#Florida #WildlifeCorridor linking #StateParks would thwart #development

#LoxaLucie Headwaters Initiative aims to buy #HobeSound land for conservation.

by Timothy O'Hara, Jan. 2, 2026

"At a time when development pressure is pushing north into rural Martin County, conservation groups want to protect a wildlife corridor between two state parks in Hobe Sound.

"The Loxa-Lucie Headwaters Initiative was founded to protect the ecologically important corridor between #AtlanticRidgePreserve State Park and #JonathanDickinson State Park and connect the #LoxahatcheeRiver and #SaintLucie rivers. That would create a preserve for #NativePlants and #wildlife species that would span about 70,000 acres.

"The public owns #Hapatiokee and #PalMar regional parks, but there are thousands of acres of privately owned land in natural conditions that are ripe for development, said Guardians of Martin County Executive Director Greg Braun, whose group is part of the initiative.

" 'If they can connect the 2,100-mile Appalachian Trail from Maine to Georgia, we should be able to connect Jonathan Dickinson State Park to Atlantic Ridge Preserve State Park,' Braun told TCPalm."

Learn more:
https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/indian-river-lagoon/2026/01/02/florida-wildlife-corridor-state-parks-martin-county-jonathan-dickinson-atlantic-ridge-hobe-sound/87397089007/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/nARjr

#SolarPunkSunday #WildlifeConservation #Florida #Nature #Wildlife #UrbanSprawl #InvasivePlants #NativeSpecies #ProtectingWildlife

Steven Williams : He Wanted Her Erased

https://peertube.gravitywell.xyz/w/nuuuehCmt6eGrNo3CX2ZT8

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Fascists have no idea how evil they're considered by non-fascists: https://www.wptv.com/news/treasure-coast/region-martin-county/popular-restaurant-harry-and-the-natives-announces-its-closing-after-72-years

Driven past this dump so many times (before WFH it was on my way to work), and their open support for MAGAism has made me wince every time. Gosh, people were uncomfortable going to your restaurant? Maybe because you support an ideology that wants many of them dead? That wants to cripple healthcare for 50% of the them while revolving around a literal rapist and self-admitted molester of women? Because it makes baseless accusations against a different 50% of the population in an attempt to deflect from the depravity and evil of its higher ups and policies?

As an aside it's not the only supporter, or even worst supporter, of white supremacy in Hobe Sound, there's another Confederate themed cafe on US1 my wife and I were unfortunate enough to choose for a breakfast once. I was OK apparently, but my darker skinned wife got stares and there was a pointed change of waitress. I wonder if the entire town is that ugly or if we were just unlucky.

Either way, don't let the door hit you on the way out "Harry." Maybe it's time to revisit your values.

#treasurecoast #martincounty #hobesound