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Destin, Florida Takes Steps to Protect Their Beaches

June 8, 2010 – The beaches of Destin are getting the full treatment to protect them from the oncoming oil slick. This report from CNN tells us what the town is doing, all without the help of BP, despite Destin’s calls to the company for assistance.

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Oil Spill Dwarfs Florida’s Other Environmental Problems

By Bill Steiden
Stand on the wood-planked city pier in the Gulf Coast island town of Anna Maria on a sunny spring afternoon and you’ll be dazzled. The water stretching before you shades from clear Caribbean blue to the deeper green of central Tampa Bay. The shores are bright with sugar-white sand. Tall stands of long-needled [...]

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Travel Trends – Special Report on Gulf Beaches

By Bobby L. Hickman
May 31, 2010 – Can you keep the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill from wrecking your summer beach vacation?
While you can’t plug the underground leak that has spewed millions of gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico, you can make an informed decision before you book your next vacation. With [...]

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Camping Connection – Florida’s Flatwater

By Bill Steiden
The popular image of canoeing is eternally linked with 1972’s Deliverance – four men shooting deadly Class V rapids on a wild, remote river in wooden canoes. And that wasn’t the riskiest part of their adventure.

But nowadays, the backwoods folks are in the tourist trade, and they’ll tell you that kind of river-running [...]

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Camping Connection: Clean, Cool & Clear – Florida’s Answer to the Summer Heat

By Bill Steiden
Ever since the early European explorers set foot in Florida, people have been coming to its subtropical peninsula in search of treasure. The quest continues, though the goal now is not to find gold and jewels, but the perfect vacation.
Every day, thousands of tourists pass through north central Florida on I-75, heading for [...]

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Camping Connection: Waterfront for Less

By Chris Reinolds
These days everyone is watching their budget. So are the days of beachfront views and falling asleep to the sounds of gently lapping waves over? Not for campers.
The Florida Panhandle contains some of the most beautiful beaches in the United States and some would argue the world. Between swanky seaside cottages and shiny [...]

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