Jenny Staletovich
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Covering the environment in Florida for WLRN Public Radio. Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post alum.
NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts
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NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts
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Burrowing owls headed home to Miami after hitching a ride on a cruise ship (via
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Burrowing owls headed home to Miami after hitching a ride on a cruise ship
The stowaways were discovered after leaving PortMiami earlier this year and will likely head home in January to be released in South Florida in suitable habitat.
https://www.wlrn.org/environment/2025-12-23/burrowing-owls-miami-cruise-ship
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After year of layoffs and shutdowns, Everglades National Park gets a new visitor center (via
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After year of layoffs and shutdowns, Everglades National Park gets a new visitor center
Visitors greeted by a trailer after Hurricane Irma destroyed a temporary center in 2017 now will be welcomed by a storm-resilient modern visitor center with sweeping views.
https://www.wlrn.org/environment/2025-12-15/everglades-national-park-new-visitor-center
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Ruth Kiew Dies at 79; Botanist Made Discoveries in Remote Forests
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Ruth Kiew Dies at 79; Botanist Made Discoveries in Remote Forests
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/science/earth/ruth-kiew-dead.html?smid=bs-share
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Rare Kemp's ridley sea turtles rescued off New England on the mend at Keys turtle hospital (via
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Rare Kemp's ridley sea turtles rescued off New England on the mend at Keys turtle hospital
Twenty-five Kemp's ridley sea turtles, considered the rarest among sea turtles, arrived in the Keys Tuesday after being rescued from frigid water off New England.
https://www.wlrn.org/environment/2025-12-10/kemps-ridley-sea-turtles-rescue
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How a brother's murder in the Keys tested the limits of the criminal justice system (via
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How a brother's murder in the Keys tested the limits of the criminal justice system
Over his short life, Daniel Weisberger went from Boy Scout and beloved older brother to killer. To understand why, we headed to the Florida Keys, where Daniel’s world unraveled. WLRN's special report ...
https://www.wlrn.org/wlrn/2025-11-26/keeper-killer-podcast-daniel-weisberger-florida
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Unpack your binoculars. Audubon's Christmas Bird Count is almost here (via
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Unpack your binoculars. Audubon's Christmas Bird Count is almost here
The century-old count is one of the longest, continuous data sets on record, providing details about shifting migrations and floundering populations.
https://www.wlrn.org/environment/2025-12-01/audubons-christmas-bird-count
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#Florida
county eyes buying natural lands for conservation, including the Hi-Oaks Ranch, where in 2018 former state Rep. Chris Dorworth wanted to build the controversial megadevelopment River Cross & was blocked.
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Seminole County eyes natural lands for conservation, including once-imperiled Hi-Oaks Ranch
If conserved, Hi-Oaks would provide a natural barrier to rural east Seminole County from sprawling development in Orange County.
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More is more. We’ve got 380 (or so) of our favorite new books, right here:
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Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
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Jeff Berardelli
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Whew, that was close! But it looks like Iguana’s will be Marked Safe, barely, on Friday, as temps fall just shy of critical levels. But, if you ask me, this guy is a little too overconfident. Iguana’s live mostly South of the Sunshine Skyway...1/
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Also kudos to
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for breaking this story back in September. Local journalism matters.
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Update on the feud over the future of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Biscayne Nature Center:
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Miami-Dade hits pause on evicting Marjory Stoneman Douglas nature center
Miami-Dade sparked a fight with the the Biscayne Nature Center — housed in a building that Douglas helped raise money to construct — in August after saying its programming license was expiring this mo...
https://www.wlrn.org/environment/2025-11-19/marjory-stoneman-douglas-biscaye-nature-center-eviction
about 2 months ago
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Rift widens over future of beloved Biscayne Nature Center (via
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Rift widens over future of beloved Biscayne Nature Center
The nonprofit center that Marjory Stoneman Douglas helped found says its located a decades-old document that could boost its case to stay.
https://www.wlrn.org/environment/2025-11-14/riff-widens-over-future-of-beloved-biscayne-nature-center
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Rift widens over future of beloved Biscayne Nature Center
The nonprofit center that Marjory Stoneman Douglas helped found says its located a decades-old document that could boost its case to stay.
https://www.wlrn.org/environment/2025-11-14/riff-widens-over-future-of-beloved-biscayne-nature-center
about 2 months ago
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wow. ‘I was willing to get hit in the face’: Kiké Hernández’s fearless catch defines Dodgers’ grit
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The Dodgers kept their heads and keep their season alive to force a Game 7
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2 months ago
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@gwenfilosamedia.bsky.social
got a good news story today about Britney Spears, the croc not the singer.... Key West Newswire by Gwen Filosa
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Key West Newswire by Gwen Filosa | Substack
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist in Key West, Florida, offering an insider's look into local news, culture and assorted shenanigans. Click to read Key West Newswire by Gwen Filosa, a Substack publica...
