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Last month, the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced that it was proposing “to remove 23 species from the Federal Lists of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants due to extinction.” Among the species selected for “removal”— the cold, bureaucratic term hiding a history of destruction and death — is the diminutive Bachman’s […]
Treasured as one of the most beautiful and mysterious native plants in America, the Franklinia tree was almost lost to extinction were it not for the efforts of John and William Bartram. John Bartram was an extraordinary, self-taught naturalist who was appointed by Englandâs King George III as Botanist for the North American colonies in 1765. William Bartram was John Bartramâs third son, and he would become Americaâs first native-born natural history artist. This father and son pair explored widely throughout the American colonies to collect and preserve botanical specimens, se...
Alachua County got its first scenic road designation since 2004 — the county's sixth overall — Tuesday, with Micanopy's Tuscawilla Road. County commissioners voted 3-2 to give the designation to the two-lane road between Cholokka Boulevard in the Micanopy town limits and U.S. Highway 441, which brings the road additional protection. The roadway meets several of the criteria for designation, as outlined by the county, including scenic, archaeological and historical significance. Commissioners Chuck Chestnut and Mary Alford voted against the measure due to concerns about access to a p...
Augusta Chronicle APRIL 20, 1739 Much of what we know about this region before it had houses and highways, we learned from William Bartram, who was born this day in 1739. Bartram, for whom Georgia's Bartram Trail is named, was America's first great natural historian. He offered some of the earliest glimpses of Colonial Augusta, as detailed in "Travels," his meticulous record of his journey through the region. "The village of Augusta," he wrote," is situated on a rich and fertile plain, in the Savannah River; the buildings are near its banks and extend nearly two miles up to the cataracts o...
April 20, 1739: Famed Colonial naturalist born this day Augusta Chronicle APRIL 20, 1739 Much of what we know about this region before it had houses and highways, we learned from William Bartram, who was born this day in 1739. Bartram, for whom Georgia's Bartram Trail is named, was America's first great natural historian. He offered some of the earliest glimpses of Colonial Augusta, as detailed in "Travels," his meticulous record of his journey through the region. "The village of Augusta," he wrote," is situated on a rich and fertile plain, in the Savannah River; the buildi...