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Title
Friends of Lake Apopka Collection
Alternative Title
FOLA Collection
Subject
Lake Apopka (Fla.)
Water quality--Florida
Pollution--Florida
Description
The Friends of Lake Apopka (FOLA) is a citizen advocacy group with the mission of restoring Lake Apopka in Orange County and Lake County, Florida. Due to poor farming practices along its shores, Lake Apopka has become one of the largest polluted lakes in Florida. This collection features various archival items related to the restoration of the lake.
Contributor
<a href="http://www.fola.org/" target="_blank">Friends of Lake Apopka</a>
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Lake Apopka, Florida
Florida Game and Fresh Water Commission, Tallahassee, Florida
Oakland, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Saint Johns River, Florida
Winter Garden, Florida
Winter Haven, Florida
Zellwood, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://www.fola.org/" target="_blank">Friends of Lake Apopka</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
King, Joshua
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.oaktownusa.com/Pages/Preserve/index" target="_blank">Oakland Nature Preserve</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.fola.org/" target="_blank">Our Mission & Purpose</a>." Friends of Lake Apopka. http://www.fola.org/.
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
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Title
Lake Apopka: Operation Cleanup
Alternative Title
Operation Cleanup
Subject
Pollution--Florida
Agriculture--Florida
Lake Apopka (Fla.)
Description
A newspaper article from <a href="http://www.floridagriculture.org/" target="_blank"><em>FloridAgriculture</em></a>, a magazine published by the Florida Farm Bureau (FFB). The bureau was formed in 1941, when Florida Citrus Growers, Inc. was reorganized as the Florida Farm Bureau, affiliated with American Farm Bureau Federation. The FFB represents Florida farmers in the Florida Legislature, studies agricultural practices, and offers insurance products for its members. This article discusses the history of Lake Apopka and its pollution, and describes research findings by Dr. Richard B. Forbes, a chemist working at the Sanford Agricultural Research and Education Center. The article also describes efforts by the Central Florida Agricultural Institute (CFAI) to stop pollution in the lake. The CFAI was a non-profit corporation formed to represent the Zellwood farmers operating on Lake Apopka's north shore and investigate potential methods to reduce pollution. The article claims that the CFAI had donated $50,000 to the Sanford Agricultural Research and Education Center and was working on reservoir systems to prevent polluted discharge water from entering the lake.<br /><br />Lake Apopka is one of Florida’s largest lakes and was once considered to be one of the world’s best lakes for bass fishing. The lake’s sport fish population began to decline in the 1960s, with major die-offs occurring almost yearly. The lake’s problems are generally considered to be the result of over-nutrification from various sources. Twenty thousand acres of wetlands bordering the lake’s north shore were drained in the 1940s and used for highly fertile "muck farms." These farms were routinely flooded to protect the fragile soil, and the fertilizer and pesticide-laden water was then discharged back into the lake prior to each growing season. Other sources of pollution include discharge from citrus processing operations, as well as treated wastewater from sewage plants. The nutrient-rich discharge promoted algae growth in the lake, turning the water to a green color, and blocked sunlight from reaching aquatic vegetation, which provided food and habit to the lake’s fish population. The lake’s bottom soil became increasingly “mucky,” also disrupting aquatic vegetation from taking root. <br /><br />Restoration work on the lake began in the 1960s with attempts by various agencies to remove “trash fish,” such as gizzard shad, from the lake via seining, which would hopefully allow the lake’s sportfish to thrive. The Lake Apopka Restoration Council, an initiative formed under Governor Claude Kirk (1926-2011) in 1967, launched several studies to find methods to improve the lake, though no serious action was taken. Various methods were debated to restore the lake through the 1970s and 1980s, including “drawdown,” which entailed completely draining the lake to allow the mucky bottom to consolidate. Restoration attempts were stalled for lack of funding and research.<br /><br />The Lake Apopka Restoration Council was reformed in 1985 under Governor Bob Graham (b. 1936), and, in 1987, the Surface Water and Improvement Management Act was passed. Together, these actions allowed comprehensive restoration plans to take shape, such as the Marsh Flow-way, a project by the St John’s Water Management District that uses natural methods to remove nutrients from the lake. The Friends of Lake Apopka, a citizen Environmental advocacy group, began to push for further restoration efforts in the 1990s. The lake’s north shore muck farms were eventually purchased by the State of Florida, helping to reduce the amount of nutrient entering the lake.
