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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?”...
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....
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....
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...
Lake Clarke is so corrupted by nitrogen and phosphorus it was declared an impaired waterway last fall. Three blue-green algae health alerts have been issued since mid-May for a West Palm Beach spillway where new apartments and kayak launches are planned. ...