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Aug 12, 2015 9:00 PM CST
Name: Melanie
Lutz, Florida (Zone 9b)
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Jim, you can see the number of views at the top of the page and it looks like plenty of people are reading it. Maybe they just don't have much to say right now. I kind of envisioned this as a place to post the news, and if people want to discuss they can, or they can post another article, etc.

I think we're all concerned about losing species. Here in Florida we have a lot of endangered species. Two butterflies were added to the list this year - the Florida Leafwing and Bartram's Hairstreak. Our biggest problem is developers. So we won't look like the desert; we'll look like Atlanta. And maybe Atlantis if the ocean levels increase. Tampa is a really sprawled-out region and the rest of Florida isn't much better. I've posted some articles about the fight to protect some rare pine rocklands habitat (where the Bartram's Hairstreak lives) down in Miami in the past and if I see anything new, I'll post it. Of course, we also have plenty of birds that nest here on our beaches. We have lots of really great volunteers who come out and watch the nests and educate beachgoers about the birds and why it's important not to disturb them. They do the same thing with sea turtle nests.

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