Twenty-two years ago today, Governor Chiles went to federal court and “surrendered” in the Everglades water quality standards lawsuit: …in a bit of political theater that Everglades hands would recount for years afterwards, Governor Chiles walked into the federal courthouse … Continue reading
What should “Florida-Friendly Landscaping” mean for irrigation and fertilization? Should it mean “efficient” watering and irrigation of landscapes? Or should it mean using smaller amounts of water and fertilizer than regular landscaping? Or should it mean using as little water … Continue reading
Easy as watching the tide come in. There have not been and will not be any water “wars” in Florida. We misuse this violent metaphor if we call our rather mild water disputes a “war.” The most heated disputes about … Continue reading
Water policy is in trouble in Florida because elected officials can safely ignore the will of voters. Many simply don’t care what voters think. Look back, for example, to the proposed constitutional amendments that the Legislature put on the 2012 … Continue reading
E. O. Wilson, in his foreword to Archie Carr’s “A Naturalist in Florida,” said that “No writer exceeds Carr in his ambidextrous handling of human and natural history.” Carr died in 1987 but his long-term optimism is relevant today: When I … Continue reading