Pasco County officials say they will move forward with efforts to preserve environmentally valuable land now in private hands, despite the loss of help from the state's Florida Forever program. ...more

January 17, 2009

It is not certain which environmental organization came up "Pave it or Save it," but I am beholden to them as it stirred my recollection of words to that effect, thrown as a challenge; "If you want to save that piece of wild land, buy it!" How many times have I heard that from local and other bureaucrats, and even a newspaper whose editorial staff must have been influenced by developers or big agriculture? ...more

August 13, 2008

During a special Monday morning work session, the City Commission gave City Manager Robert DiSpirito permission to proceed with his multifaceted plan to purchase the J.C. Weaver property and transform it into a park on St. Joseph Sound. ...more

August 11, 2008

This week some residents who want to preserve largely undeveloped portions of northeastern Pasco County complained to the County Commission about the "stakeholder committee" that will help rewrite the county's land development code. ...more

July 26, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY Overhauling Pasco County's land development code should take priority, county commissioners said this morning, even if that means holding off on some large-scale projects and other ordinances. ...more

May 27, 2008

It's not too early to start thinking about next Christmas, and some Pasco County government officials and environmentalists are. They're eyeing the 12,500-acre Cross Bar Ranch in the central part of the county, east of U.S. 41 and north of State Road 52, for preservation and continued public ownership. ...more

December 26, 2007

State and local leaders suffered sticker shock on seeing the $10.5 billion price tag attached to the needs of Florida's local parks. ...more

December 22, 2007

The Florida Legislature did residents, present and future, a great disserve last spring by rejecting Gov. Charlie Crist's proposal to increase by $100 million funding for one of the state's most important initiatives - the Florida Forever land preservation and conservation program. ...more

November 24, 2007

More than 40 environmental land managers, activists, public officials and others from the Tampa Bay area gathered Wednesday at Crystal Springs Preserve in southeast Pasco to discuss the future of the state's land preservation and conversation program, Florida Forever, which is to expire in 2010. ...more

November 16, 2007

The possibility of a bridge spanning the Alafia River at Valrie Lane has rallied opponents into pushing for county acquisition of Buckhorn Springs and its surrounding property, which some said would have been affected by the proposed bridge crossing. ...more

November 14, 2007