With the SFWMD Executive Director resigning, it is a good time to think about the qualifications for running water management agencies in Florida. Governor Rick Scott, of course, knew less about Florida than any statewide candidate in many decades. During his … Continue reading
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The people currently in charge at the Legislature are about as bad as the old “Pork Chop Gang” of the 1950s and 1960s. There is, for example, the open division of political pork in the new budget. A text search … Continue reading
Three-fourths of the phosphate fertilizer used in the United States comes out of Florida mines. Most of this plant nutrient is exported from the “Bone Valley” area of southwest Florida but there is also one mine and chemical plant a few miles … Continue reading
Am I, really? Rick Bastach’s book on water in Oregon is very interesting and makes a fundamental observation about farming: Agriculture is a business, not a virtue. Farmers are as ethical (and unethical) as the rest of us. Like other … Continue reading
A new opinion survey out from the University of Florida tries to determine what Floridians think about water. (The main report is here (pdf) and the associated webpage is here. Some other recent surveys can be found here.) It is … Continue reading