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Outdoor grilling is allowed as long as it's attended and flames are contained within the grill, officials said.
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Hillsborough County is holding public meetings to hear how it can do a better job of handling flooding during the upcoming storm season.
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Lakeland welcomed six news swans at the airport Monday, to help diversify the gene pool on Lake Morton.
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After successfully ending the practice of spreading biosolids, Desoto residents brace for the possibility it may return
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The strawberry breeds called Florida Brilliance and Sweet Sensation had less damage from chilli thrips and higher yields than five other varieties over a few growing seasons.
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A FEMA program that provides the most hurricane aid to Florida – nearly $300 million – has been slashed by the Trump administration. The hurricane season begins June 1.
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Oil company BP paid billions of dollars in damages, propelling ambitious coastal restoration projects across five states. Yet many who suffered health effects have struggled to have their cases heard.
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Members of the public can still weigh in on the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's updated plans to help restore polluted freshwater springs to better health.
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Nearly 2,000 manatees died in the state in 2021 and 2022, a two-year record. Widespread water quality problems and seagrass losses left the sea cows starving.
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A Miami shoe recycling and reuse company, Sneaker Impact, aims to reduce the environmental and climate footprint of the massive athletic shoe industry.
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Tampa city officials are working to make sure that backups from ditches and stormwater drains during last year's hurricanes don't happen again. A public meeting will be held on April 29.
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USA Today readers lauded Lakeland’s 2-year-old green gem.
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In celebration of Arbor Day, as well as April being Earth Month, local cities and counties are giving away free trees.
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Florida House lawmakers unanimously passed a measure that would protect state parks from pickleball courts, golf courses and big hotels. That measure is still moving through the Senate.