Study Encourages Everglades Land Purchases
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The state and federal governments should buy more land, and do so quickly, in order to restore the Everglades before the property becomes developed or too expensive in coming years, according to a new report.
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By Karen Branch-Brioso, Tampa Tribune, Fla.  Sep. 15--TAMPA -- A 1,937-acre piece of northeast Hillsborough County  farmland and timberland moved a step toward development Thursday.
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By Fraser Sherman, Destin Log, Fla.  Dec. 16--The owners of the Destin land marked for the extension of Commons Drive would still prefer to receive land in exchange for their property rather than money, City Manager Greg Kisela says.
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Science & environment: Scientists hope evidence will save other areas of land given over to timber and oil-palm plantations.
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Environmentalists think ahead to the effect of tourists and investors on a landscape of crucial habitats.
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By Lyndsey Lewis, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Feb.
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By Alyson Crean, Florida Keys Keynoter, Marathon  Feb. 28--It may have seemed a good idea at the time, but initiating a land-mapping for allotting building permits continues to hit snags.
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By Paola Iuspa-Abbott, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Mar. 8--The deal was clear, or so neighbors west of Boca Raton thought.
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By Curtis Morgan and Amy Driscoll, The Miami Herald  Jun. 16--By location alone, Biscayne Landing seems a developer's dream.   Nearly 200 open, bayside acres. Sweeping ocean views. State park on one side, university campus on the other.
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The recent purchase by Hollins University and other buyers of about 235 acres of wooded land on Tinker Mountain, a Roanoke Valley landmark, benefits the university, residents of the region and even people passing through on Interstate 81.
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By Mike Keller, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 13--A revised federal plan to speed home and institutional building in coastal wetlands has been released for public review and comments.   The U.S.
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By Richard Dymond, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Feb. 9--LAKEWOOD RANCH -- The Sarasota Polo Club's Bermuda grass is so soft people sometimes just flip off their shoes and socks to feel it on their bare feet.
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By Arlene Mart?nez, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Mar. 12--Property owners debating whether to keep their land undeveloped forever can reap better tax benefits if they do it this year.
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TUCSON, Ariz. - The company that owns Biosphere 2 Center, 3.1 glass-enclosed acres designed to simulate the Earth's environment, has put the site up for sale.
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By BRIAN SKOLOFF FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Just below the sea's surface off Florida's southeast coast lies a virtual gold mine. It's not sunken treasure or some Spanish galleon but instead nature's bounty, rows of coral reefs that generate billions of dollars a year in tourism spending.
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By Mike Salinero, Tampa Tribune, Fla.  Feb. 6--TAMPA -- A split planning commission took the first step Monday night toward wider protective buffers around Hillsborough County's wetlands.
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By MICHAEL CASEY  CHEME, Thailand - For much of his life, Viroj Dedsongprak paid little attention to the mangrove forests that surrounded his Thai village. He thought nothing of it when neighbors chopped down trees for firewood or plowed them under for shrimp ponds.