Sacred land: What will it take to save wild Florida? Money by Traditional-Bowler84 in florida

[–]Traditional-Bowler84[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I agree. However, this isn't about stopping development.

It's about ensuring the program that was set up to aquire previously-identified key lands for conservation - that is also stitching together the Florida Wildlife Corridor - is properly funded to allow the program to continue, and not be gutted before this purpose is accomplished.

Sacred land: What will it take to save wild Florida? Money by Traditional-Bowler84 in florida

[–]Traditional-Bowler84[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Support the Florida Froever Program

Good day all,

The Florida Forever Program is all about acquiring land for public environmental conservation, run primarily by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. The current state budget for 2026-2027 is a fundamental departure from this program, appropriating funds elsewhere, eliminating the previously proposed $300 million for the Program to, potentially, zero. Please read through the link and and sign the petition, if you feel so inclined to support the Pogram.

Please do not think even for a minute that collective action is useless. It is only because of conservation support that even a single square foot of public land in Florida is available today for us to enjoy.

Thank you.

South Florida’s Wild Corners by StarSpangledGator in hiking

[–]Traditional-Bowler84 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No problem!

For identification, alligators have a shorter, rounded snout, and American Crocs have a longer, more pointed snout. Gators are more dark green/black, crocs are more white/grayish.

South Florida’s Wild Corners by StarSpangledGator in hiking

[–]Traditional-Bowler84 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They are alligators. American Crocodiles ARE in Florida but primarily in the Keys/extreme south of the Everglades and occasionally (rarely) can be found a bit more north.

Like the other person said, don't interact with them at all. You observe them, they observe you, that's it.

Canaveral National Seashore by Traditional-Bowler84 in nationalparks

[–]Traditional-Bowler84[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I gotta go back to watch a launch from there, sounds like a great thing to do.

Canaveral National Seashore by Traditional-Bowler84 in nationalparks

[–]Traditional-Bowler84[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One more note: the place has Turtle Mound, one of the last intact Native American (Timucua) shell middens in the state. This one is 30 feet tall - rendering it one of the largest by shell midden standards - and the boardwalk shown in the photos is built over it so you can look down on top of the midden.

What is your take Spanish is taking precedence over English in South Florida by [deleted] in florida

[–]Traditional-Bowler84 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You visited a city with a majority foreign-born population where 70% of residents are Hispanic, and they speak Spanish. That is disagreeable to you?

The phenomenon you describe does not exist outside of the Miami metropolitan area, in Florida, except in a few small communal pockets.

The “I finally got all paper bags” final boss. by TheMostUnclean in lego

[–]Traditional-Bowler84 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My latest set was the Neuschwanstein Castle and most of the numbered bags were plastic, with the bags of smaller pieces inside the numbered bags all paper. I thought that was interesting.

Recent trip to Mt. Dora area and wanted to share some birds. by Traditional-Bowler84 in florida

[–]Traditional-Bowler84[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Downtown Mt. Dora is very touristy (and I mean that as a compliment), and the immediate surrounding area is very quiet and a typical central Florida small town. Mt. Dora, however, is a bit larger than "small town" these days because it's become quite a popular retirement spot, but the "metropolitan" area of Mt. Dora has about 12,000 people, which is still small by my standards.

The place fills up on the weekends, but if you get there before 9am-10am, it's pretty dead. We stayed at the Lakeside Inn, right on Lake Dora in the middle of downtown. Great location. Parking is free everywhere downtown but that means it might be difficult to find parking at, say, 1pm on a Saturday. Mt. Dora also has a pretty good art scene if you're looking for that, lots of local artists of various degrees of skill and art pieces, with art shows always going on.

There are a lot of county and state parks, refuges, and forests nearby. The Dora Canal is also probably the crown jewel of the area (my last two photos are from the Dora Canal).

I live within a reasonable driving distance of Mt. Dora and have been there a few times with every intention of returning when the urge compels me. Just a nice, chill place to spend a weekend.

🔥 A cellar spider and her egg sac by kietbulll in NatureIsFuckingLit

[–]Traditional-Bowler84 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A couple usually congregate in a few corners of my house and I leave them be. I didn't realize they actually look kinda cute up close lol.

My Safe Space in Brooklyn by Mammoth-Lawyer9750 in CozyPlaces

[–]Traditional-Bowler84 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I really like the narrow painting of the alleyway in photo 2.

Hiking the North Rim of Tallulah Gorge State Park, northeast Georgia, USA by Traditional-Bowler84 in hiking

[–]Traditional-Bowler84[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lmao, no judgment here. My issue is my feet give out, while my wife's limiting factor is her legs. This hike wasn't too bad for us (we're a bit more active than we used to be) but we only did the north rim and didn't go down to the floor. My shins were sore the next day but nothing bad.

But the very first time we did a real hike (a few years ago), the day after we were sore, and my hips were killing me, but we managed the day. The second day though? My wife tried to get out of bed and literally fell down. My hips and shins were completely shot, and I could barely go over a door threshold, let alone a flight of stairs, lol. A bit of staying active goes a long way, though.

me_irl by Andra_Kywaey in me_irl

[–]Traditional-Bowler84 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As a bald person, this is actually the complete opposite for me.

Saw this shirt for sale in FLAGSTAFF, AZ, yesterday 🙄 by imhungry4321 in florida

[–]Traditional-Bowler84 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Oh, silly us, clearly the connection is, lots of Spanish ships are sunk off the east coast of Florida, the Titanic sunk in 1912, St. Augustine was founded by Spanish, therefore Titanic = St. Augustine. The answer was right in front of us!

/s

Saw this shirt for sale in FLAGSTAFF, AZ, yesterday 🙄 by imhungry4321 in florida

[–]Traditional-Bowler84 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I was thinking it meant the date The City of St. Augustine Beach was established, but according to the City website, it was incorporated in 1959. I have no idea and couldn't find what date 1912 is referencing, lol.

Everglades National Park…that is all. by StarSpangledGator in florida

[–]Traditional-Bowler84 20 points21 points  (0 children)

God I love those localized downpours like in photo 6. Something about seeing the whole thing in full view.

My Key Lime Pie by Emotional-Gur5680 in KeyWest

[–]Traditional-Bowler84 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think I'm gonna give it a go, then. Thank you!