Donna Green-Townsend
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In November of 2003 the Consumer Product Safety Commission surprised many in consumer and environmental circles by something they didn’t do. The agency, which is usually associated with recalling unsafe products from the marketplace, decided to deny a petition to ban wood playground equipment made with chromated copper arsenate or CCA. As Donna Green-Townsend reports, … Continue reading Gainesville Family Concerned About CCA Treated Wood
Originally aired on WUFT on May 11th, 2001 If there’s one day of the year everyone tries hard to make special, it’s Mother’s Day. Donna Green-Townsend and Alexa (Woell) Elliott talked to elementary students and their parents at P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School at the University of Florida to hear special memories about good ‘ole … Continue reading Mother’s Day Memories
Originally aired on WUFT on April 18, 2000 Scientists around the world are taking note of recent discoveries in a North Florida river, discoveries which could change history books. As Donna Green-Townsend reports, paleontologists and archaeologists like David Webb, with the Florida Museum of Natural History are busy analyzing and arranging exhibits from their findings … Continue reading Uncovering Florida’s Past In The Aucilla River
(Originally aired on WUFT on August 4, 1998) It’s been a busy year for the Alachua County Childcare Advisory Board. At least 3 childcare centers have been in hot water in just the past few months over repeated and serious violations, including the Kids Zone, Santa Fe Community College’s Childcare Center and now Tidy Baby Infant … Continue reading Discipline in Gainesville Daycare Raises Concern (08/04/1998)
Originally aired on Savvy Traveler in February, 1998 So you say you’ve been to Florida, you’ve worked on your tan. You’ve seen the mouse. What could possibly top that? snd of PA system saying: “Please make your way to the boats at this time, the boats are ready to go” As Donna Green-Townsend reports thousands … Continue reading Airboating In the Florida Everglades
Originally aired on WUFT on October 17, 1997 (original script) Funeral services were held on Thursday for environmentalist Marjorie Carr. Carr died October 10th at the age of 82 after a long battle with emphysema. Carr is the Gainesville conservationist who initiated a successful campaign in the 1960s to kill the Cross Florida Barge Canal. … Continue reading Remembering Marjorie Carr
(originally aired on WUFT-FM in August of 1997) (original intro) The first weekend in August of 1997 kicked off the first annual Cross Creek Summer, Arts and Culture in Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings’ Florida. Organizers hoped the week-long event would introduce people to the Florida Rawlings loved and attract those ecotourists looking for the real Florida. … Continue reading Cross Creek Summer
(Originally aired in the summer of 1997) (Photos courtesy of Brittany Thompson) Nearly two years have passed since a long-time industry came to a screeching halt in Florida. A controversial net ban, passed by an overwhelming majority of Florida voters, has ended a way of life for thousands of commercial fishermen in the state. Many … Continue reading Cedar Key Fishermen Turn to Clam Farming After Net Ban
Originally broadcast on WUFT on December 10, 1996 When students at High Springs Middle School attended dedication ceremonies for their newly designed technology lab in November of 1995, no one would have imagined the spotlight this small Florida community would still be under even now, a year later. Donna Green-Townsend reports the controversy continues over … Continue reading Jet At High Springs Middle School Sparks Debate
Originally aired in December of 1996 on WUFT, FPR and the program 51% At a time when there’s been so much focus on cleaning up the Florida Everglades it’s hard to think back to the period before dikes and drainage canals affected the flow of water from Lake Okeechobee through Florida’s River of Grass. Picture … Continue reading Miccosukee Photographer, Phyllis Sheffield