Environmental finance & bike/pedestrian safety. Accomplished water, wildlife and climate advocate. Repurposed director of gold medal winning Fl Park Service.
Tallahassee, Fl
Joined January 2009
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Eric Draper retweeted
Friends, you may not know that I’ve been in cancer treatment the last year and a half. Im almost in the clear - and so grateful for all my support. 50 radiations, 5 chemos, 5 surgeries, ❤️
I got amazing news this week that I have a bright future. Looking forward to it ☀️
One of the best moments of debate on property taxes and the environment. Rep. Cross was informed and strong in objecting to the bill.
Eric Draper retweeted
NEW: The mysterious LLC behind the Guana preserve land swap has withdrawn its proposal after facing steep opposition, days before what was expected to be a raucous meeting of the council that had to review it. @MaxChesnes tampabay.com/news/environmen…
Eric Draper retweeted
Great news!
The applicant has withdrawn their Guana proposal and the item has been removed from the Acquisition and Restoration Council meeting agenda. Stay tuned for updates via our Advocate newsletter: act.audubon.org/onlineact...…
Set this @MikeGrunwald essay aside to read carefully and argue with its headline and content, but his calculations and refutations hold up. As does the conclusion - insist (in food production) on less mess.
Some jerk wrote a NYT essay claiming industrial agriculture is actually good for forests and the climate. That jerk is me! Here’s a free link: nytimes.com/2024/12/13/opini…
Eric Draper retweeted
NEW: Earlier this year, southeast Florida’s largest state park had an unusual visitor: famed golfer Jack Nicklaus.
He wasn’t visiting for leisure. He was there to see if he could build golf courses.
He left the park convinced it could be done 1/
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Eric Draper retweeted
NEW: When the @TB_Times revealed the state was pursing golf, hotels, pickleball + more on 9 state parks, Florida was stunned.
How could officials make plans threatening beloved wild spaces in secret?
This is the story of how it happened. w/ @MaxChesnes: tampabay.com/news/environmen…
Years before a secret plan to add golf courses to state parks would rock Florida, a clue about how it could unfold was dropped in conversation in Washington, D.C.
The event: A Republican donor dinner. The guest of honor: President Trump. w/ @MaxChesnes tampabay.com/news/environmen…
Eric Draper retweeted
"Only 1,500 acres remain of the freshwater marsh that once covered Southeast Florida, but it is the largest and most intact remnant of Florida's east coast savannas, according to its state park website." tcpalm.com/story/news/local/…
Eric Draper retweeted
“If they get away with this, they can get away with anything. Any piece of land becomes available for a trade to a developer.” #Florida #Environment #FlStateParks floridaphoenix.com/2024/09/1… via @FLPhoenixNews
State parks proposal included pickleball, disc golf at Maclay Gardens, @CommishWelch @LeonCounty says wrong place. tallahassee.com/story/news/l… via @tdonline
Eric Draper retweeted
The workers of WLRN have come together with @sagaftra and made public our intention to unionize. We love where we work, and we want to be part of the conversation to make it better. We've asked management for voluntary recognition
Plz follow @WeMakeWLRN if you wanna support us!
Today, we — the hosts, reporters, producers, digital content creators and others — of WLRN are proud to announce our intent to unionize with @SAGAFTRA, becoming the first public radio station in Florida to do so. #WeMakeWLRN
Eric Draper retweeted
Proud to stand with my colleagues as we work to make @WLRN a better place by joining @sagaftra … Please follow @WeMakeWLRN.
As a @TB_Times subscriber @markkatches poses an important question. @MaxChesnes and @mahoneysthename worked the phones and files and got sand in their shoes revealing park development and forest swap schemes. Without the light of good journalism bad decisions are easily made.
What might have happened in both these cases if not for local journalists?
Nothing.
My @TB_Times column about the importance of a vibrant local newsroom. tampabay.com/news/environmen…
Eric Draper retweeted
What might have happened in both these cases if not for local journalists?
Nothing.
My @TB_Times column about the importance of a vibrant local newsroom. tampabay.com/news/environmen…
High POM δ15N values, NO3- concentrations, and N:P ratios in the Kissimmee River suggest that expanding urbanization north of the lake represents an increasing human N source contributing to cyanobacterial blooms in Lake Okeechobee.
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Eric Draper retweeted
As the legislator who wrote and passed the environmental Florida Forever bill, this is not how conservation lands are supposed to be treated. The lands are to remain in conservation forever, thus the name.
There was a surplusing process provided but this isn't it
Eric Draper retweeted
This week @mahoneysthename and I drove to both land parcels involved in this deal. Enviro experts argue the land the state is giving up, part of the Withlacoochee State Forest, is more valuable for conservation
Left: Land the state is giving to Cabot
Right: The land it's getting
