Duke Nicholas School – So you’re going to discuss climate change

A good friend of mine from college and I had a brief conversation about climate change just before the holidays. After being ignored for most of the election season (in my opinion), climate change has fast engrossed the national debate as skeptics have taken major positions at the EPA and other organizations, even as other cabinet picks…

Florida State Parks – Homosassa Springs

The native Florida fish species swirled around me, oblivious to my wide eyes inside Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park’s Underwater Observatory. Built down into the spring itself, the circular, subsurface room flowed blue, light streaming in from the giant windows. Read the rest on Firsthand Florida Fun!

Florida State Parks – Fanning Springs

I saw a manatee! Floating up from the bottom of Fanning Springs, the gentle giant mammal lifted her gray snout above the water, her back just barely breaking the surface before sinking back down once more. It doesn’t matter how many times I see Florida’s manatees, I remain captivated by this unique sighting. Read the…