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• Regular Q&A Updates from the March 7 SafeStreetsMiami Forum

  
  We received dozens of questions at the forum on March 7, and they keep coming in. Click here for our regular updates and answers from elected officials and experts.

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  From Green Mobility Network - Active personal transportation for a better South Florida at March 20, 2012, 8:32am in Living, Environment

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• Updates from the SafeStreetsMiami Forum

  
  We received dozens of questions at the forum on March 7, and they keep coming in. Click here for our regular updates and answers from elected officials and experts.

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  From Green Mobility Network - Active personal transportation for a better South Florida at March 20, 2012, 8:32am in Living, Environment

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• Winter comparison (as south Florida sees it!)

  The start of spring is good timing for a winter weather comparison.
  
  The catch is I'm going by Naples, Fla's definition of winter.
  
  For those who contend Naples doesn't have winter,
  this graph should end that discussion (     ).
  What’s winter in Naples?
  
  Residents of the south' [...]
  From The South Florida Watershed Journal at March 19, 2012, 8:55pm in Environment

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• March of the dwarf cypress

  Cypress needles green out a month or two
  before the ground cover ...
  
  Unless there's a burn.
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  From The South Florida Watershed Journal at March 19, 2012, 2:00pm in Environment

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• Cool fires protect these trees

  Dwarf cypress prairies are common in The Big Cypress,
  
  But why do they grow where they do?
  
  Short and stunted but probably quite old
  Granted, they don’t grow much …
  
  They are what we call in the lexicon as a bonsai tree.
  
  
  That, in [...]
  From The South Florida Watershed Journal at March 18, 2012, 6:59pm in Environment

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• Ridge and slough below!!!

  As seen in Northeast Water Conservation Area 3
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  From The South Florida Watershed Journal at March 18, 2012, 2:00pm in Environment

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• "River of Grass" knows no bounds

  The Everglades is famous for its "River of Grass."
  
  The main channel is its ridges and sloughs.
  
  
  
  Up a foot higher are the marl prairies.
  
  They are sort of like the bank.
  
  
  This video gives you a look at both.
  
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  From The South Florida Watershed Journal at March 17, 2012, 9:11pm in Environment

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• Oh Danny Boy Swamp

  That's the only Irish song I know
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  From The South Florida Watershed Journal at March 17, 2012, 2:00pm in Environment

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• Progress in battle against dog and cat overpopulation, and in efforts to get dogs off chains

  After a year of work, activists in Lake County may finally have an anti-tethering ordinance that they can be proud of! On Tuesday, Lake County Commissioners discussed the cruel tethering of dogs and evaluated the different options to address the problem. Commissioners directed staff to draft an ordinance that [...]

  From News for Florida animal advocates at March 17, 2012, 1:21pm in Environment

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• May the water rise to meet you

  One thing many people don't realize is that I'm Irish.
  
  Originally, my last name was actually O'Sobczak.
  
  Ends of rainbows rarely disappoint
  (so I've been told) It's for that reason I don't turn my back on rainbows.
  
  Irish folklore says there's a pot of gold waiting at' [...]
  From The South Florida Watershed Journal at March 16, 2012, 8:14pm in Environment

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