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Today s letters: Readers comment on declining bird populations, George Floyd s murder and more Ocala Star-Banner
The edge of extinction
May 8 is the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Global Big Day. It s a great opportunity to contribute to the ongoing study of the health and welfare of birds globally.
Here in North America, we’ve lost one third of our bird population in the last 50 years. More than 3 billion birds gone. And now 389 species of birds are on the edge of extinction. This critical situation increases the importance of citizen participation; the destruction of one species affects all species. That includes all of us.
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New Ocala Wetland Recharge Park Offering Visitors ‘A Peaceful Feeling’
By Mikayla Carroll
January 7, 2021
Video above: At the Ocala Wetland Recharge Park, the city’s water resources conservation coordinator, Rachel Slocumb, discusses the accommodations for visitors. (Mikayla Carroll/WUFT News)
After more than two years of challenging development, the Ocala Wetland Recharge Park has drawn in about 200 visitors a day since opening in September.
The serene bodies of water they see upon entering the 60-acre park are actually treated wastewater flowing from facilities in Ocala. Three million gallons of such wastewater are sent to the park each day, with plants and microorganisms helping to “recharge” it all back into the Upper Floridian Aquifer – the primary supply of drinking water for most of north central Florida.