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Weekly “What is it?”: Scenic Highway Parks
carriestevensonMarch 6th, 2024Pensacola is a city blessed with parks. For a comparatively small community, we are home to 93 individual public parks within the city limits. Most residents have one in walking distance, within a few blocks of most homes. There are also 10 community centers, dozens of athletic fields, tennis and basketball courts, and two swimming […]
Weekly “What is it?”: Barrier islands
carriestevensonFebruary 21st, 2024The Gulf of Mexico is a powerful force. If you’ve ever experienced a hurricane, tried to paddle a kayak against the waves, or even just tried to keep your balance at the wave break, you know this firsthand. All along the Gulf Coast, barrier islands form the Gulf’s shoreline. They are long and skinny stretches […]
Weekly “What is it?”: Wax myrtle
carriestevensonFebruary 14th, 2024Wax myrtle (Myrica/Morella cerifera) is one of those evergreen shrubs that mostly lives out its life in the background. Neither tall and imposing (on average, up to 12’; rarely as tall as 20’), nor full of showy flowers, it is nonetheless an important native species. Behind that low-key persona is a small tree that has […]
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