As part of an ongoing project, Erika Zambello is visiting all National Estuarine Research Reserves in the continental United States. Established by NOAA, the sites work together toward long-term research, education and coastal stewardship. A group of scientists attending a Jacksonville-based living shorelines conference, garbed in knee-high wading boots, walked across a mudflat toward a…
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Florida State Parks – Fort Zachary Taylor
My friend Matt tied on a special fly to the end of his fishing line, one of his own design that he has since named the “pompinator” (less colorfully known as a #4 tan/olive clouser minnow). We had arrived with our buddies on a sunny Key West afternoon, chasing after the island’s best fly-fishing, swimming,…
Florida State Parks – Rainbow Springs
As my husband and I hopped out of the car and joined a large group of people streaming towards the park’s entrance gate, we were joining an even longer, metaphorical line of humans who have been visiting Rainbow Springs for over 10,000 years. The park encompasses the fourth largest spring in Florida, and right away…
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