It reads like something written yesterday. "Development or progress, so called, is destroying much of the habitat of all our wildlife at an alarming rate," reads the column that appeared in a local newspaper. "(T)he decrease in numbers of many of our most interesting members of the bird world is a sad thing to contemplate." ...more

February 27, 2009

Sprawling toward the horizon, Andersen Air Force Base is surprisingly quiet, leaving the impression of a big, empty parking lot. ...more

January 26, 2009

A coalition of environmental organizations wants a multistate council studying threats to the Gulf of Mexico to focus on climate change and its effects. ...more

January 14, 2009

Hernando County is downstream of a disaster waiting to happen and residents should be paying attention, environmentalists say. ...more

December 18, 2008

Hernando residents should be paying attention to a plan to bring a landfill to Dade City, environmentalists say. ...more

December 17, 2008

The Southwest Florida Water Management District wants to streamline its permitting process by giving its staff and executive more authority to grant or deny water and land use permits. ...more

September 30, 2008

Fewer water use, development permits would go before Swiftmud board. ...more

September 30, 2008

This point in history is an important one for the Withlacoochee River, environmentalists say. ...more

August 16, 2008

The fledgling Withlacoochee River Alliance aims to bring together activists throughout the region to preserve one of the state's treasures. ...more

August 16, 2008

As an activist working to preserve and improve the quality of the Gulf of Mexico, Joe Murphy hears from counterparts in other Gulf coast states who envy Florida's heretofore firm stance against oil rigs within 125 miles of shore. ...more

June 24, 2008