Jim Strickland’s advice to fellow ranchers interested in combating climate change is simple: Stay in business.
“Nearly every acre in Florida that’s developed, other than the barrier islands, was formerly a cattle ranch,” says the lifelong Manatee County rancher. “If it wasn t a cattle ranch, it was probably timber or farms. If we can work out ways to keep our ranches and farms and timber operations in business then that in itself is going to help with global warming. Because once that land is sold and becomes a subdivision with impermeable surfaces, the water hydrology changes, and you have no carbon sequestration to speak of. We don’t want to stop development. That s a huge economic engine, but there needs to be balance.
/ Terminal B at PortMiami sits empty on May 18, 2021. No cruises have sailed with paying passengers since March 2020. Port Director Juan Kuryla thinks the cruises will get the CDC s approval to start sailing again as soon as July.
It’s a multibillion dollar question for Florida s economy: When will cruise ships set sail again with passengers?
The sun was shining. It was in the mid-80s and a decent breeze was blowing on Biscayne Bay this past week. A decent day for a cruise, but Terminal B and the rest of the cruise terminals at PortMiami were quiet.
There were no passengers bustling to board or get off the cruise ships docked. There have been no paying passengers on cruises in U.S. waters since March 2020, when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ordered ships to stop sailing in the effort to slow the spread of COVID-19.
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Most government-run vaccination sites plan to close by the end of July as demand drops and vaccines become more widely available at pharmacies and other community locations.
In the greater Tampa Bay region, many vaccination sites have already administered their last shots. Most of the remaining state and county facilities are slated to close in the next few weeks.
Even though only about
45 percent of Florida’s population has received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, demand for the shots has been decreasing.
In response, mass vaccination sites are shutting down and vaccine supplies are shifting to pharmacies and targeted locations like schools and churches.
/ Most government-run vaccination sites plan to close by the end of July as demand drops and vaccines become more widely available at pharmacies and other community locations.
Some have already administered their last shots. Most of the remaining state and county facilities are slated to close in the next few weeks.
Even though only about
45 percent of Florida’s population has received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, demand for the shots has been decreasing.
In response, mass vaccination sites are shutting down and vaccine supplies are shifting to pharmacies and targeted locations like schools and churches.
Florida’s federally supported vaccination sites in Tampa, Miami, Orlando and Jacksonville are scheduled to close Wednesday.
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