Type
Text
Source
Photocopy of original magazine article: White, Earl. "Lake Apopka: Operation Cleanup." <a href="http://www.floridagriculture.org/" target="_blank"><em>FloridAgriculture</em></a>, May 1973: binder 1973, Friends of Lake Apopka Archives, Ginn Museum, <a href="http://www.oaktownusa.com/Pages/Preserve/index" target="_blank">Oakland Nature Preserve</a>, Oakland, Florida.
Requires
<a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/reader.html" target="_blank">Adobe Acrobat Reader</a>
Is Part Of
Binder 1973, Friends of Lake Apopka Archives, Ginn Museum, <a href="http://www.oaktownusa.com/Pages/Preserve/index" target="_blank">Oakland Nature Preserve</a>, Oakland, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/153" target="_blank">Friends of Lake Apopka Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of photocopied magazine article: White, Earl. "Lake Apopka: Operation Cleanup." <a href="http://www.floridagriculture.org/" target="_blank"><em>FloridAgriculture</em></a>, May 1973.
Coverage
Zellwood, Florida
Lake Apopka
Florida
Sanford, Florida
Creator
White, Earl
Publisher
<a href="http://www.floridagriculture.org/" target="_blank"><em>FloridAgriculture</em></a>
Date Created
ca. 1973-05
Format
application/pdf
Extent
1.01 MB
Medium
2-page magazine article
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Earl White and published by <a href="http://www.floridagriculture.org/" target="_blank"><em>FloridAgriculture</em></a>.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by <a href="http://www.floridagriculture.org/" target="_blank"><em>FloridAgriculture</em></a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Contributing Project
<a href="http://www.fola.org/" target="_blank">Friends of Lake Apopka</a>
Curator
King, Joshua
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.oaktownusa.com/Pages/Preserve/index" target="_blank">Oakland Nature Preserve</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.sjrwmd.com/lakeapopka/history.html" target="_blank">History of Lake Apopka</a>." St John's River Water Management District. January 28, 2013. Accessed June 5, 2016. http://www.sjrwmd.com/lakeapopka/history.html.
"<a href="http://www.floridafarmbureau.org/history/" target="_blank">History of Florida Farm Bureau</a>." Florida Farm Bureau. Accessed June 8, 2016. http://www.floridafarmbureau.org/history/.
A. Duda & Sons
agricultural pollution
algae
Billy Long
carrots
catfish
celery
Central Florida Agricultural Institute
citrus processing plants
DDT
dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
E. T. York
eutrophication
Everglades
fertilizers
Fiske-Gay Associates, Inc
Florida Department of Pollution Control
Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission
Florida State Board of Health
Frank Hooper
Henry Swanson
Hooper Brothers, Inc
Jim Fiske
John F. Darby
Lake Apopka
Larry R. Sinclair
Leon Miller
muck farms
parathion
peat soil
pesticides
Richard B. Forbes
Sanford Agricultural Research and Education Center
sewage disposal plants
Stanley Winn
sweet corn
UF
University of Florida
water hyacinth
William D. Long
Zellwood Drainage District
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Title
Friends of Lake Apopka Collection
Alternative Title
FOLA Collection
Subject
Lake Apopka (Fla.)
Water quality--Florida
Pollution--Florida
Description
The Friends of Lake Apopka (FOLA) is a citizen advocacy group with the mission of restoring Lake Apopka in Orange County and Lake County, Florida. Due to poor farming practices along its shores, Lake Apopka has become one of the largest polluted lakes in Florida. This collection features various archival items related to the restoration of the lake.
Contributor
<a href="http://www.fola.org/" target="_blank">Friends of Lake Apopka</a>
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Lake Apopka, Florida
Florida Game and Fresh Water Commission, Tallahassee, Florida
Oakland, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Saint Johns River, Florida
Winter Garden, Florida
Winter Haven, Florida
Zellwood, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://www.fola.org/" target="_blank">Friends of Lake Apopka</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
King, Joshua
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.oaktownusa.com/Pages/Preserve/index" target="_blank">Oakland Nature Preserve</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.fola.org/" target="_blank">Our Mission & Purpose</a>." Friends of Lake Apopka. http://www.fola.org/.
