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Florida springs restoration bill has largely unspoken connection to utilities, but advocates are giving it a thumbs up

HB 691 would allow the creation of a new pipeline project for more than $800 million.

by Noah Bookstein April 22, 2025June 25, 2025

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At Hllsborough’s Lake Rogers Park, Sheree L. Greer seeks out beautiful Black nature and the legacies of segregation

‘Lake Legacies, Black and Beautiful’ from Creekshed 2025.

by Sheree L. Greer April 19, 2025July 26, 2025

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Historian and author Gary Mormino reflects upon shell middens and Florida foodway

‘Oysters’ from Creekshed 2025/

by Gary R. Mormino April 18, 2025August 4, 2025

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At St. Pete’s Maximo Park, Amanda Hagood reflects on hidden landscapes and aging

‘Maximo Park Picnic’ from Creekshed 2025.

by Amanda Hagood April 18, 2025July 26, 2025

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Forty years ago, historian Jack E. Davis water skied St. Pete’s polluted lake Lake Maggiore

‘Crossing the wake’ from Creekshed 2025.

by Jack Davis April 18, 2025August 4, 2025

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In this micro-history with music, Julie Buckner Armstrong crosses Tampa Bay with a civil rights legend

‘Father John Crossing the Gandy’ from Creekshed 2025.

by Julie Armstrong April 18, 2025June 4, 2025

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Diane Roberts mourns the destruction of Native architecture on Terra Ceia Island

‘Hear the ghosts’ from Creekshed 2025.

by Diane Roberts April 18, 2025July 16, 2025

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St. Pete poet Tyler Gillespie opened Ellis Hughes’ diary and came out with this ‘note’

‘research note, Or, all the colors vary according to the point of vision’ from Creekshed 2025.

by Tyler Gillespie April 18, 2025June 16, 2025

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St. Petersburg poet Tyler Gillespie road trips with a swamp monster

‘Creek freak’ from Creekshed 2025.

by Tyler Gillespie April 18, 2025August 3, 2025

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St. Pete’s poet laureate Gloria Muñoz reminds us that water and flowers are what we hold onto

‘Water Hyacinth’ from Creekshed 2025.

by Gloria Muñoz April 18, 2025June 13, 2025

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Here’s a list of small, flowering trees you can plant in a Florida yard

Plus six Tampa Bay area tree giveaways happening this week.

by Vicki Parsons and Bay Soundings April 17, 2025June 21, 2025

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Bill banning oil drilling near Florida’s estuarine research reserves passes unanimously in House

There are three such reserves in Florida — the Apalachicola in North Florida.

by Mitch Perry and Florida Phoenix April 17, 2025June 28, 2025

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Trump’s cancellation of environmental justice grants affects communities like St. Pete’s Childs Park

Recently-planted trees helped battle urban heat island effect.

by Nada Hassanein and Florida Phoenix April 16, 2025July 30, 2025

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Tampa needs more neighborhood leaders like the late Harold Walker

His fight for trees will impact local neighborhoods for generations.

by Linda Saul-Sena April 15, 2025July 28, 2025

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Florida House advances bill requiring Florida DEP ‘balancing test’ before considering to drill for oil

The House bill sponsors said that their legislation is a response to a decision last year by the FDEP to permit an exploratory oil well along the Apalachicola River..

by Mitch Perry and Florida Phoenix April 15, 2025April 19, 2025

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After amendments, environmentalists now support bill to limit development on Florida state parks

HB 209 is a response to plans to construct lodges, golf courses, pickleball courts and disc golf courses in nine state parks.

by Mitch Perry and Florida Phoenix April 8, 2025June 3, 2025

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Seagrass acreage in Old Tampa Bay is lower than it’s been in 30 years

Managers think we might need to reconsider the way we measure nutrient loading.

by Vicki Parsons and Bay Soundings March 31, 2025May 29, 2025

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Florida’s most-powerful business groups are watching as court hears arguments in wetlands fight

Florida and the EPA seek to overturn a district judge’s ruling in the lawsuit filed by conservation groups.

by Jim Saunders March 25, 2025May 3, 2025

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Bipartisan support helps ‘chemtrail’ bill advance in Florida Senate

A statute already on the books bans individuals from attempting to affect the weather without a license from the state.

by Mitch Perry and Florida Phoenix March 19, 2025April 8, 2025

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Tampa Bay’s Egmont Key is a bellwether for sea level rise in Florida

The island you see today is 300 acres smaller than it was in 1898.

by Ben Montgomery and The Florida Trident February 27, 2025July 19, 2025

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Florida springs restoration bill has largely unspoken connection to utilities, but advocates are giving it a thumbs up

At Hllsborough’s Lake Rogers Park, Sheree L. Greer seeks out beautiful Black nature and the legacies of segregation

Historian and author Gary Mormino reflects upon shell middens and Florida foodway

At St. Pete’s Maximo Park, Amanda Hagood reflects on hidden landscapes and aging

Forty years ago, historian Jack E. Davis water skied St. Pete’s polluted lake Lake Maggiore

In this micro-history with music, Julie Buckner Armstrong crosses Tampa Bay with a civil rights legend

Diane Roberts mourns the destruction of Native architecture on Terra Ceia Island

St. Pete poet Tyler Gillespie opened Ellis Hughes’ diary and came out with this ‘note’

St. Petersburg poet Tyler Gillespie road trips with a swamp monster

St. Pete’s poet laureate Gloria Muñoz reminds us that water and flowers are what we hold onto

Here’s a list of small, flowering trees you can plant in a Florida yard

Bill banning oil drilling near Florida’s estuarine research reserves passes unanimously in House

Trump’s cancellation of environmental justice grants affects communities like St. Pete’s Childs Park

Tampa needs more neighborhood leaders like the late Harold Walker

Florida House advances bill requiring Florida DEP ‘balancing test’ before considering to drill for oil

After amendments, environmentalists now support bill to limit development on Florida state parks

Seagrass acreage in Old Tampa Bay is lower than it’s been in 30 years

Florida’s most-powerful business groups are watching as court hears arguments in wetlands fight

Bipartisan support helps ‘chemtrail’ bill advance in Florida Senate

Tampa Bay’s Egmont Key is a bellwether for sea level rise in Florida

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