Northeast Florida's Outdoor Journal
Welcome to Wild Florida, a new radio series on outdoor happenings in northeast Florida. The show will air monthly on WJCT 89.9 FM’s “First Coast Connect” hosted by Melissa Ross at 9:00 a.m. She’ll interview journalist and Master Naturalist Lisa … Continued
Near Palatka, FL — Water at the Rodman Dam will rise again starting today, when the locks are shut after a five month drawdown to clean out choked-up, rotting vegetation. Closing the dam will stop the historic Ocklawaha River from … Continued
Jacksonville and Miami, FL –The federal agency charged with studying and planning for dredging in the nation’s ports has faced problems in two of Florida’s biggest ports. The Army Corps of Engineers just wound up a two-year dredging project at … Continued
Jacksonville, FL — In one week’s time, a year’s worth of stakeholder negotiations on the Jacksonville harbor dredging may be dead in the water. On August 6, Mayor Curry unexpectedly disbanded the Port Task Force which was set to reconvene this … Continued
Jacksonville, FL — In a surprise move, newly elected Mayor Lenny Curry announced Friday that he is disbanding the Port Task Force convened by his predecessor, Mayor Alvin Brown. The task force met monthly for over one year and had … Continued
Palatka, FL — Breaking News: Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce CEO Daniel Davis agrees to “start over” in talks that have been going on for months, but this time to include Putnam County, where officials are claiming they weren’t informed about … Continued
