Northeast Florida's Outdoor Journal
Who doesn’t love a tax break? Jay Morris doesn’t – not when it comes on the heels of a decade of cuts in an already low-tax state that’s continually outgrowing its britches. The St. Johns County Commissioner had issued dire … Continued
St. Augustine, FL — A major developer was turned down again in Florida’s fastest growing county, despite spending more than three years working closely with the county on an acceptable development plan and adding $37 million in projects the county … Continued
It’s a nondescript piece of land, flat with small pines and scrubby weeds. Maybe it was once cleared farm land, but now it’s planted for pine timber. It has homely neighbors – a Flying J truck stop on one corner … Continued
The National Hurricane Center reported a “monster” hurricane in late September that was headed toward north Florida. It plowed over Haiti, Cuba and the Bahamas with 160 mph winds, leaving 1,000 dead. Florida Gov. Rick Scott declared a State of … Continued
St. Augustine, FL — Environmentalists claimed victory Tuesday when county commissioners voted “no” to a developer’s plans to build a large subdivision in a rural part of St. Johns County. Calling it a “litmus test on sprawl,” Matanzas Riverkeeper Neil … Continued
By Susan Cooper Eastman St. Augustine, FL — The porous limestone geology underlying Florida and the massive freshwater aquifer that runs through it was on the minds of the St. Johns County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday when they unanimously … Continued
