tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567689187291189896.post7157733202045693564..comments2023-11-05T01:42:46.735-08:00Comments on Of a feather: Enough, alreadyScott Weidensaulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10567679904754295754noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567689187291189896.post-89531608875791067652008-02-21T05:27:00.000-08:002008-02-21T05:27:00.000-08:00I believe I have pounded my head on the steering w...I believe I have pounded my head on the steering wheel at the exact same "Panther Crossing" sign near the Ft. Myers airport.<BR/><BR/>I do not understand the rush to destroy Florida in any way. The same kind of unbridled "metastasizing" has taken place in Richmond, VA, where I grew up. Every square inch of the pine forest I knew has been eaten alive. And what patches remain all have "Coming Soon" signs planted in them.<BR/><BR/>It's 8 degrees outside. There's still breathing room in Appalachia. Winter is good for something.Julie Zickefoosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06654698829603424649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567689187291189896.post-7233459941933388902008-01-29T17:09:00.000-08:002008-01-29T17:09:00.000-08:00I've been a little rueful about the harsh tone of ...I've been a little rueful about the harsh tone of this post -- as I said, there is a lot of good conservation going on down there - but geez, the relentlessness of the development in that part of Florida really tears my heart out. When I first started visiting SW Florida more than 20 years ago, it was the stands of Brazilian pepper, melaleuca and other invasives that really alarmed me. But with time and sweat, you can reclaim a pine flatwoods from melaleuca...reclaiming a strip mall is a lot harder.Scott Weidensaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10567679904754295754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567689187291189896.post-65476510067490244592008-01-29T15:45:00.000-08:002008-01-29T15:45:00.000-08:00With Carl Hiaasen as the Everglades' advocate and ...With <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Tourist-Season-Carl-Hiaasen/dp/0446695718/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201650157&sr=1-6" REL="nofollow">Carl Hiaasen</A> as the Everglades' advocate and you as Collier and Lee counties' advocate, perhaps south Florida isn't lost (c:Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13301129176775790365noreply@blogger.com