03 Nov

Posted at 14:28h in News

Can you find wildlife in Florida’s disappearing wetlands, forests, and streams? Yes, say noted photographers Eric and Lynn Sambol. These JIC neighbors share photos from a “Florida safari” right in our own back yard. Please click through their exquisite photo galleries! Eric and Lynn Sambol have traveled to the ends of the Earth to photograph wildlife. Last spring, they hopped in their car and drove to nearby locations north, south and west of Jupiter. Eric says, “There is so much wildlife within a short drive of JIC! It’s thrilling to find it, photograph it and so satisfying to share it with...

26 Aug

Posted at 14:39h in News

On the evening of Aug. 19, my phone blew up. Texts, calls, emails – all asking, “How can the Florida Department of Environmental Protection put three golf courses in Jonathan Dickinson State Park?” “How can this happen to public lands?” “How can we stop this?”...

11 Mar

Posted at 15:10h in News

A recent headline in the Palm Beach Post asked, “Why does the Convention Center need Another Hotel?” As the article went on to explain, the answer is simple – the Convention Center DRI (Development of Regional Impact) allows for 1400 hotel rooms. Only 400, or so, have been built....

26 Oct

Posted at 14:13h in News

The GL Homes' land swap is dead. Two county commissioners, Mack Bernard and Mayor Gregg Weiss, who had both voted in May to send the controversial proposal to the state for review, changed their votes on final reading Tuesday, a rare event. Their flips were enough to kill the effort by the homebuilder to give the county land in the northwest part of the county, (Indian Trails Grove) in exchange for building a high-end development on preserved land west of Boca Raton in the Agricultural Reserve....

08 Dec

Posted at 15:44h in News

There’s good news for the Lake Worth Lagoon. Habitat enhancement sites like Snook Islands, South Cove, and the soon-to-be-finished Tarpon Cove are helping to improve water quality. I and others have been strong advocates for creating these and similar sites for decades. However, if we are really committed to improving the Lagoon’s water quality and marine-life habitats, we must address the sediment that is regularly delivered to the estuary during each freshwater discharge. Where does the sediment come from? It is essentially soil and other organic material that heavy rains wash off farm fields, roads, and yards into canals. This sediment is carried...