One Month In - Volusia County's Medical Examiner Resigns Volusia Should Abandon "Home Rule" Control Of The M.E.'s Office Group Representing Volusia County Beach Safety Officers Alleges Inaction Regarding Harassment Complaints Read Volusia Watermen's Association's Press Release Jail Investigation Sustai...
Ambitious and enterprising Volusia County conservationist Steve Strawn is in the process of restoring a large tract of private land, used for decades for pasture and citrus farming, back to sandhills near DeLeon Springs. Longleaf pines are the anchor species for the developing Volusia Sandhill Eco...
In pursuit of odes, I’ve rediscovered my fascination with hexapods of all sorts; insects are so unendingly diverse and intriguing that one could spend a lifetime studying the natural history of insects in Volusia County and still only scratch the surface. On the worst birding days, it’s ...
Several years ago while returning from Emeralda Marsh on County Road 42 through Lake County, I found a multiple herp fatality on the roadside. A road-killed southern toad lay alongside a DOR cottonmouth. I’m quite sure the toad died first; the cottonmouth was scavenging when it too was ...
In pursuit of odes, I’ve rediscovered my fascination with hexapods of all sorts; insects are so unendingly diverse and intriguing that one could spend a lifetime studying the natural history of insects in Volusia County and still only scratch the surface. On the worst birding days, it’s ...
I made a couple of trips during the breeding season to the celebrated Viera Wetlands in Brevard County, a site from which I had seen dozens of superb least bittern photographs posted on-line. I saw them there, but never got anything approaching the type of image I had in my mind. I ...