that from happening again.
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The new law requires the losing party in lawsuits about development orders to pay all attorney fees for the prevailing party.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis, and three of his four Florida Cabinet members, rejected a judge's order that found Miami-Dade County plans for the highway failed to comply with state growth laws.
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In our ongoing series on phosphate mines, WUSF reports on the long, tangled history of Florida's phosphate mines and the environment.
