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Editorial: Finally reclaiming the Florida Everglades is within reach A historic moment has arrived for the Everglades. If we only recognize it and seize it. Last month, every single Florida member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Republican and Democrat, wrote to President Joseph R. Biden urging him to seek “robust funding” for the sporadically stalled environmental repair project that aims to redirect the flow of water south, as the Everglades used to do naturally. That’s right. Democrats like Ted Deutch and Lois Frankel joined with Republicans Brian Mast and...

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Northwestern-Illinois Predictions Share this story After everyone but Colin picked NU to avoid an upset in East Lansing, the staff standings just got a little tighter. Northwestern finishes its regular season in a rivalry matchup against Illinois for the Land of Lincoln Trophy, also known as the HAT. NU has won the last five in the series. If you want to see Rodger Sherman’s weekly picks, head on over to the Eli Karp: Northwestern 24, Illinois 10 Check the weather forecast for Saturday in Evanston. It’s going to be windy, it’s going to be rainy, and it may even be slushy. If this thing...

In an effort to walk in mac's soggy shoes, i stalk a wood stork at sunset. not exactly the george clooney of wading birds but a beautiful sight for all that worked for decades to bring them back from the brink. it came off the endangered species list just last year. but mac knows a creature much harder to find is the snail kite. a bird of prey with a very picky appetite. they eat only apple snails, but without enough good water, the snails have largely disappeared and so have the kites, with about 400 breeding pairs left in florida, getting this shot damn near impossible. >> i was going out ev...

Would be urban development which would kill everglades park. the question is how do you balance that? i need two hands to hold the pole and i need mac to tell me what's in it. >> so it's a camera on a pole. >> a gopro. >> but now after decades of frustration, water managers call jerry for his advice before they open floodgates in ways that would wipe out his beloved birds. >> i like to say well we quit digging a hole anyway. we've been digging a hole for the last hundred years and it's getting worse and worse and worse. this bay and the everglades are unbelievably resilient if unbelievably del...