Valerie Anderson
@thenatureofvalerie.bsky.social
President, Friends of Split Oak Forest
Dir. of Comms & Prog, Florida Native Plant Society
Thoughts are my own.
Dir. of Comms & Prog, Florida Native Plant Society
Thoughts are my own.
Interested in providing feedback on the native plant / ecological themes of an upcoming film on environmental activism? Join us at 2pm on Tuesday 8/26 at the Capen House of the Albin Polasek Museum in Winter Park.
August 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Interested in providing feedback on the native plant / ecological themes of an upcoming film on environmental activism? Join us at 2pm on Tuesday 8/26 at the Capen House of the Albin Polasek Museum in Winter Park.
Another great article by Molly Duerig at Central Florida Public Media featuring a map by yours truly! www.cfpublic.org/environment/...
Central Florida lakes are struggling. Engineers behind this new sensor system want to help
Engineers hope the new, autonomous lake monitoring technology they’re developing will help keep Central Florida lakes clean — starting with the home of a historic open-water swim.
www.cfpublic.org
August 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Another great article by Molly Duerig at Central Florida Public Media featuring a map by yours truly! www.cfpublic.org/environment/...
Reposted by Valerie Anderson
Reporter Staci DaSilva of Channel 8 News / WFLA covers the negative impact that construction of the Central Polk Parkway could have on the endangered mint that only lives in one park impacted by current routes. We have been monitoring Blushing Scrub Balm (Dicerandra modesta) on this site since 2018.
WFLA Staci DaSilva - Proposed toll road could threaten rare plant found only in Polk County
YouTube video by Florida Native Plant Society
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June 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Reporter Staci DaSilva of Channel 8 News / WFLA covers the negative impact that construction of the Central Polk Parkway could have on the endangered mint that only lives in one park impacted by current routes. We have been monitoring Blushing Scrub Balm (Dicerandra modesta) on this site since 2018.
Reposted by Valerie Anderson
An endangered mint needs your help. FDOT is planning a toll road that would destroy the only remaining wild population of Blushing Scrub Balm in the world. There's a virtual meeting Monday & an in-person meeting Wednesday. Please attend one or both. Full alert with maps: www.fnps.org/news/alert/c...
May 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
An endangered mint needs your help. FDOT is planning a toll road that would destroy the only remaining wild population of Blushing Scrub Balm in the world. There's a virtual meeting Monday & an in-person meeting Wednesday. Please attend one or both. Full alert with maps: www.fnps.org/news/alert/c...
Reposted by Valerie Anderson
Monday we wrote a letter to the current Commissioner of Agriculture, Wilton Simpson with the subject: Continuing Lack of Resolution to Proposed Withlacoochee State Forest Parcel Swap. You can read our letter here: tr.ee/BDBAYK40K9
March 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Monday we wrote a letter to the current Commissioner of Agriculture, Wilton Simpson with the subject: Continuing Lack of Resolution to Proposed Withlacoochee State Forest Parcel Swap. You can read our letter here: tr.ee/BDBAYK40K9
I held an L-sit for longer than five seconds for the first time last week after working on it since spring of 2020
February 2, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I held an L-sit for longer than five seconds for the first time last week after working on it since spring of 2020
Watching the highlights of stage one and stage two of the Tour Down Under, the first cycling event to offer equal prize money to men and women ✊
January 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Watching the highlights of stage one and stage two of the Tour Down Under, the first cycling event to offer equal prize money to men and women ✊
Based on discussions I see on Facebook, threads, and Instagram, this decision by Meta is the catalyst for the people I know moving to Bluesky as an alternative social media platform.
Does fact-checking work? What the science says
Meta’s planned shift away from third-party fact-checking on Facebook in favour of a crowdsourced approach has perplexed those who study the spread of misinformation.
www.nature.com
January 13, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Based on discussions I see on Facebook, threads, and Instagram, this decision by Meta is the catalyst for the people I know moving to Bluesky as an alternative social media platform.
Usually when handed a book written by a friend I feel more than a hint of trepidation. Seeing the author as the brilliant and somewhat eccentric lawyer Lesley Blackner whom I have worked with on environmental advocacy issues lessened my concerns. [a thread of skeets, 1 of 3]
January 9, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Usually when handed a book written by a friend I feel more than a hint of trepidation. Seeing the author as the brilliant and somewhat eccentric lawyer Lesley Blackner whom I have worked with on environmental advocacy issues lessened my concerns. [a thread of skeets, 1 of 3]