In DRAINED, a podcast from WMFE and the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting, Amy Green wades into the controversy around one of the most ambitious environmental restoration efforts ever undertaken. From rivers of toxic slime to a mind-boggling plan to inject a giant bubble of freshwater a thousand feet underground, DRAINED examines the massive plan to restore the river of grass and poses the big question about the future of this natural wonder: Can it be saved?
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Endangered Florida Grasshopper Sparrows Released Into The Wild Despite Concerns, NPR, 11/23/2019
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Wife Of Orlando Nightclub Gunman Acquitted Of All Charges, NPR, 3/30/2018
Trial Begins For Widow Of Pulse Shooter, NPR, 3/1/2018
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Plans Begin For Memorial At Site Of Pulse Nightclub Shooting, NPR, 6/11/2017
Six Months Later, Pulse Owner Reflects On Mass Shooting In First In-Depth Interview, WMFE, 12/12/2016
Historians Preserve Memorials After Mass Shootings, NPR, 9/4/2016