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Amy Bennett Williams

@AmySWFL

Once an ashtray-dumping, obituary-writing clerk. Now News-Press journalist: curator of characters, conflict and curiosities. And proud Alvanian.

 Southwest Florida
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Craig Pittman@craigtimes29 Apr 2023
#Florida sheriff quietly builds stockyard on riverfront preserve news-press.com/story/news/en… via @AmySWFL
Carmine's corral: Lee sheriff quietly builds stockyard on riverfront Olga preserve

Carmine's corral: Lee sheriff quietly builds stockyard on riverfront Olga preserve

Without telling the Conservaton 20/20 advisory board, Lee County hands over 6 preserve acres to the sheriff to house siezed or escaped livestock

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Craig Pittman@craigtimes21 Apr 2023
Audubon sues #Florida city over walkway that nonprofit says harms shorebirds news-press.com/story/news/en… via @AmySWFL
Audubon takes Fort Myers Beach to court over walkway that nonprofit says harms shorebirds

Audubon takes Fort Myers Beach to court over walkway that nonprofit says harms shorebirds

In a last-ditch effort to stop a private boardwalk being built near wildlife habitat, Florida Audubon is taking Fort Myers Beach, homeowners to court

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Florida Humanities@FlHumanities7 Apr 2023
🎂 Happy 154th birthday to the globe-trotting botanist David Fairchild! You can learn more about Fairchild's contribution to our palates in @AmySWFL's feature in our latest issue of FORUM Magazine. Become a Florida Humanities member to get your copy: bit.ly/3m9HrxD
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Craig Pittman@craigtimes3 Apr 2023
Two #Florida enviro groups file notice of intent to sue @USFWS over its failure to protect the gopher tortoise, whose population is dropping rapidly. news-press.com/story/news/en… via @AmySWFL
Gopher tortoises in Florida: Nonprofits plan to sue for federal protection

Gopher tortoises in Florida: Nonprofits plan to sue for federal protection

Discounting their own dire predictions about gopher tortoise survival, feds deny them Endangered Species Act protections. Advocates intend to sue.

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WLRN Public Media@WLRN29 Mar 2023
Worry over harmful algae blooms delays new Lake Okeechobee management plan (via @jenstaletovich) wlrn.org/environment/2023-03…
Worry over harmful algae blooms delays new Lake Okeechobee management plan

Worry over harmful algae blooms delays new Lake Okeechobee management plan

Army Corps officials say the plan scheduled to begin in June will take another six months after federal environmental officials decided to issue a more rigorous review.

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Jenny Staletovich@jenstaletovich23 Mar 2023
Report: Surging population, rising seas could lead to more of Florida being paved over wlrn.org/environment/2023-03…
Report: Surging population, rising seas could lead to more of Florida being paved over

Report: Surging population, rising seas could lead to more of Florida being paved over

The joint report from the University of Florida and 1000 Friends of Florida found a 23 percent increase in population and just under a foot of sea rise by 2040 could wipe out a million acres of...

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Craig Pittman@craigtimes10 Mar 2023
From rangeland to RV resort -- Rural #Florida town grapples with changes brought by development news-press.com/story/news/st… via @AmySWFL
From rangeland to RV resort? Rural Alva grapples with pressing development

From rangeland to RV resort? Rural Alva grapples with pressing development

'I don't think they can stop it' developer of a luxury RV resort in Alva says as rural residents try to preserve their 'unique country ambiance.'

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Jenny Staletovich@jenstaletovich24 Feb 2023
Everglades reservoir underway, but there's new concerns over whether it will work wlrn.org/florida-news/2023-0…

Everglades reservoir underway, but there's new concerns over whether it will work

In its most recent progress report on Everglades restoration, the National Academies of Sciences warned Florida that cleaning water remains a 'significant challenge.'

