Reef-wide outplanting of corals susceptible to stony coral tissue loss disease begins
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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and our coral reef restoration partners announce the recent successful outplanting of 1,152 coral colonies along Florida’s Coral Reef as part of the largest coordinated experimental outplanting effort in Florida to date.
Reef restoration experiments in Florida have never been replicated on such a large scale before, with 24 outplanting sites spanning from Martin County down the coast of southeast Florida to Key West.
The purpose of this project is to determine the fate of corals that are susceptible to stony coral tissue loss disease when outplanted across Florida’s coral reef where the disease is still present but no longer found in epidemic proportions. The knowledge gained during this study will pave the way for future expansions in the restoration of disease-sus
Closer look: Dry-down of Lake Jackson unearths two human skulls
Closer look: Dry-down of Lake Jackson
and last updated 2021-06-09 09:22:22-04
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) â Two human skulls found in an area normally covered by water are now bringing attention to the Lake Jackson dry down.
The remains were found Sunday off Faulk Drive in Leon County; only now visible because the water in that part of the lake is gone.
Lake Jackson was drained by two sinkholes under the lake. Every so often, they open up taking the water with it. This the fourth time I ve seen this lake dry, said James Johnson.
Meeting in Tallahassee on June 4
th in closed session, the Florida Commission on Ethics took action on 17 matters, Chair JoAnne Leznoff announced today. A finding of probable cause is not a determination a violation has occurred. Such a determination is made only after a full evidentiary hearing on the allegations.
In a self-initiated proceeding – required by statute – to determine if
MICHELLE KLIGMAN, Vice President of Human Resources and Chief Experience Officer at Jackson Health System, the Commission found probable cause to believe Ms. Kligman willfully failed to timely file her 2017 Form 1 disclosure.
The Commission considered a complaint filed against Jacksonville Beach City Council Member