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The St. Johns River Water Management District is one of five regional agencies in Florida that have authority to tax, issue water permits and regulate wetlands. The nine members of the St. Johns board meet monthly at headquarters in Palatka, Fla. They are appointed by the governor, a system sometimes criticized as giving too much power to non-elected officials. The district, run by about 700 employees, includes the St. Johns River basin in 18 counties from Georgia to Okeechobee County.
The St. Johns River Water Management District is one of five regional agencies in Florida that have authority to tax, issue water permits and regulate wetlands. The nine members of the St. Johns board meet monthly at headquarters in Palatka, Fla. They are appointed by the governor, a system sometimes criticized as giving too much power to non-elected officials. The district, run by about 700 employees, includes the St. Johns River basin in 18 counties from Georgia to Okeechobee County.
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St. Johns district won't pay for West Orange airport land appraisal
The St. Johns River Water Management District will not pay to appraise land sought by the West Orange Airport Authority to lengthen a runway for business jets at a controversial site north of Lake Apopka. "The district typically does not fund property...Tags: Lake Apopka
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New fight looms over stretch of Ocklawaha River flooded by Rodman Dam
One of Florida's oldest environmental conflicts is heating up again, with two outdoors groups mounting a new effort to tear down a dam and restore a stretch of the Ocklawaha River north of Orlando that was once a crystal-clear ribbon of water flowing past...Tags: Orange County (Florida), Lifestyle and Leisure, Charles Lee, Ocala National Forest, Floods
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Reservoir fight: Cocoa would sell water to Orange — but for a profit
As tensions in Florida rise over the control of scarce water supplies, the Brevard County city of Cocoa, a heavy user of water pumped from rural Orange County, is offering to sell the increasingly precious resource to Orange County's utility — for a...Tags: Religion and Belief, Local Government, Orange County (Florida), Church and State Relations, Christianity
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The allure of birding: Apopka festival one step toward drawing eco-tourists
On the list of top Central Florida tourist attractions, the roseate spoonbill and the snail kite aren't likely to ever rank higher than Mickey Mouse or Harry Potter.
Still, some civic leaders and economic-development officials are banking that those...Tags: Harry Potter (fictional character), Tourism and Leisure, Discovery Communications, Inc., Arts and Culture, Mickey Mouse (fictional animal)
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State considers controversial cure for polluted Lake Apopka: Let hydrilla spread
The sickly Lake Apopka has been healing at a snail's pace despite undergoing some of the more costly environmental rehabilitations in Florida history.
So a state agency is thinking about speeding up the process by encouraging an aggressive, aquatic...Tags: Natural Resources, Natural Resources, Everglades, Winter Garden, Conservation
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Free DVD details Harris Chain of Lakes cleanup
Interested in the health of the Harris Chain of Lakes? If so, you may want to check out an informational video produced by the Lake County Water Authority that discusses the positive impact of the authority's Nutrient Reduction Facility on the water...Tags: Apopka, File Sharing, Lakes and Ponds, YouTube, DVDs
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Amid state-induced budget squeeze, water districts scrambling
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelBy Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel The powerful agency regulating Central and North Florida's water supply has sustained a more than 25 percent cut in its tax revenue, its employees say morale is the lowest in memory, and orders from the governor to... -
OUC hires water cops: For 1st time, Orlando utility is sending out sprinkler patrols
As Orlando residents sleep in for an extra hour Sunday morning, a new kind of law enforcement will be out in city neighborhoods by the crack of dawn: water cops.
The end of daylight saving time marks the start of a four-month period when lawn...Tags: Punishment, Punishment, Fines
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Will St. Johns water-district shake-up spur conflicts of interest?
With the St. Johns River Water Management District set to replace its ousted executive director this week, efforts by its board members to remold the powerful environmental agency into a smaller operation on friendlier terms with developers and...Tags: Natural Resources, Career and Workplace, Budgets and Budgeting, Government, Politics
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Do you have right to speak at public meetings? One court says no — another may disagree
Floridians have the right to attend meetings of city councils, school boards and other such public bodies.
But does state law guarantee citizens the right to speak at those meetings?
Not according to the 1st District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee,...Tags: Natural Resource Industry, The Seminole Tribe, Judges, Trials, Monaco
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Water district steps up push to save Orlando-area springs, lakes
SANFORD — Focusing on the plight of springs that feed the Wekiva River and some of the best-known lakes in theOrlando area, authorities on Thursday renewed a crackdown on excessive pumping from the region's main source of water, the Floridan...Tags: Natural Resources, Wekiva River, Atlantic Ocean, Volleyball, Volusia County
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Water district lays off senior staff at behest of developers
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelBy Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel Mass layoffs at the state agency most responsible for protecting Central Florida's waters and wetlands were ordered by Gov. Rick Scott and lawmakers as a break for taxpayers, but the forced departures of key regulators...
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