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• My pond apple preference

  Last year this time ...
  
  The pond apple forests looked like this:
  
  Spring 2011
  Same time this spring the same forests are still flooded ...
  
  With over a half foot of water.
  
  Spring 2012
  I realize that the water cycle naturally rises and falls,
  [...]
  From The South Florida Watershed Journal at March 14, 2012, 8:50pm in Environment

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• Sanibel below!!!

  A gyre to the south of the island
  make Sanibel a premiere place to shell.
  [...]
  From The South Florida Watershed Journal at March 14, 2012, 2:00pm in Environment

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• Furious race to the finish?

  Not that Florida's five water districts should be competitive ...
  
  But I couldn't help noticing that South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) is winning the race. It has received the most rain over the past year.
  
  Rain year by district (to date)
  May 1, 2011 - April' [...]
  From The South Florida Watershed Journal at March 13, 2012, 8:45pm in Environment

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• Giant lake in the distance!!!

  That's Lake Okeechobee in the distance,
  looking east up the Caloosahatchee
  [...]
  From The South Florida Watershed Journal at March 13, 2012, 2:00pm in Environment

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• Hydrologic devil's in the details

  Is this hydrograph too complicated?
  
  Keep in mind I’m not the type of hydrologist that likes to dumb things down.
  
  Click here to enlarge
  The graph covers a couple key bases for Lake Okeechobee:
  
  From top to bottom, that includes (1) the lake’s water budget [...]
  From The South Florida Watershed Journal at March 12, 2012, 9:02pm in Environment

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• “Oops”

  The final week of Florida’s legislative session is a frantic time, so we forgive legislators for not completely understanding each bill that comes before them for a vote. But we do expect the sponsors of bills and amendments to understand the changes they are asking for.

  So we were surprised when [...]

  From News for Florida animal advocates at March 12, 2012, 7:51pm in Environment

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• Miami Herald Editorial Calls for Swift Action on Rickenbacker

  The Miami Herald has published an editorial calling for changes on the Rickenbacker sooner than later. The issue of safe streets, and a safer Rickenbacker, is now front and center in Miami. Read the editorial here.
   
  We are compiling the questions that were raised at our SafeStreetsMiami forum [...]

  From Green Mobility Network - Active personal transportation for a better South Florida at March 12, 2012, 2:33pm in Living, Environment

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• Miami Herald editorial calls for swift action on Rickenbacker

  The Miami Herald has published an editorial calling for changes on the Rickenbacker sooner than later. The issue of safe streets, and a safer Rickenbacker, is now front and center in Miami. Read the editorial here.
   
  We are compiling the questions that were raised at our SafeStreetsMiami forum [...]

  From Green Mobility Network - Active personal transportation for a better South Florida at March 12, 2012, 2:33pm in Living, Environment

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• Obstructed view

  Hatrack cypress prairie south of Raccoon Point
  [...]
  From The South Florida Watershed Journal at March 12, 2012, 2:00pm in Environment

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• Greetings from Gondwana?

  What makes Florida unique from the rest of the United States?
  
  Geographers will tell you it’s a peninsula.
  
  Tourists have no geologic appreciation ...
  
  Meteorologists may say it has only two seasons:
  
  A summer wet season and a winter dry, compared to the rest of [...]
  From The South Florida Watershed Journal at March 11, 2012, 7:41pm in Environment

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