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Friday, Feb. 11, 2011

 

The Eastuaries Report Card grades each estuary on wildlife habitat and water quality. AMANDA INSCORE / NEWS-PRESS  
News-Press  

 

Failing grades

Most of Southwest Florida's estuaries were in bad shape in 2005 — and the 2011 Estuaries Report Card shows they are getting worse. According to the Conservancy of Southwest Florida, water quality has declined in seven of 10 area estuaries. Fort Meyers News-Press   READ THE REPORT

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• Conservancy releases 2011 estuaries report card

The Cantonment facility opened Dec. 2. Photo courtesy of ECUA  
ECUA  

 

Under budget

The Emerald Coast Utilities Authority is $27 million under its $316 million budget to replace the "old stinky" Main Street Wastewater Treatment Plant in downtown Pensacola with a new facility in Cantonment that opened Dec. 2. Pensacola News Journal

Dozens of protesters from the River Ranch Resort, near Lake Wales, came to the Sebring meeting. GARY PINNELL / HIGHLANDS TODAY  
Highlands Today  

 

Land grab?

There were two distinct voices at a meeting in Sebring last week to discuss a proposed federal Everglades Headwaters Refuge and Conservation Area Proposal: Environmentalists who saw the beauty in conservation easements and residents of River Ranch Resort, a park near Lake Wales where residents can airboat, hunt, fish or do as they please. Highlands Today



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Shrimpers at a loss
Jeff Hald cruises near the MacArthur Causeway on Biscayne Bay looking for shrimp in his boat "Money's Tight" on Feb. 4. Shrimp seem to be in short supply this season. READ THE STORY

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Margaret Thatcher became the first woman to head a major party in Britain when she was elected leader of opposition Conservative Party.

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