Eco-Voice Digest, Thursday Mar. 11, 2010

  
 
Eco-Voice Digest, Thursday Mar. 11, 2010

SFWMD meeting on US Sugar deal - Today

 
03/11/2010 09:00:00 AM -  webcast
 

Governing Board Meeting, Thu., March 11, 2010 starting at 09:00 a.m. from the Seminole Brighton Indian Reservation
 in Okeechobee, Florida. (link will not work until meeting has begun)
 

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Place:
Florida Seminole Veterans Building Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation 
800 E. Harney Pond Road Okeechobee, FL 34974

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Lee County Commissioner Bob Janes dies at 78

 
 Bob Janes, Lee County commissioner since 2000, died this morning in his home, his family confirmed. He was 78.
 
Born August 28, 1931, Janes was a retired Army colonel, Nixon administration White House staffer, onetime banker 
and three-term Lee County commissioner.
 
Elected in 2000, 2004 and 2008 to the Lee commission, Janes was an advocate for mental health, substance abuse
 and corrections services.
 
Commissioner Frank Mann called Bob Janes a dedicated and competent commissioner and decent human being. ……
 
“Lee County is truly going to miss him,” he said. ….
 
 Janes led the board to buy 5,620 acres of Babcock Ranch in northeast Lee County for preservation in 2006……
 

DOE Announces Funding for Hydrokinetic Technology

 
DOE Announces Funding Opportunity for Marine and Hydrokinetic Technology Development
March 10, 2010
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced its intent to issue a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA)
 for the advancement of marine and hydrokinetic technology. The FOA, entitled "Marine and Hydrokinetic Technology
 Readiness Advancement Initiative," will solicit applications for projects to advance the development of technologies that
 generate renewable electricity from waves, currents, tides, free-flowing rivers, and the ocean's thermal energy. Technologies
 at various levels of development will be evaluated based on metrics and guidelines established by DOE, and funding will be
 competitively awarded to a variety of projects. For more details, please view the Notice of Intent on the FedConnect Web site.
 (Search by Issuing Office Golden.)
Full story
 

Orange BOCC says "no" to Econ River development
OrlandoSentinel.com

Orange says no to Econ development bid
Commissioners fear impact of 5,000 homes near sensitive river
By David Damron, Orlando Sentinel
Orange County Commissioners voted 6-1 Tuesday night to reject a plan to build 5,000 residences east of the sensitive Econlockhatchee River.
The majority feared the impacts that could result from building a small new city in a rural area next to a protected waterway.
The Rybolt family wanted to build those homes over two decades, along witjh more than 2 million square-feet of office, retail 
and research park space, promising to use techniques that would curb energy and water use.
Another key part of the 1,415-acre plan was a road leading west to the University of Central Florida with a multi-lane bridge over
 the Econ, a state-designated Outstanding Florida Water.
 

SFWJ Blog: this winter

 Swamp stage update‏
 
 
Exactly how cold and wet has it been this winter?
That depends on what year you compare it to.
Here's a closer look:
http://sfwj.blogspot.com/search/label/Vortex%20Into%20Water%20Data
 
  
 
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