WATCH: Miami-Dade Mayor discusses sea-level rise strategy
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MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Mayor Daniella Levine Cava held a news conference Friday morning to unveil Miami-Dade County’s sea-level rise strategy.
She was joined by Commissioner Rebeca Sosa, Clerk of Courts Harvey Ruvin, Chief Resilience Officer Jim Murley, Dr. Carolina Maran of the South Florida Water Management District, and Village of El Portal Mayor Omarr C. Nickerson.
Watch a replay of the news conference below:
I am very proud that today we are releasing a bold, forward-looking sea level rise strategy for Miami-Dade County to help us chart a more resilient future.
Florida FWC votes to ban ‘high-risk’ reptiles as snake lovers protest and beg for mercy
Jim Waymer, Florida Today
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Python Bowl kicks off Friday in Florida Everglades
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Thursday voted unanimously for a set of rules that would ban owning or breeding six types of pythons, the green anaconda and nine other “high-risk” reptiles, News 6 partner Florida Today reports.
The upshot of the ruling means that your pet tegu can live out the rest of its lizard days in Florida, but don’t expect to buy a new one after that. Same goes for the other “high-risk” reptiles that biologists see as ecological terrorists, but enthusiasts love as scaly family members.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Thursday voted unanimously for a set of rules that would ban owning or breeding six types of pythons, the green anaconda and nine other high-risk reptiles.
The upshot of the ruling means that your pet tegu can live out the rest of its lizard days in Florida, but don t expect to buy a new one after that. Same goes for the other high-risk reptiles that biologists see as ecological terrorists, but enthusiasts love as scaly family members.
The new rules would, eliminate commercial breeding and pet ownership of 16 high-risk reptiles; put the high-risk reptiles on the state s prohibited species list, and limiting possession to permitted facilities engaged in educational exhibition, research or eradication or control activities.
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