/tags/florida-everglades Florida Everglades en-US WLRN Tue, 13 Feb 2024 12:14:44 GMT /environment/2024-02-13/everglades-willougby-expedition-pfas-water-quality University of Florida scientist Tracie Baker, canoed the same extremely remote 130-mile path that explorer Hugh Willoughby traveled 125 years ago — with the goal of comparing water in 2022 with 1897 and assessing the intrusion of modern chemicals into some of the most remote wilderness in America. Tue, 13 Feb 2024 12:14:44 GMT /environment/2024-02-13/everglades-willougby-expedition-pfas-water-quality Bill Kearney | Sun Sentinel /environment/2023-12-22/miami-dade-judge-awaits-sentencing-recommendations-for-embattled-everglades-scientist A judge asked attorneys in the case pitting the Everglades Foundation against its former chief scientists to submit recommended sentences on Friday, which could include up to a year in jail. Fri, 22 Dec 2023 11:00:00 GMT /environment/2023-12-22/miami-dade-judge-awaits-sentencing-recommendations-for-embattled-everglades-scientist Jenny Staletovich /arts-culture/2023-11-27/everglades-restoration-podcast-bright-lit-place-jenny-staletovich ¸Û°ÄÌìϲÊenvironmental editor Jenny Staletovich and Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Patrick Farrell talk about what it was like to wade through the muck of the Everglades to check on the decades-long battle to make the River of Grass work as nature intended. Tue, 28 Nov 2023 03:53:46 GMT /arts-culture/2023-11-27/everglades-restoration-podcast-bright-lit-place-jenny-staletovich Carlos Frías, Leslie Ovalle Atkinson, Elisa Baena, Alyssa Ramos /podcast/sundial/2023-11-27/everglades-restoration-podcast-bright-lit-place-jenny-staletovich We listen to the part of the first episode of Bright Lit Place, a new ¸Û°ÄÌìϲÊpodcast distributed by the NPR Network. It was reported by WLRN's environment editor Jenny Staletovich. We also hear behind-the-scenes stories from Jenny and Patrick Farrell, the Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer who worked on the project. Mon, 27 Nov 2023 17:59:28 GMT /podcast/sundial/2023-11-27/everglades-restoration-podcast-bright-lit-place-jenny-staletovich Carlos Frías, Leslie Ovalle Atkinson, Elisa Baena /environment/2023-08-23/wlrn-jenny-staletovich-national-murrow-pythons WLRN’s environment editor has won a 2023 national Edward R. Murrow award for her writing that explores sex pheromones in Burmese pythons. Wed, 23 Aug 2023 17:15:59 GMT /environment/2023-08-23/wlrn-jenny-staletovich-national-murrow-pythons ¸Û°ÄÌìϲÊNews /environment/2023-07-19/naples-man-burmese-python-big-cypress-world-record Naples resident Jake Waleria, who is 22 and an amateur python hunter, caught a world-record 19-footer with some friends earlier this month in the Big Cypress National Preserve. Wed, 19 Jul 2023 13:50:51 GMT /environment/2023-07-19/naples-man-burmese-python-big-cypress-world-record Tom Bayles /environment/2023-05-09/climate-change-forces-a-rethinking-of-mammoth-everglades-restoration-plan Even as the $21 billion effort unfolds, officials realize that its water infrastructure cannot contend with rising seas, violent storms and Florida’s non-stop influx of residents. Tue, 09 May 2023 16:00:00 GMT /environment/2023-05-09/climate-change-forces-a-rethinking-of-mammoth-everglades-restoration-plan Amy Green /podcast/sundial/2023-05-04/this-miccosukee-artist-and-activist-lets-the-everglades-speak-for-itself Houston Cypress joins WLRN's Carlos Frías to talk about how plant medicine and translation from Miccosukee to English made him a poet. His work combines art and environmentalism with the Love the Everglades Movement. He’s also an artist in residence at Oolite Arts. Thu, 04 May 2023 18:46:54 GMT /podcast/sundial/2023-05-04/this-miccosukee-artist-and-activist-lets-the-everglades-speak-for-itself Carlos Frías, Leslie Ovalle Atkinson, Elisa Baena /environment/2023-03-14/everglades-wading-birds-have-a-banner-nesting-season-thanks-to-heavy-rainfall The latest nesting count for Everglades wading birds found the birds had the second-best nesting season since counting began in 1996. Tue, 14 Mar 2023 10:00:00 GMT /environment/2023-03-14/everglades-wading-birds-have-a-banner-nesting-season-thanks-to-heavy-rainfall Jenny Staletovich /environment/2023-01-11/desantis-outlines-3-5-billion-plan-for-everglades-restoration-and-water-quality-problems Governor Ron DeSantis announced plans Tuesday to spend 3.5 billion dollars in his second term on environmental projects such as restoring the Everglades and addressing water-quality problems. Wed, 11 Jan 2023 14:00:00 GMT /environment/2023-01-11/desantis-outlines-3-5-billion-plan-for-everglades-restoration-and-water-quality-problems Jim Turner