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Craig Pittman@craigtimes15 Feb 2023
Four months after #HurricaneIan, the storm is still claiming lives in #Florida: Pine Island's namesake trees are falling as beetles attack storm-stressed pines, bringing with them fungal spores that help finish them off in a matter of weeks news-press.com/story/news/en… via @AmySWFL
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Craig Pittman@craigtimes1 Feb 2023
Latest independent scientific report on #Florida's #Everglades restoration project cites need for water storage & better #climate planning news-press.com/story/news/en… via @AmySWFL
Everglades progress report: Scientists point to need for water storage, climate planning

Everglades progress report: Scientists point to need for water storage, climate planning

Everglades report: 'It's about conserving water, it's about cleaning water, it's about protecting our environment'

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lynmillner@lynmillner30 Jan 2023
That time I geeked out with @AmySWFL about @CyrusTeed, who lives rent free in my head. Also, apparently, lived in David Koresh's head, too. bit.ly/3HIiHEE

Pillow talk to tragedy: How an Estero messiah filled David Koresh's head with apocalyptic visions

Waco's David Koresh unwittingly absorbed an obscure Estero messiah's theology. Had he known, bloodshed might have been averted

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Liz Freeman@ndnlizfreeman18 Jan 2023
'Climate change is not a spectator sport': More than 200 meet in Naples to explore solutions news-press.com/story/news/en… via @thenewspress via ⁦@AmySWFL⁩
'Climate change is not a spectator sport': More than 200 meet in Naples to explore solutions

'Climate change is not a spectator sport': More than 200 meet in Naples to explore solutions

With heat, hurricanes and high water challenging life in Southwest Florida, first Climate and Community summit aimed to spark discussion, solutions

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Governor pledges $3.5 billion more for Florida's environment jacksonville.com/story/news/… via @jaxdotcom, @TheNewsPress, @AmySWFL
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Liz Freeman@ndnlizfreeman9 Jan 2023
Hundreds of patients impacted as crisis unit still closed three months after Ian naplesnews.com/story/news/he… via @ndn

Hundreds of patients impacted as crisis unit still closed three months after Ian

SalusCare appeals to state leaders for help with insurance fight over Ian- flooded crisis unit

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Liz Freeman@ndnlizfreeman9 Jan 2023
Where's the mail? Where's the aid? Sanibel's recovery marathon grinds on news-press.com/story/news/en… via @thenewspress via ⁦@AmySWFL⁩
Where's the mail? Where's the aid? Sanibel's recovery marathon grinds on

Where's the mail? Where's the aid? Sanibel's recovery marathon grinds on

‘Understand we’re in the first leg of this race.’ Sanibel, Captiva pass Ian’s 3-month mark with an open causeway, no U.S. mail service and aid questions

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Liz Freeman@ndnlizfreeman4 Jan 2023
A year after Naples Zoo's tiger Eko's death, new rules bar would-be zoo intruders naplesnews.com/story/news/20… via @ndn via ⁦@AmySWFL⁩

A year after Naples Zoo's tiger Eko's death, new rules bar would-be zoo intruders

Tiger Eko is dead and River Rosenquist is free because no rules covered the case. Now, Florida's wildlife agency is tightening things up.

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Craig Pittman@craigtimes14 Dec 2022
Where have all the wood storks gone? One-time nesting capital in #Florida, @CorkscrewSwamp, now nearly bereft of birds news-press.com/story/tech/sc… via @AmySWFL
Where have all the wood storks gone? One-time nesting capital now nearly bereft of birds

Where have all the wood storks gone? One-time nesting capital now nearly bereft of birds

'It used to be that every once in a while, they’d not nest, but now it’s more like every once in a while wood storks will nest.'

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PNJ@pnj12 Dec 2022
Florida's aging infrastructure unleashed untold gallons of raw sewage during Hurricane Ian. Many disgusted and frustrated residents are asking how did this happen? ✍ by @jwayenviro @DavidBauerlein @amyswfl pnj.com/story/news/2022/12/0…
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Craig Pittman@craigtimes6 Dec 2022
Residents of storm-ravaged #Florida barrier island elated to see popular crocodile return to golf course. news-press.com/story/tech/sc… via @AmySWFL
She's a survivor: Sanibel golf course's celebrity crocodile reappears after Hurricane Ian

She's a survivor: Sanibel golf course's celebrity crocodile reappears after Hurricane Ian

The Sanibel Island Golf Course's popular 11th-hole crocodile finally reappeared after Hurricane Ian

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Max Chesnes@MaxChesnes24 Oct 2022
Florida's only gubernatorial debate ends without any questions on environmental issues, water quality or climate change
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