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
5-page typewritten report
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Title
Lake Apopka, Florida Fish Kill Report by Eugene W. Surber
Alternative Title
Surber Fish Kill Report
Subject
Lake Apopka (Fla.)
Winter Garden (Fla.)
Oakland (Fla.)
Zellwood (Fla.)
Water quality--Florida
Water conservation
Pesticides--United States
Fishing--Florida
DDT (Insecticide)
Insecticides--United States
Pollution--Florida
Description
A report by Eugene W. Surber on the May 1963 Lake Apopka Fish Kill. Surber describes his visit to Lake Apopka, Florida, and examines samples of dead and dying fish recovered from the lake. It is estimated that roughly 3 millions pounds of fish were killed in May 1963. Surber interviews several locals regarding aerial spraying of pesticide and its correlation to the Apopka fish kills. He concludes that pesticide the most likely cause of the fish kills, due to the extremely fast and intermittent nature of the kills.
Type
Text
Source
Photocopy of original 5-page typewritten report: binder 1963, drawer 1938-1987, Friends of Lake Apopka Archives, Ginn Museum, <a href="http://www.oaktownusa.com/Pages/Preserve/index" target="_blank">Oakland Nature Preserve</a>, Oakland, Florida.
Requires
<a href="http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/" target="_blank"> Adobe Flash Player</a>
Is Part Of
Binder 1963, drawer 1938-1987, Friends of Lake Apopka Archives, Ginn Museum, <a href="http://www.oaktownusa.com/Pages/Preserve/index" target="_blank">Oakland Nature Preserve</a>, Oakland, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/153" target="_blank">Oakland Nature Preserve Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of photocopied 5-page typewritten report.
Coverage
Cincinnati, Ohio
Lake Apopka, Florida
Zellwood, Florida
Winter Garden, Florida
Oakland, Florida
Creator
Surber, E. W.
Publisher
Aquatic Biology Section, Robert A. Taft Sanitary Engineering Center
Date Created
ca. 1963-06-12
Format
application/pdf
Extent
785 KB
Medium
5-page typewritten report
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Science Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Eugene W. Surber.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="http://www.fola.org/" target="_blank">Friends of Lake Apopka</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Contributing Project
<a href="http://www.fola.org/" target="_blank">Friends of Lake Apopka</a>
Curator
King, Joshua
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.oaktownusa.com/Pages/Preserve/index" target="_blank">Oakland Nature Preserve</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.protectingourwater.org/watersheds/map/ocklawaha/" target="_blank">Learn About Your Watershed: Ocklawaha River Watershed</a>." Florida's Water: Ours to Protect, Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Accessed June 12, 2015. http://www.protectingourwater.org/watersheds/map/ocklawaha/.
A. D. Aldrich
agricultural pollution
agriculture
algae
algal poisoning
Aquatic Biology Section
Bacillus columnaris
bacteria
bass
black crappie
bluegill
bullhead
catfish
Chic Archer
Cincinnati, Ohio
corn
crappie
crop
Cytophaga columnaris
Dactylogyrus
DDT
detritus
dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
Duda
Eugene W. Surber
farming
fish
fish kill
fishing
flatworm
Flavobacterium columnare
Flexibacter columnaris
Florida Game and Freshwater Fish Commission
Florida State Board of Health
game fish
gill
gizzard shad
Graham
Harold L. Moody
insecticide
Joe E. Burgess
lake
Lake Apopka
Lake Harris
MacDonald Flying Field
Montverde Fish Camp
Oakland
oxygen
parasite
parathion
pesticide
phytoplankton
plankton
planktonic algae
pollution
research
Robert A. Taft Sanitary Engineering Center
Russell Fielding
Scyphidia
speckled bullhead
spray
supersaturation
toxaphene
Trichodina
Turk
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
water
water conservation
water quality
Winter Garden
Zellwood
Zellwood Drainage and Water Control District
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Title
Friends of Lake Apopka Collection
Alternative Title
FOLA Collection
Subject
Lake Apopka (Fla.)
