Over the weekend, a fellow naturalist friend of mine came to visit the Florida Panhandle from the Big Bend’s Cedar Key. We spent a day on the beach, a morning on Turkey Creek, and took walks around the neighborhood. She is an expert identifier of marine invertebrates, sea grasses, and reef fish, but is just…
Month: May 2017
Letter to the Editor – Federal Lands Help Federal Budget
Published in the Pensacola News Journal on February 5, 2017. Federal lands bring in the big bucks. Ecotourism and other recreation on public lands rake in over $600 billion and create more than six million jobs. Let’s be honest, a lot is happening in government right now. One new policy – included in revised budget…
Nat Geo Voices – The Report Is In
After a three-month survey across 600 souvenir shops in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Panama, Nicaragua, Cuba, Grenada and Colombia, researchers from 12 conservation organizations discovered that 30 percent of the establishments sold products made from endangered hawksbill sea turtles. Gifts ranged from $1 bracelets and rings to $200 for an intricate comb. Of the…
E. Zambello Writing and Art 