A Palm Beach County judge has ruled that the state can move ahead with a planned $536 million deal to buy land from U.S. Sugar Corp. for Everglades restoration. ...more

August 26, 2009

If I had a big house and a large lawn, Tampa's new water rules would allow me to use hundreds of extra gallons of water each week to keep my grass green, plus allow unlimited showers and baths for my family. ...more

May 30, 2009

Water managers issued a fine of nearly $9,000 for unauthorized construction to the Polk County exotic-animal park owned by former Lowry Park Zoo President Lex Salisbury. ...more

April 29, 2009

This week the governing board of the Southwest Florida Water Management District could have tightened once-a-week watering restrictions as drought continues to strain drinking-water supplies. Doing so would have been easily justified. ...more

February 27, 2009

Grass doesn't grow much during the winter. So, in an effort to cut back on a dwindling water supply, the Southwest Florida Water Management District is asking homeowners to skip a week of irrigation in January and February. ...more

January 5, 2009

February 1987: Charles "Lex" Salisbury is named supervisor of the Lowry Park Zoo. He is promoted to curator of animals a few months later. ...more

December 19, 2008

Lex Salisbury's time at Lowry Park Zoo, February 1987 to date. ...more

December 18, 2008

Florida is in a painful pause, as is most of the world. I suggest that we view this period, to the extent that we can, as not as being in the middle of a bad accident on the way to the emergency room, but allow ourselves to be in a sunny convalescence, planning for our healthful future. ...more

December 14, 2008

Lowry Park Zoo's chief executive officer, Lex Salisbury, and his business partner face more than $46,000 in fines from water managers for unauthorized development of a planned exotic-animal park in Polk County. ...more

December 4, 2008

Lowry Park Zoo CEO Lex Salisbury and his business partner face more than $46,000 in fines from water managers for unauthorized development of a planned exotic animal park in Polk County. ...more

December 3, 2008