Water quality--Florida
Pollution--Florida
Description
The Friends of Lake Apopka (FOLA) is a citizen advocacy group with the mission of restoring Lake Apopka in Orange County and Lake County, Florida. Due to poor farming practices along its shores, Lake Apopka has become one of the largest polluted lakes in Florida. This collection features various archival items related to the restoration of the lake.
Contributor
<a href="http://www.fola.org/" target="_blank">Friends of Lake Apopka</a>
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Lake Apopka, Florida
Florida Game and Fresh Water Commission, Tallahassee, Florida
Oakland, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Saint Johns River, Florida
Winter Garden, Florida
Winter Haven, Florida
Zellwood, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://www.fola.org/" target="_blank">Friends of Lake Apopka</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
King, Joshua
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.oaktownusa.com/Pages/Preserve/index" target="_blank">Oakland Nature Preserve</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.fola.org/" target="_blank">Our Mission & Purpose</a>." Friends of Lake Apopka. http://www.fola.org/.
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
2-page typewritten letter on Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission letterhead
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Title
Letter from Harold L. Moody to O. E. Frye, Jr. (June 11, 1962)
Alternative Title
Letter from Moody to Frye (June 11, 1962)
Subject
Lake Apopka (Fla.)
Water quality--Florida
Pesticides--United States
Fishing--Florid
Fish
DDT (Insecticide)
Pollution--Florida
Parathion
Description
A letter of correspondence from Harold L. Moody, fishery biologist, to O. E. Frye, Jr., Assistant Director of the Florida Game and Freshwater Fish Commission. The letter discusses a fish kill on Lake Apopka in May 1962. Moody reports that eyewitnesses observed an agricultural spray plane disperse pesticides over the lake shortly before the fish kill began. Fish kills are usually associated with low levels of dissolved oxygen in the water. Moody notes that his samples showed the oxygen levels to be low, but rather than being evenly dispersed through the lake, the fish kill was concentrated at the north shore adjacent to the farming operations. Moody also notes the presence of dead reptiles and amphibians not normally found during an oxygen-related kill. The fish kill was estimated at 50,000 pounds, at that time the largest fish kill of 1962.
Creator
Moody, Harold L.
Source
Photocopy of original 2-page letter from Harold L. Moody to O. E. Frye, Jr., June 11, 1962: binder 1962, drawer 1938-1987, Friends of Lake Apopka Archives, Ginn Museum, <a href="http://www.oaktownusa.com/Pages/Preserve/index" target="_blank">Oakland Nature Preserve</a>, Oakland, Florida.
Date Created
1962-06-11
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of photocopied 2-page letter from Harold L. Moody to O. E. Frye, Jr., June 11, 1962.
Is Part Of
Binder 1962, drawer 1938-1987, Friends of Lake Apopka Archives, Ginn Museum, <a href="http://www.oaktownusa.com/Pages/Preserve/index" target="_blank">Oakland Nature Preserve</a>, Oakland, Florida.<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/153" target="_blank"><br /></a>
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/153" target="_blank">Oakland Nature Preserve Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
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<a href="http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/" target="_blank"> Adobe Flash Player</a>
Format
application/pdf
Extent
310 KB
Medium
2-page typewritten letter on Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission letterhead
Language
eng
Type
Text
Coverage
Lake Apopka, Florida
Leesburg, Florida
Tallahasse, Florida
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Science Teacher
Geography Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Harold L. Moody
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="http://www.fola.org/" target="_blank">Friends of Lake Apopka</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
<a href="http://www.fola.org/" target="_blank">Friends of Lake Apopka</a>
Curator
King, Joshua
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.oaktownusa.com/Pages/Preserve/index" target="_blank">Oakland Nature Preserve</a>
External Reference
"<a>Learn About Your Watershed: Ocklawaha River Watershed</a>." Florida's Water: Ours to Protect, Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Accessed June 12, 2015. http://www.protectingourwater.org/watersheds/map/ocklawaha/.
agricultural pollution
Apopka Moose Head Lodge
Bill Fulford
Bill Turk
Board of Commissioners
Bob Sherman
chamber of commerce
chemical
DDT
dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
diethyl parathion
dissolved oxygen
Don McAllister
fish camp
fish kill
fishing
fishing lodge
Florida Game and Freshwater Fish Commission
Folidol
freshwater fishing
frog
Harold L. Moody
insecticide
Jeb Stuart
Joe Jacobs
John A. Sutton
Lake Apopka
Lake County Board of Commissioners
M. W. Hammond
O. E. Frye Jr.
Orange County Board of Commissioners
oxygen
parathion
parathion-ethyl
pesticide
pollution
snake
sportsfishing
Tom Denmark
turtle
W. R. Peavy, Jr.
water quality
Winter Garden Chamber of Commerce
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Title
Friends of Lake Apopka Collection
Alternative Title
FOLA Collection
Subject
Lake Apopka (Fla.)
