FLORIDA SPECTACULAR w/Cathy Salustri & Rick Kilby: Polk Parkway, an Endangered Mint Plant, and What You Can Do

In E207 FLORIDA SPECTACULAR, hosts Cathy Salustri & Rick Kilby shine a light on what you can do to help prevent an endangered plant from being paved over. "Nature isn't just more complex than we know, it's more complex than we can know."
There's a sadly great chance that the State of Florida is going to build a toll road through the last remaining wild growth of a pretty — and pretty endangered — plant. Here's what's happening, where it's happening, and what you can do about it. 
Background on the dangers to this endangered mint
Sign up and get involved to protect this mint
Article by Rose Schnabel, WUFT on the mint and the road
Background article on the threats to the genus Dicerandra in Florida
President Eugene Kelly's interview about this issue
Horse Creek (where you can see the last remaining stand of this wild mint)
More about the mint
FDOT details on the project

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