Gov. Scott orders Visit Florida, Space Florida reviews
Month: March 2016
Fla. Gov. Scott orders reviews of state funding private tourism and space programs
Once again Florida papers missed the bigger picture in publishing stories on state funding quasi public-private programs like tourism and space. See the front page story of Fla. Gov. Scott ordering an audit of these programs Gov. Scott is correct in insuring that our hard-earned tax dollars are spent prudently by government. Months ago, I [...]
Canal du Midi Languedoc
Canal du Midi Languedoc is France's longest waterway used for transportation. Throughout the 1700's before the advent of the railway in the early 1800's, waterways were the chief means for transportation of people and light freight in packet or long boats drawn along inland waterways by horses on towpaths in England and France. [...]
Major geographical areas of south Florida
The Ghost Orchid of the Big Cypress National Preserve
This posting is dedicated to my friend, Elizabeth DuPuis Freeman, late of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and granddaughter of Dr. John G. DuPuis, one of the first physicians in Miami, Florida. Dr. DuPuis began one of the the first dairy farms in Dade County, Florida, and was the owner of several large tracts of land in [...]
Florida anchoring ban bill approved by Governor
Florida anchoring ban bill approved by Governor
The Last Bird?
Everglades: voice-over by U. S. Senator Bob Graham
https://vimeo.com/13017973This short video shows the very heart of the Everglades with a voice-over by U.S. Senator Bob Graham. Featured are numerous birds and alligators in sub-Ecologies such as Big Cypress Swamp, Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, and the Mangrove region. Beautiful indigenous birds include the Great Egret, the Roseate Spoonbill, the Wood Stork, the Little Blue Heron, [...]
Aerial photograph of the southern peninsula of Florida
Tropical mangrove clusters
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Florida’s Big Dig 