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Iowa’s great cancer mystery: Is the land making young people sick?
Communities across the Corn Belt are confronting a rise in cancers among young adults — and few clear explanations.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/10/27/young-cancer-iowa/
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It's "Oh,
#Florida
! The Newsletter," slipping into your TL like a restaurant employee sneaking in to steal secret recipes!
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Study near busy Port Everglades has led scientists to a surprising discovery: one of the world’s busiest channels is also home to millions of corals, including what may be the largest stand of wild staghorn left on the
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Study surprises scientists with its findings: millions of coral at Port Everglades
The study to determine what impact a planned port dredge will have on nearby coral confirmed millions of coral, including one of the largest stands of wild staghorn coral left on the reef.
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Column | Why you should go fishing, even if you think you’d be terrible at it
I tangled my line, caught rocks and cast so haphazardly that fish miles away must have heard me. But there’s a reason it’s called fishing, not catching.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/10/10/fly-fishing-conservation-climate-change/
3 months ago
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Senate Confirms ‘Sharpiegate’ Meteorologist to Lead NOAA
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Senate Confirms ‘Sharpiegate’ Meteorologist to Lead NOAA
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/us/politics/senate-neil-jacobs-noaa.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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“When did we become the enemy?”
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‘We’re just beaten’: For beleaguered federal workers, shutdown is last straw
Staffers are working without pay or on furlough — all after months of job cuts.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/10/04/government-shutdown-federal-workers/
3 months ago
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“Trump officials on Wednesday instructed employees at the Interior Department to take home their government devices to receive any information on mass firings…” White House Uses Shutdown to Maximize Pain and Punish Political Foes
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White House Uses Shutdown to Maximize Pain and Punish Political Foes
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/us/politics/white-house-shutdown-punishment.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
3 months ago
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National parks, refuges and the Big Cypress Preserve furloughed staff and began cutting services after the U.S. government shutdown at midnight Wednesday. (via
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Government shutdown hits short-staffed national parks and refuges in South Florida
National parks, refuges and the Big Cypress Preserve furloughed staff and began cutting services after the U.S. government shutdown at midnight Wednesday.
https://www.wlrn.org/environment/2025-10-01/government-shutdown-closures-florida-parks
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Want to know what NOAA does in South Florida? There's a map for that
As budget cuts loom for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Environmental Defense Fund create a new map providing the location and explanation of work done by hundreds of NOAA off...
https://www.wlrn.org/apple-news/2025-09-25/noaa-cuts-map-offices
4 months ago
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White House Eyes New Round of Mass Layoffs if Government Shuts Down
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White House Eyes New Round of Mass Layoffs if Government Shuts Down
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4 months ago
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ICYMI:
@miamidadecounty.bsky.social
budget hearing starts today at 5.
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Biscayne Nature Center rallying supporters ahead of this evening’s
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budget hearing:
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Miami-Dade poised to strip environmental watchdog of permitting authority
A proposal included in the county's $12.9 billion budget would strip the Division of Environmental Resources Management of its permitting authority even as it re-establishes DERM as an independent dep...
https://www.wlrn.org/environment/2025-09-17/derm-permits-miami-dade-budget
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Nonprofit started by Marjory Stoneman Douglas vows to fight county eviction from nature center
A nonprofit started by the Everglades champion Marjory Stoneman Douglas three decades ago to build and run the Biscayne Nature Center in Key Biscayne says it has no plans to leave, after Miami-Dade Co...
https://www.wlrn.org/environment/2025-09-16/biscayne-nature-center-county-eviction
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"Suing to block another party from suing is an extraordinary move." Inside Trump’s Unorthodox Climate Attacks in Courts Nationwide
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Inside Trump’s Unorthodox Climate Attacks in Courts Nationwide
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4 months ago
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Miami fox spotted on the way to work…
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Historians See Autocratic Playbook in Trump’s Attacks on Science
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Historians See Autocratic Playbook in Trump’s Attacks on Science
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20 Years After Katrina, a Film Series Reclaims New Orleans
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20 Years After Katrina, a Film Series Reclaims New Orleans
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4 months ago
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Judge Orders That ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center Be Shut Down for Now
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Judge Orders That ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center Be Shut Down for Now
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/us/alligator-alcatraz-florida-ruling.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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The lawsuit alleges the Environmental Protection Agency failed to follow-up on a promise to update 1990s-era pollution standards in the state. (via
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Environmentalists sue EPA chief in Florida federal court over clean water
The lawsuit alleges the Environmental Protection Agency failed to follow-up on a promise to update 1990s-era pollution standards in the state.
