SELLING VERO BEACH: SETTLER MYTHS IN THE LAND OF THE AÍS AND SEMINOLE by Kristalyn Marie Shefveland shows how settlers from northern states created myths about #Florida 's Indian River area, rewriting #Indigenous peoples' history to market land to investors/tourists.
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'Met with opposition,' as it should be. If we're going to have intensive development in the urban core, the rural fringes need to remain rural. But not in Florida, where every blade of grass paved over is another buck in the bank

Come to Thursday night’s lecture at the Apollo school in Hobe sound by the talented archaeology researcher Israel Mireles, “An Introduction to Our Earliest Residents, the Ais Tribe”
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7 PM Thursday night, April 18 apolloschool.org/events-news

You should really read ⁦Kristalyn Marie Shefveland⁩ fun new book.

Not sure what to write so letting my blurb speak for itself.

⁦University Press of Florida⁩ ⁦Jason Herbert, Ph.D.⁩

The streets of my South Florida town are flooded with lumbering semi trucks loading up luxury cars to haul back north east.

I don’t know of any clearer sign that Snowbird season is ending.

Don't miss Evan P. Bennett's book talk, The Future of Florida's Coasts: What We Can Learn From Tampa Bay, at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. The April 18 event will include signings of his new book and discussion of Tampa Bay #ecology and #conservation .
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I really enjoyed Clay Henderson comprehensive exploration of the topic. Recommended to all Floridians.

It wasn’t for a lack of prep 😂 Tested all gear in bright sunlight and then the next day the clouds moved on 😡😡⁦Texas Instruments Education⁩ #stem ⁦The Pine School⁩ @t3 ⁦Curtis Brown⁩ ⁦Harshal S Chhaya⁩ ⁦Mr. Posnanski⁩ ⁦nathaniel osborn⁩

Op-ed: 'The #Florida Panther is not a myth, not the same species as the North American mountain lion; and our focus should be saving and protecting our strong, graceful, tawny Florida panthers.' news-press.com/story/opinion/…

I don’t know what to believe in anymore

Today is National Library Day! With a State Library of Florida library card, you can check out items from our circulating collection. Apply here: fslt.ent.sirsi.net/custom/web/reg….

History Dept Chair Nathaniel Osborn led his Florida Environmental History students through a closer look at archeology surveys of one of our campus's pre-Columbian shell middens. #PineSchool #PineBeyondTheClassroom

“I’m tired of driving by places that look like crap because we took it on faith,” says #Florida planning commissioner before voting for another developer's project. tampabay.com/news/pasco/202… via Barbara Behrendt

#Florida lets local governments make their own fertilizer rules again

Florida cities and counties once again may pass new fertilizer ordinances and strengthen existing ones, including summer rainy season bans.

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More fallout from USACE Jax District discharges from Lake O: #Florida Department of Health issues health alert after confirming toxic algae at two more locations in St. Lucie River. tcpalm.com/story/news/loc… via Cheryl Smith

The Absurd Primacy of the Automobile in American Life - The Atlantic theatlantic.com/business/archi…

Toxic algae in #Florida 's St. Lucie river and canal are in dangerous concentrations, DEP confirms tcpalm.com/story/news/loc… via Ed Killer

Something important to remember when you consider that the EAA reservoir that’s supposed to help solve the problem won’t be finished and operations testing complete for another 6 years….

So much fun learning a lot about the Key Marco Cat from ⁦Austin Bell⁩ fabulous book upf.com/book.asp?id=97…

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With algae in Martin waters, Mast urges Army Corps to stop discharges

U.S. Rep. Brian Mast sent the Army Corps a letter Monday, once again urging the agency to stop Lake Okeechobee discharges to the St. Lucie River.

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