Stephen Kintner
Stephen Kintner
buy given help lake lots trees using
We've given Lake Helen lots of trees. Also, using our new model, we were able to help them buy lots of trees we could never have grown.
investing justify knowing looked move
We couldn't justify investing in improvements knowing we were going to have to move away. So when we looked at the economics, this is much better.
county difference
The only difference between Broward County and Volusia County is 30 years.
attractive feelings native natives negative overcome people plants reach trying
We're really trying to reach out to people. We're trying to overcome the negative feelings people have about native plants and get more natives back in the system. We want people to see them as an attractive choice.
If we don't do that, we will be Broward County, and you will too.
endangered habitat left scrub type
Scrub is probably the most endangered habitat type left in Florida.
cluster deaths problem understood
We've had that problem before -- there was a cluster of deaths in Ormond back in 1998. We never really understood what was going on.
amazing land scrub
It's an amazing place. The scrub jays will come down and land on your head.
pay permit trees whenever
Whenever someone removes trees without a permit and things like that, they have to pay fees.
grew include material oats past per plant produced sea three
Over the years, we produced about 2,000 trees, shrubs and other plant material per year. That doesn't include sea oats: we grew about 70,000 sea oats over the past three years.
citizens educated environment hopefully importance protecting
Hopefully in the end, we will have citizens who are better educated about the environment and the importance of protecting it.