Posts tagged with the keyword: ‘cave’

North Port man arrested for killing imperiled gopher tortoises

North Port man arrested for killing imperiled gopher tortoises

NORTH PORT - A call to the Wildlife Alert Hotline about a gopher tortoise taken from a North Port neighborhood has landed a convicted felon, who has a lengthy record, back in jail.
On Saturday, April 4, Theodore Cuyler Jr., (DOB 02/13/67) of 6707
Carovel Ave., North Port, loaded “Speedy,” as the tortoise was locally
known, into [...]

April 20, 2009 | Posted in Wildlife | Read More »

Florida Down Under

Caves. Pits. Holes. Call them what you will, these entrances to the underworld, leading to networks of caverns etched deep into the limestone that underlies Citrus County. Buried beneath tons of red clay and sand, shaded by gnarled live oaks and tall slash pine, adventure beckons.
Geology calls the shots. Can we crawl, squeeze, or climb [...]

April 18, 2009 | Posted in Caving, Featured Articles, Photo Gallery | Read More »