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Category Archives: news/local/environment
Monday chat: Rabies ever present on the Treasure Coast
What you should know about the disease — and how you can protect your pets. Continue reading
Indian River County OKs Lagoon Greenway project grant request
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — By early 2013, residents and visitors can look forward to walking through a native forest and over wetlands to an observation deck as part of the Indian River Lagoon Greenway. Continue reading
Indian River, St. Lucie among top 5 for cleanest air in American Lung Association report
Counties are No. 1 nationally in ratings for ozone conditions. Continue reading
Ground broken on Fellsmere elephant sanctuary, contractor announced
FELLSMERE — Some 75 federal, state and local officials, along with elephant-care professionals and Fellsmere residents, converged Wednesday on the National Elephant Center's future site to help its officials break ground. Continue reading
More than 500 trees may be trimmed, removed to avoid flight interference at Vero Beach Municipal Airport
VERO BEACH — About 560 trees may be removed or topped off beginning next week to avoid possible interference with the flight paths of airplanes arriving and departing from Vero Beach Municipal Airport. Continue reading
Sebastian Inlet dredging project will help replenish nearby beaches in Indian River County
Century-old Sebastian Inlet has become known as a surfing mecca and a cause of beach erosion. Continue reading
Annual Goby Fest shows off beauty of St. Sebastian River State Park
FELLSMERE — The opportunity to hold a Florida pine snake was something 11-year-old Eric Brown of Vero Beach didn't expect when he came to the eighth annual Goby Fest at the St. Sebastian River State Park on Saturday. Continue reading
Top FIND director, a Martin County resident, to retire in 2013
STUART — Florida Inland Navigation District Executive Director David Roach, a Martin County resident who helped transform the once-dormant district into a powerful agency that spends millions of dollars a year on waterway dredging projects and public access facilities, announced Friday he plans to retire in 2013. Continue reading
This time, rains expected to delay Indian River County beach project by only a day
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — One week after the county's beach contractor recovered from a rain-related delay of two weeks, Ranger Construction Industries Inc. was again delayed Monday by the latest round of rain over the weekend, county Coastal Engineer James Gray said. Continue reading
Orlando college students help clean up Sebastian’s Pelican Island during spring break
SEBASTIAN — Andrew Albaugh of Oviedo is pretty handy with a rake. Continue reading