08 Dec What’s Going On in Munyon Cove?

Posted at 15:54h in News

Numerous WPBFC angling records have been set along its mangrove shoreline; it’s a favorite haunt for schools of pilchards, pinfish and mullet; light-tackle enthusiasts catch jack crevalle, snook and an occasional redfish, bonefish or trout there; wading birds, manatees and juvenile green sea turtles are a frequent sight; and it is home to protected species of sea grass…The place being described is Munyon Cove. This biologically diverse area is situated just south of MacArthur Beach State Park between A1A on Singer Island and Little Munyon Island. It is one of the the most ecologically important portions of the Lake Worth...

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15 Sep Okeechobee redo requires expert advice

Posted at 16:06h in News

“Adding highway lanes to deal with traffic congestion is like loosening your belt to cure obesity,” remarked Lewis Mumford. That was in the 1950s. The majority opinion on solving traffic con-gestion, however, has not improved much in 70 years....

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07 Sep Don’t OK building on LW Lagoon

Posted at 13:46h in News

Last we heard, the chairman of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Rodney Barreto, backed down from developing submerged acres he owns in the Lake Worth Lagoon off Singer Island. The gubernatorial appointee and uber-lobbyist based in Coral Gables planned to sell the land right away, he said in March. He insisted he didn’t intend to build the 15 mansions, 330 condos and marina that public filings indicated he did....

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26 Jul Prime time to revive PBC environmental promises?

Posted at 14:02h in News

When a plan was inked more than 20 years ago to undo the damage inflicted on South Florida’s prodigious ecosystem, Palm Beach County shared prominently in the environmental largesse. The Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, or CERP, included hundreds of millions of dollars to store fresh water in wells and reservoirs and treatment areas countywide to recharge groundwater and keep saltwater intrusion at bay....

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16 Jun A water bond should be part of PBC’s future

Posted at 14:12h in News

Recently, nearly 10% of Palm Beach County’s population got a 'taste' of how toxic cyanobacteria cylindrospermopsis in our drinking water impacts the region’s economy — not to mention our daily lives. Potable water has been restored to the residents of Palm Beach, South Palm Beach and West Palm Beach after toxins caused by blue-green algae were found in the water supply, but the threats to the county’s water remain....

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