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 ☀️
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NEW: The mysterious LLC behind the Guana preserve land swap has withdrawn its proposal after facing steep opposition, days before what was expected to be a raucous meeting of the council that had to review it.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The applicant has withdrawn their Guana proposal and the item has been removed from the Acquisition and Restoration Council meeting agenda.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...…
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…
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
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.
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…
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
Eric Draper retweeted
This is a tremendous story by @JackLemnus. It pins down specific, on-the-record details – including names and dates – that begin to fill in the picture of who was pulling the strings behind Ron DeSantis' secretive plan to put golf courses in a state park.
tcpalm.com/story/news/local/…
Eric Draper retweeted
It's not just the Hernando forest that could be at stake.
Environmental experts say the unusual process of this deal, where a developer asked the state for a land trade and the state complied, could set a new precedent.
NEW: DeSantis has defended giving 324 acres of state forest to a golf course company, saying the state is getting "better conservation land" in return.
At least one high-ranking state forestry official disagrees, writing in an email that the swap "sucks."
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Eric Draper retweeted
NEW: Emails show a forestry official disagreed with the quiet, DeSantis-backed land swap to give 300+ acres of state forest to a luxury golf course company
One forestry official in an email to his colleagues said the swap "sucks"
Read more:
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Eric Draper retweeted
NEW: A Florida DEP document obtained by the @TB_Times lists 17 more state parks than have been previously reported— from Key Biscayne to the Georgia border — considered for a lodge, golf and more.
W/ @MaxChesnes tampabay.com/news/environmen…
Eric Draper retweeted
NEW: Florida was outraged when it learned 9 state parks could get golf courses, hotels and more.
But we have learned that 17 more state parks were at one point considered for the sweeping project.
More, w/ @mahoneysthename:
tampabay.com/news/environmen…
Eric Draper retweeted
#Florida @GovRonDeSantis' state parks debacle grows stranger by the day as his @FLDEPNews delays handing over public records on what happened sun-sentinel.com/2024/09/07/… via @billkearney6
Eric Draper retweeted
NEW: Days after a state worker was fired for disclosing info about the state park plans, the DeSantis admin released personnel files detailing issues from a previous state job.
AHCA released the files without being asked, an unusual step. w/ @MaxChesnes tampabay.com/news/environmen…
