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Hillsborough solicits input to preserve former Cone Ranch land in Lower Green Swamp Preserve listen
04/17/12 Samuel JohnsonWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Green Swamp, Cone Ranch, parks, Hillsborough County
Hillsborough County owns nearly 13,000 acres in the Lower Green Swamp and is now working on plans to preserve the land formerly known as Cone Ranch. On April 7 more than 40 people attended a public meeting about the proposed management plan at The Lower Green Swamp Preserve on the outskirts of Plant City.
The proposed preserve has habitats like rivers, wetlands, marshes, swamps, pine forests and cattle pastures. Scott Emery, director of Wetlands at the [Hillsborough County Environmental ...
Be the first to commentVideos: 29 Occupy Tampa members arrested while camping in Riverfront Park listen
12/02/11 Josh HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Tampa, Occupy Movement, Tampa, Tampa Police, law enforcement, arrests, protests, protesters, camping, parks, parks and recreation
Tampa Police say overnight they arrested 29 members of Occupy Tampa in a riverside park west of downtown. Before the arrests about 40 people attempted to camp on a hill inside the park, but many people complied with police orders to leave.
The hilltop encampment in Julian Lane Riverfront Park was in plain view for police helicopters. More than a dozen...
2 commentsFood Not Bombs movement grows in Tampa Bay listen
05/13/11 Andrea LypkaWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Food Not Bombs, feeding, parks, homelessness, peace, war, St. Petersburg, Orlando, Tampa, Keith McHenry, Alex Nadeau
Across Florida the Food Not Bombs movement is going through a revival. It may be due to unemployment, foreclosures, and restrictions on homeless feedings in Orlando. In Tampa Bay new Food Not Bombs chapters are formed and volunteers share food and literature in support of the Orlando volunteers who got arrested for handing out poor to the homeless and needy. The St. Petersburg chapter is growing fast, says volunteer Alex Nadeau. He quit his corporate job and now works for free: he feeds the h...
Be the first to commentFood Not Bombs co-founder Keith McHenry takes calls on attempts to criminalize public feedings
05/11/11 Seán KinaneLast Call Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Food Not Bombs, feeding, parks, homelessness, Peace, War, St. Petersburg, Orlando, Tampa, Keith McHenry
Welcome to the WMNF afternoon call-in show the Last Call. I’m Seán Kinane. This afternoon we’ll talk about efforts by cities across Florida that are making it more difficult – and in some cases illegal – to feed people in public parks.
Joining us in this conversation is the co-founder of Food Not Bombs, Keith McHenry. He’s in St. Petersburg right now helping to cook a meal for people in downtown’s Mirror Lake Park. Thank you for Joining us Keith.
9 commentsLittle Bayou Park in South St. Pete benefits from 10-10-10 global work party listen
10/11/10 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: St Petersburg, parks, invasive species, mangroves, 350.org, climate change, USF, USF St. Pete
Even if you live nearby, you may have never heard of Little Bayou Park. It’s tucked away in a residential corner of southeast St. Petersburg and includes newly restored wetlands, pine flatlands, shoreline and mangroves. Yesterday, as part of the 10/10/10 global work party, students and environmentalists helped restore the park. Megan Demchar is the vice president of SEAS at USF St. Pete, an environmental student group.
Demchar says more t...
Be the first to commentPinellas County seeks input on budget
03/10/10 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Wednesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: budget cuts, Pinellas County Schools, parks
For the past few years, local governments
have been cutting budgets as tax revenue declines.
Last year, Pinellas County laid off 260 people and cut
$77 million in spending. In the fiscal year that
begins this summer, Pinellas is looking at another $40
million shortfall because of declining
property values. Elected officials are facing some
tough choices, including what parts of county government
to cut. Commissioners are looking for public input
on where those cuts might b...
A History of Waterfront Parks in St. Petersburg. listen
02/11/10 Joshua Lee HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: parks, waterfront stadium, St. Petersburg, history
For 100 years, St. Petersburg has been known for its downtown public parks along the water’s edge. The Waterfront Centennial Committee is commemorating the occasion by honoring the civic leaders who made this possible. Last night was the first part of a series by the Florida Humanities Council called “Perspectives on the Parks.” A few dozen people went to the discussion at the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute.
St. Petersburg history buffs took a step back in time last night, as actors ...
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