Pelican Island Audubon Society
Serving Indian River County since 1964
Author: pelicanislandaudubon
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Florida’s Shame Day: The Number 1 Con
The President’s Hootby Richard H. Baker, Ph.D.October 2007 The Orlando Sentinel called it “Florida’s Shame Day 1: The big con”, when the St. Johns River Water Management District Governing Board voted to swap 1,266 acres of state owned conservation lands (now called Sand Lake tract) for 460 ac of private land owned by the Corrigans,…
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Another pollutant dumped into our Lagoon!
The President’s Hootby Richard H. Baker, Ph.D.September 2007 In order to cope with our county’s increase human population, Indian River County’s utilities department plans to add 6 more deep wells into the Floridian aquifer in the north county and another well in the south county. Before aquifer water is fit to drink, the salt must…
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Bringing a community together to work creatively towards agreed upon goals
The President’s Hootby Richard H. Baker, Ph.D.March 2007 I really liked Kenric Ward’s February 1st editorial in the Press Journal where he asked an excellent question: “Is bigger really better?” Sometimes we need to think more broadly about how we can live up to our ideals to make our community better. How can we fulfill…
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Beyond the Beach, It’s Not All Bushes
The President’s Hootby Richard H. Baker, Ph.D.February 2007 “There are two parts to Indian River County, the beach and the bush…. This (latter) piece of property is completely useless to me as a taxpayer.” This was a comment made by a speaker during the public discussion of the purchase of development rights of the 462…