Pine Rockland /tags/pine-rockland Pine Rockland en-US WLRN Mon, 18 Sep 2023 14:42:27 GMT Zoo Miami created an oasis for bonneted bats. It's getting in the way of a water park /environment/2023-09-18/zoo-miami-bonneted-bats-water-park The controversial Miami Wilds water park near Zoo Miami comes back before Miami-Dade county commissioners Tuesday. But the commissioner who requested the deal now wants it deferred indefinitely. Mon, 18 Sep 2023 14:42:27 GMT /environment/2023-09-18/zoo-miami-bonneted-bats-water-park Jenny Staletovich In 2018, a judge ruled that lawmakers misused conservation land funds — a new judge tossed the case /news/2022-01-03/in-2018-a-judge-ruled-that-lawmakers-misused-conservation-land-funds-a-new-judge-tossed-the-case In his ruling Monday, Judge E. Layne Smith said conservationists dragged their feet and failed to ask for a temporary restraining order that would have prevented lawmakers from spending the money. Mon, 03 Jan 2022 23:52:51 GMT /news/2022-01-03/in-2018-a-judge-ruled-that-lawmakers-misused-conservation-land-funds-a-new-judge-tossed-the-case Jenny Staletovich Environmentalists Heading To Court To Protect Disappearing Florida Plants /news/2021-01-06/environmentalists-heading-to-court-to-protect-disappearing-florida-plants The Center for Biological Diversity filed a notice this week to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to designate critical habitat for the Everglades bully, Big Pine partridge pea and six other endangered plants. Wed, 06 Jan 2021 21:39:35 GMT /news/2021-01-06/environmentalists-heading-to-court-to-protect-disappearing-florida-plants Jenny Staletovich Miami-Dade Approves Controversial Amusement Park Near Rare Pineland /2020-10-21/miami-dade-approves-controversial-amusement-park-near-rare-pineland Commissioners approved the Miami Wilds park plan and an option for a larger hotel after vowing to protect bats and remove pineland from the deal. Wed, 21 Oct 2020 10:00:40 GMT /2020-10-21/miami-dade-approves-controversial-amusement-park-near-rare-pineland Jenny Staletovich As Seas Rise, a Florida Keys 'Ghost Forest' Makes A Last Stand /environment/2020-01-13/as-seas-rise-a-florida-keys-ghost-forest-makes-a-last-stand On a stretch of the Lower Keys, near an old borrow pit quarried during the construction of Big Pine, sea water and mud cover much of the rocky… Tue, 14 Jan 2020 00:58:00 GMT /environment/2020-01-13/as-seas-rise-a-florida-keys-ghost-forest-makes-a-last-stand Jenny Staletovich Florida Judge Will Decide The Future Of Pine Rockland Development /environment/2018-05-25/florida-judge-will-decide-the-future-of-pine-rockland-development In a Miami-Dade courtroom, Judge Spencer Eig heard arguments Thursday both for and against a controversial development planned on an environmentally rare… Fri, 25 May 2018 21:52:34 GMT /environment/2018-05-25/florida-judge-will-decide-the-future-of-pine-rockland-development