National Audubon Society

Selected Events for the Week of November 3

Swamped

Saving the Glades could mean screwing these guys.

Whose Woods These Are I Think I Know

Miami Beach gets down to matters of substance and boardwalk repair

Did You Sully That Gully?

They're working to make Homestead Air Force Base pollution-free, but the military wants no part of the canal that flows from the base into Biscayne Bay

Clever Green

Florida is starved for electricity. Some eco-renegades are growing their own.

A Rising Tide

A UM scientist and global warming pioneer warns the muckety-mucks

Green Tide

Mysterious matter threatens one of the world's most important ecosystems

Freewheeling

Mysterious matter threatens one of the world's most important ecosystems

Up the Creek

Getting out to look back

Amazon Birder

Photographer shares adventures

Flat Pigskin

Football classic not the same

Talking Dead

Historic graveyard tells Miami tale

Kosher K.O.

Israeli slugger executes a hit

BEST PLACE TO BIRDWATCH

Everglades National Park

B-ball Worship

Devotees duel and dunk

Go with the Flow

A wet but not wild riverside bash

Submarine Politics

Alex Penelas learned his lesson in 1999; this year's transit-tax campaign is all below the surface

Letters to the Editor

From the issue of September 27, 2001

Slaughter Alley

Big dead cats in the middle of the road -- lots of them

In the Bird House

Tropical Audubon Society

Destiny's Child

The battle over Homestead is déjà vu all over again

Collision Course

On one side are politicians and influential business interests. On the other are environmentalists and some very wealthy private citizens. In the middle is Homestead Air Force Base. Dead ahead: An explosive confrontation.

Spoiled Island

With no public input whatsoever, Miami officials have put together a deal to trade waterfront park land for massive cruise ship terminals and a lovely parking garage

Dredge Dirge

Authorities are in a pickle over where to dump the toxic sludge soon to be scraped from the Miami River

Letters to the Editor

Letters from the issue of June 1, 2000

Forcing Out HABDI

One of South Florida's oldest families is nearing a come-from-behind victory in the battle for the Homestead Air Base

No Sale

The state once aimed to buy a big chunk of the Everglades. But that was before Dexter Lehtinen came along.

Crude Motives

Members of the Collier family want to explore for oil in the nature preserve they helped create

Rock the Swamp

Members of the Collier family want to explore for oil in the nature preserve they helped create

Lost in Space

Could the former Homestead Air Force Base become a launch pad for satellites? Sure -- when pigs fly.

Bird Is the Word

Could the former Homestead Air Force Base become a launch pad for satellites? Sure -- when pigs fly.

Bureaucrats Play "Skim the Cat"

Money from Florida's best-selling license plate was supposed to help protect the panther. Instead it's going for swamp buggies and butterfly gardens.

Giving New Meaning to the Word Trashman

A former top official at the Department of Environmental Resources Management is under criminal investigation for illegal dumping

The Polo Wars

What happens when rich developers propose a luxury club be built on fragile Everglades wetlands? The horse manure hits the fan.

What Are a Few Toxins Among Friends?

Environmentalists can't understand why the EPA would remove the Munisport dump from the Superfund list

Air Base Confidential

Environmentalists can't understand why the EPA would remove the Munisport dump from the Superfund list

Calendar for the week

Environmentalists can't understand why the EPA would remove the Munisport dump from the Superfund list

Into the Wild White Yonder

Hot off the press: A newsletter to entice blacks into the outdoors

Not Cleared for Takeoff

If a national coalition of environmental groups has its way, Homestead Air Force Base won't be handed over to private developers just yet

For the Birds

Put down the field glasses and close up the guidebooks. When Florida's top avian enthusiasts do battle, the feathers fly.

Letters 1

Put down the field glasses and close up the guidebooks. When Florida's top avian enthusiasts do battle, the feathers fly.

A Whiter Shade of Green

Put down the field glasses and close up the guidebooks. When Florida's top avian enthusiasts do battle, the feathers fly.

Running on Empty

A century of messing with Mother Nature has robbed the Everglades of too much water. Now we don't even have enough for ourselves.

We are now scrambling to find additional supplies of water. Among their most immediate measures, they recently requested permission from the state to pump more water for treatment at the Hialeah-Preston plants.

A century of messing with Mother Nature has robbed the Everglades of too much water. Now we don't even have enough for ourselves.

The Adventures of Eco Man

A century of messing with Mother Nature has robbed the Everglades of too much water. Now we don't even have enough for ourselves.

Alison Austin Challenges Richard Dunn for District 5 Commission Seat

via electalisonaustin.com​The first challenger has stepped up to take on Rev. Richard Dunn, the city commissioner who, in order to get an appointment to replace the ousted Michelle Spence-Jones, promised to relinquish his seat in November. That pledge lasted all of a hot minute before Dunn c ... More >>

Lynda Bell's Broken Vow To Voters

Miami-Dade County​When Lynda Bell narrowly won her county commission seat last November, the Homestead politician promised she would reform the way Miami-Dade County government operates. "I want to bring the public sector to reality, face-to-face with what the private sector deals with," she said. ... More >>

Miami-Dade Commissioner Lynda Bell made a promise she hasn't kept

Miami-Dade County​When Lynda Bell narrowly won her county commission seat last November, the Homestead politician promised she would reform the way Miami-Dade County government operates. "I want to bring the public sector to reality, face-to-face with what the private sector deals with," she said. ... More >>

Environmentalists Sue to Stop Port of Miami Deep Dredge Project

Environmentalists are suing to stop a $150 million dredging project from tearing up Biscayne BayFaced with up to two years of underwater blasting that they say will forever scar Biscayne Bay, local environmentalists played their last card yesterday to stop the Port of Miami "Deep Dredge" project: Th ... More >>

Deep Dredge Delayed: Port Officials Optimistic, Environmentalists Ready to Go the Distance

​The Port of Miami's much-debated "Deep Dredge" will be delayed for months -- possibly years -- as a Tallahassee judge hears arguments for and against the project this August.Port officials tell Riptide that they are optimistic the project will still be completed on time. But a lawyer represe ... More >>