NATURE IN DISARRAY Essay and photos by @PCZick During this time of staying home, we’ve found different ways to entertain ourselves. Some may question our affinity to one of our new pastimes, but it keeps us out of trouble and perhaps sane. Although again some may question that. Our house sits across a private roadContinue reading “ON DUCKS AND GEESE”
Tag Archives: Florida wildlife
MY KAYAKING ROOTS
Photos and essay by P.C. Zick (@PCZick) I began my water journeys in a canoe, but I never felt at home, either as the navigator in the back or the first mate in the front. However, I knew nothing else and loved the quiet and peace of the rivers of north Florida, mostly the SantaContinue reading “MY KAYAKING ROOTS”
NATURE WORKS MAGIC
A weekend spent enjoying the wonders of where we live helped fight the anxiety of the past few months. Nature always rejuvenates me and inspires me to continue. If the bald eagle, the great blue heron, the white ibis, and the anhinga can survive the loss of habitat and invasion by humans, then I can surviveContinue reading “NATURE WORKS MAGIC”
WINTER SOLSTICE CHEER
After spending the past five years in the north, I am happy to return to the place where I lived for so many years in north Florida. We spent some time this past weekend taking advantage of nice weather while sending some of our warm thoughts back to those of you in the throes of anContinue reading “WINTER SOLSTICE CHEER”
TRAILS IN THE SAND CONTINUES
I wrote Trails in the Sand in 2013, two years after BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the Upper Big Branch Massey coal mine explosion in West Virginia. The two events occurred within two weeks of one another and killed a total of forty men. Both tragedies could have been prevented if safety standards hadContinue reading “TRAILS IN THE SAND CONTINUES”
#Climate Change – Not Allowed in Florida
During my tenure as a writer/editor/public relations director at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the agency took very seriously the threat of climate change to a state surrounded on three sides by water and subject to violent storm surges, eroding beaches, and disappearing habitat. The endangerment of 575 species of wildlife and 700Continue reading “#Climate Change – Not Allowed in Florida”
Living with Wildlife – Florida Style
By Patricia Zick @PCZick “Why aren’t there any mosquitoes when I visit Florida,” someone from Pittsburgh recently asked me. “Where do you go in Florida?” I asked. “To Disney World, Sea World – all those theme parks around Orlando.” I wondered how to reply without bursting this man’s image of natural Florida within theContinue reading “Living with Wildlife – Florida Style”
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