Water quality--Florida
Pollution--Florida
Description
The Friends of Lake Apopka (FOLA) is a citizen advocacy group with the mission of restoring Lake Apopka in Orange County and Lake County, Florida. Due to poor farming practices along its shores, Lake Apopka has become one of the largest polluted lakes in Florida. This collection features various archival items related to the restoration of the lake.
Contributor
<a href="http://www.fola.org/" target="_blank">Friends of Lake Apopka</a>
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Lake Apopka, Florida
Florida Game and Fresh Water Commission, Tallahassee, Florida
Oakland, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Saint Johns River, Florida
Winter Garden, Florida
Winter Haven, Florida
Zellwood, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://www.fola.org/" target="_blank">Friends of Lake Apopka</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
King, Joshua
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.oaktownusa.com/Pages/Preserve/index" target="_blank">Oakland Nature Preserve</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.fola.org/" target="_blank">Our Mission & Purpose</a>." Friends of Lake Apopka. http://www.fola.org/.
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
1-page typewritten press release
Dublin Core
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Title
The Tallahassee News Release, June 1962
Alternative Title
Lake Apopka Fish Kill News Release
Subject
Lake Apopka (Fla.)
Water quality--Florida
Pesticides--United States
Fishing--Florida
DDT (Insecticide)
Pollution--Florida
Parathion
Sewage--United States
Citrus fruit industry--Florida
Florida. State Board of Health
Description
A news release from <em>The Tallahassee News</em> detailing the May 1962 fish kills on Lake Apopka. Two fish kills occurred within three days, killing an estimated three million pounds of gizzard and threadfin shad. Water samples were sent to the Florida State Board of Health for testing. The kills are believed to be a result of a combination of various pollutions, including pesticide from aerial spraying, fertilizer run-off, and waste discharge from sewage plants and citrus processing.
Type
Text
Source
Photocopy of original 1-page typewritten press release, June 1962: <a href="http://www.thetallahasseenews.com/" target="_blank"><em>The Tallahassee News</em></a>, Tallahassee, Florida: binder 1962, drawer 1938-1987, Friends of Lake Apopka Archives, Ginn Museum, <a href="http://www.oaktownusa.com/Pages/Preserve/index" target="_blank">Oakland Nature Preserve</a>, Oakland, Florida.
Is Part Of
Binder 1962, drawer 1938-1987, Friends of Lake Apopka Archives, Ginn Museum, <a href="http://www.oaktownusa.com/Pages/Preserve/index" target="_blank">Oakland Nature Preserve</a>, Oakland, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/153" target="_blank">Oakland Nature Preserve Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of photocopied 1-page typewritten press release, June 1962: <a href="http://www.thetallahasseenews.com/" target="_blank"><em>The Tallahassee News</em></a>, Tallahassee, Florida.
Coverage
Tallahassee, Florida
Lake Apopka, Florida
Winter Haven, Florida
Publisher
<a href="http://www.thetallahasseenews.com/" target="_blank"><em>The Tallahassee News</em></a>
Date Created
ca. 1962-06
Format
image/jpg
Extent
165 KB
Medium
1-page typewritten press release
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Science Teacher
Geography Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Provenance
Originally published by <a href="http://www.thetallahasseenews.com/" target="_blank"><em>The Tallahassee News</em></a>.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by<a href="http://www.thetallahasseenews.com/" target="_blank"><em>The Tallahassee News</em></a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Contributing Project
<a href="http://www.fola.org/" target="_blank">Friends of Lake Apopka</a>
Curator
King, Joshua
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.oaktownusa.com/Pages/Preserve/index" target="_blank">Oakland Nature Preserve</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.protectingourwater.org/watersheds/map/ocklawaha/" target="_blank">Learn About Your Watershed: Ocklawaha River Watershed</a>." Florida's Water: Ours to Protect, Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Accessed June 12, 2015. http://www.protectingourwater.org/watersheds/map/ocklawaha/.
