What good is a right to fish if there are no fish?
Self-interest and short-sighted profits is why we need a constitutional amendment, one more fundamental than the right to hunt and fish.
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Self-interest and short-sighted profits is why we need a constitutional amendment, one more fundamental than the right to hunt and fish.
"What do you do when special interests run the show? We can't keep doing this to Florida's waters. There will be a time when they don't bounce back."
Blair Wickstrom, the senior editor of Florida Sportsman Magazine and a board member of Friends of the Everglades and VoteWater, encourages readers to contact their members of Congress and ask that they do away with special treatment for the sugar industry when crafting the 2023 farm bill.
Concerning the possible, some say inevitable, collapse of the local marine environment unless substantial changes are made in a timely manner there is some good
Stuart City Commission race: Development and lack of clean-water urgency may have helped Doc Collins beat Mayor Merritt Matheson in Aug. 23 election