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Wood storks may not be so endangered anymore listen
12/18/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: wood stork, environment, wetlands, endangered species, Audubon Society, birds
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing that the wood stork be upgraded from its status as an endangered species to just threatened. Dan Ashe, director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announced plans to reclassify the species during a conference call this morning.
“Wood storks in the Southeastern U.S. no longer face imminent danger of extinction and that’s thanks to decades of conservation work across the region.”
Wood storks have been protected under the Endangered Spe...
Be the first to commentDEP Staffer Suspended Over Defending Wetlands; New Group In Florida Stands Up For Ethics and Against Corruption
05/29/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Tuesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: DEP, wetlands, Connie Bersok, Craig Pittman, Integrity Florida, Dan Krassner, Paula Dockery, ethics, corruption
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up today we’ll hear about the case of a state environmental worker- who was suspended for trying to protect wetlands… and we’ll talk about ethics in Florida government. The state recently received a low grade on a corruption risk scorecard….
But first four listener comments. One about our program last Friday on which we talked about the purge of Florida voter rolls. And two comments about yesterday’s interview with three Vietna...
1 commentsTwo Views on the Environment from Writer/Sustainable Farmer Janisse Ray and the Tampa Bay Times Statewide Environmental Reporter Craig Pittman
02/21/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Tuesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Janisse Ray, Craig Pittman, wetlands, sustainable farming, fish lesions, BP, orchid smuggling, oil drilling, Sunshine Skyway development
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. Coming up first today we'll talk with writer, poet and sustainable living proponent Janisse Ray, author of several books including ECOLOGY OF A CRACKER CHILDHOOD. She'll be speaking tonight at St. Leo University. And later in the program we'll hear from Craig Pittman who is one of the leading environmental journalists in the state. He's written several books including MANATEE INSANITY. We'll talk about some major environmental issues that...
Be the first to commentHillsborough EPC reluctantly approves New Tampa bridge permit listen
01/27/11 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: New Tampa, Bruce B. Downs, overdevelopment, Tampa, Kevin Beckner, Victor Crist, Ken Hagan, wetlands
Despite years of public outcry from some local residents, the City of Tampa wants to build a bridge that would link New Tampa and Commerce Park Boulevards. The county board overseeing environmental issues gave the city permission to move ahead on the project today, but with some reluctance.
It’s a battle that’s been dragging on for about three years. The city of Tampa sees the bridge as a means of easing congestion on Bruce B. Downs Boulevard, a New Tampa thoroughfare that can often look l...
Be the first to commentThe suffering begins on the Gulf Coast listen
05/10/10 Tom BaurWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: BP, Deepwater Horizon, oil spills, environment, wetlands
Oily tar balls are rolling into the pristine bayous and islands ...
Be the first to commentEPC in danger of being “streamlined” again? listen
03/09/09 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Two years ago, Hillsborough County citizens successfully stopped an effort by developers and some Commissioners to eliminate the wetlands division of the county’s Environmental Protection Commission, or EPC. But a new state-wide effort to eliminate all of Florida’s local regulatory agencies in an effort to “streamline” permitting for developers is supported by two state representatives from Hillsborough.
Republicans Faye Culp, who represents south Tampa and parts of western Hillsborough, a...
Be the first to commentPaving Paradise: Vanishing wetlands
03/03/09 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Tuesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: wetlands, development, Army Corps of Engineers
WELCOME TO RADIOACTIVITY. I’M ROB LOREI. Coming up today, we’ll hear from two local authors who have written a new book about Florida’s vanishing wetlands. And later we’ll hear from anti-genocide activist John Prendergast.
First up:
When European settlers first came to Florida- up to three quarters of Florida’s 35 million acres were under water at least part of the year. What’s happened to those wetlands is the subject of a new book called *Paving Paradise: Florida's Vanishing Wetlands ...
Be the first to commentEPC adopts wetlands hybrid solution listen
07/17/08 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: EPC, wetlands, environment, Denise Layne, Joe Redner, Kevin Beckner
Thirteen months ago, Hillsborough County Commissioners voted to eliminate the wetlands division of the Environmental Protection Commission (EPC). But environmental activists fought to save the wetlands regulatory arm of the EPC against some developers and agricultural interests who wanted it gutted.
Today, in their role as the EPC board, the County Commissioners unanimously approved a hybrid plan that was suggested last August to save the wetlands division but streamline permitting in wha...
Be the first to commentNeighbors Battle High Voltage Line
05/22/08 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Thursday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: wetlands
Our guests during this segment, Susan Watson and Joy Ingram, live in the Seffner area of east Hillsborough County. They are battling plans by Tampa Electric to build a high voltage power line (the Willow Oak Wheeler davis line) through what they say is a pristine forest/wetland area.
The site is the home to at least one nesting pair of bald eagles. An administrative law judge has already ruled in favor of the utility company. The next step in the process is the Governor and cabinet must a...
Be the first to commentLowes receives change for Tarpon Springs store listen
04/08/08 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Tarpon Springs, Pinellas BOC, environment, wetlands, land-use change, traffic
Pinellas County Commissioners today disregarded the recommendations of their staff and the staff of the Pinellas Planning Council (PPC) by unanimously approving a change in the county’s land use plan.
The amendment will allow construction of a Lowe’s big box hardware store on property previously zoned for industry on U.S. 19 in Tarpon Springs. Lowe’s will be required to spend about $4-million on traffic changes on the site.
David Healy, executive director of the PPC, told Commissioners ...
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