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Water Hogs

August 23, 2022
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*Update from JEA: In some cases in the list of top 10 water customers, JEA corrected the customer’s balance due to a leak or plumbing issue. There also are a few properties that reflect high usage due to reclaimed water usage. Reclaimed water is highly treated wastewater. Customers who use
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Burying Historical Norms

August 22, 2022
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Words by Rain Henderson & Joseph Guiffre Winding through the live oak lined backroads a dozen miles southeast of Gainesville, the bright Florida summer sun beats down. The light illuminates the old houses and chicken coops we pass, miles from the hustle and bustle. Finally we take a turn down
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Sea Turtle Season

August 2, 2022
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According to the Florida Wildlife Commission, only one in 1,000 sea turtle hatchlings mature to adults. We’re in the heart of sea turtle nesting season in Northeast Florida, and turtle nests and hatchlings have been spotted all over the beaches. According to the Jacksonville Beaches Sea Turtle Patrol, around 100
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Vol. 36, Issue 14

July 26, 2022
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In 1987, Folio Weekly made its debut—and Northeast Florida hasn’t been the same since. The “alternative newsweekly” brought a fresh, no holds barred approach to local journalism and served it up with a generous side of sarcasm and sass. No subject was off limits, and the staff were eager to
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In This Climate?! Small Islands, Big Fight

July 22, 2022
The beginning of the quarantine back in 2020 was a perfect storm for people starting to pay attention to the things, big and small, that they found to be important: from how to grow corn properly to protest movements across the nation. On a local level that storm threw down
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The Timucua Aren’t Extinct

July 22, 2022
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Shell rock crushed underfoot as we stepped out of my car into the Big Talbot jungle. The backroad we just followed for miles ended in seemingly nowhere with the thicket too dense to even see a few feet off the road. The sun was at its peak yet was barely
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Hurricane Haven: No Road, No Problem?

June 17, 2022
An Ecological and Sociological Nightmare for Residents of Summer Haven Joseph Guiffre & Molly Britt The unincorporated town of Summer Haven is along A1A between St. Augustine Beach and Marineland. Summer Haven is perched on a razor thin bit of barrier island sandwiched against the saltwater waves of the Atlantic
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If at First You Don’t Succeed, Rig the System

May 19, 2022
How scorned developers rid the state of conservation efforts Kale Boucher Soil and Water Conservation Districts are the unsung environmental heroes within our communities. Made up of volunteers, they are the only natural resources boards with elected positions rather than members being appointed. New legislation will disempower Florida voters in
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Saltwater Intrusion

May 19, 2022
Joseph Guiffre How often do you think about the depth of the St. Johns River? Probably not on a regular basis but the question has been on the minds of many of the people in charge of the City of Jacksonville for a very long time. JaxPort is one of
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