WUSF, in collaboration with the Florida Climate Reporting Network, is bringing you stories on how climate change is affecting you.
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Conservancy of Southwest Florida/WGCUThe seventeenth Florida panther death was reported Friday by the Florida Wildlife Commission. It was the sixteenth big cat death by vehicle impact in 2025. -
Alice Herman/Suncoast SearchlightLocal officials, attorneys and community leaders gathered in Venice to warn that state preemption and developer influence have eroded meaningful local control over growth, citing laws like SB 180 that limit regulation and weaken environmental protections.
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The Pasco Zone will reopen for scalloping on Sept 6 through Sept. 21, according to a release. -
After floods ravaged the county last year, commissioners said there seems to be enough already in the coffers, and from hurricane relief aid. -
Florida researchers to plant thousands of juvenile corals back into the wild thanks to a state grantExperts say climate change is the No. 1 threat to Florida's coral reefs right now, as they also battle stony coral tissue loss disease. -
The county has not yet begun dredging Phillippi Creek, and many in Sarasota are concerned about a repeat of last year's floods this hurricane season. -
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is considering updates to its rules regarding wild green iguanas, and they want to hear from you. -
Early assessments suggested Tampa might have to start from scratch. However, after reviewing engineering reports, a plan has been initiated to cut years off the time needed to reopen. -
Meet the students and volunteers behind SEEDFOLKids, a free after-school program that’s transforming local communities through hands-on gardening, cooking and entrepreneurship. -
There are more than 100 specialty license plates in Florida. The second most popular is providing a big help for sea turtles. -
Residents of Franklin County gathered to celebrate Gov. Ron DeSantis' recent signing of a law that bans drilling within 10 miles of the Apalachicola River Basin. -
Phillippi Creek is a seven-mile-long waterway that stretches across Sarasota County. Residents say it desperately needs to be dredged to prevent the type of floods that ravaged the area in 2024. -
The $2.1 million project will reduce nitrogen, phosphorus, and trash flowing into the waterway that stretches through the Treasure Coast. -
It’s the latest effort by the South Florida Water Management District to eliminate as many pythons are possible from the Everglades, where they are decimating native species.
