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Cedar Key, Florida September 22-24, 2004
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Hydrologists Flood Cedar Key
Jim Hoy |
Environmental concerns about the health of the Suwannee River and its estuary brought more than one hundred hydrologists, biologists and geologists to the Cedar Key Lions Clubhouse for a three day workshop that started September 22. The crowd, scientists from seven states, included eight people based in Cedar Key.
The Suwannee River Basin, its springs, rivers and estuary were the focus of the meeting. The fish, mammals and chemicals in the river system also drew attention. Much of the program demonstrated the need for integration of information from diverse sciences. Following various presentations the scientists clustered in interest groups to discuss new information and plan for cooperative studies in a proposed hydrologic observatory in the Suwannee River watershed.
Local biologists Steve Barlow and Mike Mitchell were on the program to deliver a talk on their recent rediscovery of three Florida Salt Marsh Voles. The vole is exceedingly rare. It was first found in 1982 in a salt marsh just south of Cedar Key. During a recent survey three voles were found just north of Cedar Key in the Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge. Other reports covered fish populations, Gulf sturgeon and the endangered Florida Manatee. |
September 25, 2004
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