The President’s Hootby Richard H. Baker, Ph.D.September 2013 Big Thank You to County Commissioners Peter O’Bryan, Joe Flescher, and Tim Zorc for showing leadership in passing a strong fertilizer ordinance that includes a summer fertilizer ban (June through September), 50% slow release nitrogen, no phosphorus without a test, and ban within 10 feet of a…

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The President’s Hootby Richard H. Baker, Ph.D.May 2013 As a lad growing up, many of my friends still had an outhouse.  We were careful not to put garbage into the pit. Farmers and gardeners knew not to mix human waste into the compost for our food growing soil to prevent human diseases. People have known…

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The President’s Hootby Richard H. Baker, Ph.D.April 2013 The Beauty is Blue Cypress Lake, the most pristine place in our County and Florida and generally not visited by humans.  You can visit it as Bob Bruce and I are leading boat trips as a PIAS fundraiser.  Still as beautiful as it was when invasive humans…

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The President’s Hootby Richard H. Baker, Ph.D.March 2013 What I learned from a recent, excellent, and very informative Indian River Community Foundation Workshop on True Collaboration, is that collaborating to achieve common goals is a process that requires a special effort, up front.  This has to happen within an organization by board members and all…

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