https://www.wlrn.org/environment/2025-08-19/epa-lawsuit-florida-clean-water
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Years of conservation efforts are paying off for sand tiger sharks in the Boston Harbor : NPR
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Years of conservation efforts are paying off for sand tiger sharks in the Boston Harbor
Scientists say that the water in Boston Harbor is getting cleaner, leading to an increase in the number of sand tiger sharks using the area as a nursery habitat.
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/17/nx-s1-5487625/years-of-conservation-efforts-are-paying-off-for-sand-tiger-sharks-in-the-boston-harbor
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A dramatic spike in South Florida ocean temps has scientists keeping a close watch on reefs & coral nurseries. Another was placed on a Level 1 alert after I filed this story.
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Coral scientists wary amid steamy summer temperatures
A sharp rise in ocean temperatures this month has scientists keeping a close watch on coral reefs suffering from water persistently warmed by climate change.
https://www.wlrn.org/environment/2025-08-19/coral-scientists-wary-amid-steamy-summer-temperatures
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Everglades scientist surrenders to serve jail sentence over 'trade secrets'
Tom Van Lent was handcuffed in a Miami courtroom and taken to jail to begin serving a 10-day jail sentence in a case that divided the normally tightknit Florida environmental community. It caps a thre...
https://www.wlrn.org/environment/2025-07-18/van-lent-everglades-scientists-jail
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Democrats Can Finally Stop Pandering to Farmers
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Opinion | Democrats Can Finally Stop Pandering to Farmers
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ICYMI, this weeks’s
@wlrn.bsky.social
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The worsening toll of weather catastrophes
Plus, bright lights, big city at Alligator Alcatraz.
https://mailchi.mp/wlrnnews.org/the-worsening-toll-of-weather-catastrophes?e=e2b5e348b8
6 months ago
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What a night to be at Fenway!
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"Double wow." Maya Ruler’s Tomb Is Unearthed in Belize, With Clues to His Ancient World
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Maya Ruler’s Tomb Is Unearthed in Belize, With Clues to His Ancient World
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“We're gonna probably have this tax on the sawfish population indefinitely. We're now introducing a new component of natural mortality,” said Ross Boucek, a marine biologist with the Bonefish and Tarpon Trust. “The question is how do we recoup that tax?”
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'The new normal?' What the die-off mystery in the Keys means for endangered sawfish
Nearly two years after an unprecedented die-off of endangered smalltooth sawfish in the Florida Keys, scientists are still investigating conditions that caused the deaths and how to better predict and...
https://www.wlrn.org/environment/2025-07-09/lower-keys-sawfish-deaths-heatwave
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As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas
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As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas
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ICYMI: This week's
@wlrn.org
Field Notes: NOAA budget plan cuts funding for climate research and shutters labs that investigate weather and hurricanes.
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NOAA wants to end climate research
Plus, a ‘meh’ year for the environment in Tallahassee
https://mailchi.mp/wlrnnews.org/noaa-wants-to-end-climate-research?e=78ba14825d
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DOGE loses control over government grants website, freeing up billions
The DOGE team’s loss of control is the latest sign of its declining influence following Elon Musk’s departure from Washington.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/27/doge-loses-control-federal-grants/
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ICYMI: This week's
@wlrnpublicmedia.bsky.social
Field Notes. Turns out there's also lots of endangered panthers surrounding Alligator Alcatraz.
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Alligator Alcatraz’ in the River of Grass
Plus, ‘roadless rule’ dropped for national forests
https://mailchi.mp/wlrnnews.org/alligator-alcatraz-in-the-river-of-grass?e=78ba14825d
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Vera Rubin Scientists Reveal Telescope’s First Images
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Vera Rubin Scientists Reveal Telescope’s First Images
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7 months ago
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Earth’s Largest Camera Takes 3 Billion-Pixel Images of the Night Sky
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Earth’s Largest Camera Takes 3 Billion-Pixel Images of the Night Sky
At the heart of the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory is a digital camera that will create an unparalleled map of the cosmos.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/19/science/rubin-observatory-camera.html?rsrc=flt&smid=bs-share
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