The As Bad As It Is In Florida Podcast
Environmental Lobbyist Ryan Smart and Florida Master Naturalist Ryan Worthington discuss the legislative process, bills, and policy that affect the environment in the state of Florida.
Podcasting since 2025 • 35 episodes
The As Bad As It Is In Florida Podcast
Latest Episodes
Filed Bills that affect Florida's Environment: The Good, Bad, and Ugly
This week Ryan and Ryan discuss some of the bills that have been filed so far:SB 240 Aux Containershttps://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/240/?Tab=BillTextSB 208 Land Use and Development Regulations https://flse...
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Conservation Land Swaps, The Everglades, and Restoration Efforts: Reactions to the DEP and SWFWMD Presentations
This week, the DEP and SWFWMD gave presentations to committees in both the House and the Senate to discuss Florida Forever, Conservation Land Swaps, The Everglades, Forever Chemicals, and much more.This episode is a new format...
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Review of presentations of Florida's environmental agencies and pro development bills so far.
This week Ryan and Ryan discuss the presentations by FWC, DEP, SWFWMD, and other agencies of the health of areas that they are monitoring. Also discussed are two pro development bills and one bill that would help control Florida's tra...
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Season 1
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Episode 32
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Bear Hunts, Developer Bailouts, and Double Dipping on Conservation Easements.
This week, Ryan and Ryan discuss the Florida Black Bear hunt and the number of applicants for the bear tag lottery, many purchased by those who do not want to hunt bears in an effort to limit the bears killed during the season. In ...
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Season 1
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Episode 33
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Proposed Springs National Park, SB 180, and Delegation Meetings
This week Ryan & Ryan discuss the proposed Springs National Park, developers using SB 180 to avoid regulations, and how you can share the issues that you care about with your state elected officials.For a list of upcoming ...
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Season 1
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Episode 32
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