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Key Biscayne Independent · @kbindependent
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Crandon intersection project delays anger residents :

Village officials placed blame on County permitting snags and problems with uncharted underground utilities.

kbindependent.org/2023/08/30/c

#brettmoss #cairocangas #construction #crandonboulevard #digonce #joerasco #keycolony #miamidadecounty #permot #traffic #utility #waterandsewer #miami #News

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Key Biscayne Independent · @kbindependent
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Rosenstiel gets $1.5 M grant for high-tech flood simulator, with focus on disadvantaged communities  :

The National Science Foundation made the award to help communities more quickly respond to growing urban flooding threats as sea levels continue to rise.

kbindependent.org/2023/08/11/r

#computer #computermodel #drainage #flooding #grant #irvine #katherinemach #miamidadecounty

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Key Biscayne Independent · @kbindependent
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Miami’s top cop tried to commit suicide. Mental health remains an issue for first responders :

The biggest threat to law enforcement officers --and often, their families-- is not any armed criminal. It is themselves.

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#aleskanazy #alfredofreddyramirez #carlosalvarez #communitypolicerelationsfoundation #COVID19 #danielalevinecava #daniellalevinecava #DomesticAbuse #firstresponder #gunviolence #mentalhealth #miamidadecounty #Police #policing #robertparker #str

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Reed Lindwurm · @ReedLindwurm
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1,869 acres have been designated as critical habitat for the under the . The beetle lives in some of the few that still exist in , and there are heavy development pressures on such areas, despite them containing a variety of .

Here's 's press release about it: biologicaldiversity.org/w/news

#endangered #miamitigerbeetle #endangeredspeciesact #pinerocklands #miamidadecounty #endangeredspecies #centerforbiologicaldiversity #miami #southflorida #insects #beetles #conservation #protectedareas #biodiversity

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Key Biscayne Independent · @kbindependent
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Dems win a mayor's race in Jacksonville, but GOP shrugs it off :

Three of Florida's largest jurisdictions — Jacksonville, Tampa and Miami-Dade County — will now be run by Democratic women.

kbindependent.org/2023/05/17/d

#christianziegler #democrat #desantis #donnadeegan #floridalegislature #gop #karilake #miami #miamidadecounty #republican

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Floridensis · @floridensis
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It's been a busy couple of weeks, but allow to revel in the memory of this south Florida speedster. , the #acer; , (14 March 2023).

More eco-photography at floridensis.com.

#coluberconstrictorpaludicola #everglades #miamidadecounty #florida #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #snakes #reptiles #coluber

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Vu Austern · @VuAustern
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The will have finalized and The will be listed as a (with critical habitat designated) under the , the announced.

The lives in the of very urbanized in , while the bracted twistflower is found in , , , and in , roughly coinciding with the .

biologicaldiversity.org/w/news

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#miamitigerbeetle #criticalhabitat #bractedtwistflower #threatenedspecies #endangeredspeciesact #centerforbiologicaldiversity #Miami #tigerbeetle #pinerocklands #southflorida #miamidadecounty #uvaldecounty #bexarcounty #medinacounty #traviscounty #texas #i35corridor #plants #wildflowers #beetles #insects #florida #southtexas #urbanSprawl #esa #endangeredspecies #USFWS

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Floridensis · @floridensis
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, the ; , (11 June 2016). A non-native species now quite abundant throughout portions of .

More eco-photography at floridensis.com.

#basiliscusvittatus #brownbasilisk #miamidadecounty #florida #southflorida #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #reptiles #lizards #basiliscus

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Floridensis · @floridensis
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#caimancrocodilus #spectacledcaiman #miamidadecounty #florida #southflorida #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #reptiles #crocodilians #caiman

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Floridensis · @floridensis
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is, of course, riddled and rattled with a continuously fluctuating array of non-native species small and large. Featured here is one of our larger lizard imports, , the , photographed in , (11 June 2016). This large crown giant species is now well-situated throughout much of the Florida peninsula.

More eco-photography at floridensis.com.

#southflorida #anolisequestris #cubanknightanole #miamidadecounty #florida #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #lizards #Anolis

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Floridensis · @floridensis
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Anything but aggressive: , the ; , (14 March 2023). In all my years of watching them, I have not once encountered an aggressive . They can certainly be stubborn and defensive, but they remain one of the easiest species to photograph in Florida! They are very good communicators.

More eco-photography at floridensis.com.

#agkistrodonconanti #floridacottonmouth #miamidadecounty #florida #cottonmouth #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #snakes #reptiles #agkistrodon

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