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Swimmer Kathryn Mikesell encountered mats of floating dead fish during her morning swim in August in northern Biscayne Bay.
Last month, reef organizations were told the $10 million was no longer available. But within weeks of WLRN inquiring, the grant money was reinstated.
Just before South Florida hosted the Super Bowl in 2020, Gov. Ron DeSantis held a press conference at the Frost Museum of Science to announce a new initiative to help protect Florida’s increasingly ailing coral reef.
“Many of you know there have been a lot of different challenges to the health of the reef,” DeSantis said of the only inshore reef bounding continental shores, now battling a lethal disease outbreak.
Two severely injured deer found in a hog trap in San Felasco Hammock Preserve State Park were euthanized last month after concerned citizens alerted park rangers to their plight.
It is a rare, but unfortunate accident that has not happened in at least two years at the park, said Florida Department of Environmental Protection spokeswoman Alexandra Kuchta.
The deer were found Jan. 17 by hiker John Skelly, 70, while he was out for a walk on the blue trail on the eastern side of the park by Millhopper Road. Both seemed to be cut and hurt from bashing the metal siding of the cage, he said.
The School District of Manatee County is hoping to make another move toward becoming more environmentally friendly with the possibility of an electric bus transporting students.
The district applied for a grant that would cover 75% of the cost for an electric bus through the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Electric Bus Project.
If approved, the district would receive $393,043 for the bus. The total cost of the bus is $524,057.
BY THE NUMBERS
$393,043 Amount grant will fund
$131,014 Cost to the School District of Manatee County
205 Buses owned by the district
46 Buses that are at least 10 years old
$110,000 Average cost of a regular bus