Transcript
TALLAHASSEE NEWS RELEASE
June, 1962
More than 3 million pounds of gizzard and threadfin shad are dead in Lake Apopka today according to Bob Peavy and Harold Moody, Fishery Biologists for the Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission. The massive fish kill has involved very few game fishes so far. However, the mortality is still progressing and it is feared that dead game fishes will increase as the situation continues,
Commission biologists began their investigation on Thursday May 16th when the first massed fish kill was observed. They noted a second kill of very large proportions on Sunday May 19th. Water samples were collected and tests made to diagnose the trouble. Other samples were sent to the laboratory of the State Board of Health in Winter Haven. Personnel of that agency are cooperating with the Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission in the investigation.
The situation was caused by a change in the water conditions. It is believed that change has been gradually brought about as the interrelated result of the materials which man has been introducing into the lake over a period of years, combined with the low water level at which Lake Apopka has been maintained.
Introduced materials include fertilizers from groves and vegetable farms, effluents from sewage disposal and citrus processing plants, and insecticides sprayed from the air.
Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission officials emphasize that the condition is serious, and that a large kill of gamefishes is possible.
They recommend that steps be taken to insure water levels in Lake Apopka. Discharge of wastes should be curtailed, and an introduction of insecticides discontinued.
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Bob Peavy
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DDT
dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
diethyl parathion
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fishing
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Florida Game and Freshwater Fish Commission
Florida State Board of Health
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Harold L. Moody
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Lake Apopka
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parathion
parathion-ethyl
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Talahassee
The Tallahassee News
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Winter Haven
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Dublin Core
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Title
Friends of Lake Apopka Collection
Alternative Title
FOLA Collection
Subject
Lake Apopka (Fla.)
Water quality--Florida
Pollution--Florida
Description
The Friends of Lake Apopka (FOLA) is a citizen advocacy group with the mission of restoring Lake Apopka in Orange County and Lake County, Florida. Due to poor farming practices along its shores, Lake Apopka has become one of the largest polluted lakes in Florida. This collection features various archival items related to the restoration of the lake.
Contributor
<a href="http://www.fola.org/" target="_blank">Friends of Lake Apopka</a>
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Lake Apopka, Florida
Florida Game and Fresh Water Commission, Tallahassee, Florida
Oakland, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Saint Johns River, Florida
Winter Garden, Florida
Winter Haven, Florida
Zellwood, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://www.fola.org/" target="_blank">Friends of Lake Apopka</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
King, Joshua
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.oaktownusa.com/Pages/Preserve/index" target="_blank">Oakland Nature Preserve</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.fola.org/" target="_blank">Our Mission & Purpose</a>." Friends of Lake Apopka. http://www.fola.org/.
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
1-page typewritten memorandum on Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission letterhead
Dublin Core
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Title
Memorandum from W. R. Peavy, Jr. (July 23, 1962)
Alternative Title
Memo from W. R. Peavy, Jr. (July 23, 1962)
Subject
Lake Apopka (Fla.)
Water quality--Florida
Water conservation
Pesticides--United States
Fishing--Florida
DDT (Insecticide)
Pollution--Florida
Parathion
Description
A 1-page memorandum from W. R. Peavy, Jr., a fishery biologist with the Florida Game and Freshwater Fish Commission, regarding the May 1962 Lake Apopka fish kill. The memorandum revises the earlier estimate of fish killed, found in Harold L. Moody's memorandum toO. E. Frye, Jr., Assistant Director of the commission, from 50,000 lbs to 120,000 pounds. Frye states his belief that DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) and parathion sprayed from agricultural aircraft were responsible for the kill. Samples of the dead fish were shipped to the University of North Carolina for analysis by Dr. Charles Weiss, Professor of Sanitary Science. The results were inconclusive regarding pesticides, as the cause of the kill due to decay suffered in transit. However, some samples did show evidence of exposure to pesticide.
Type
Text
Source
Photocopy of original 1-page typewritten memorandum from W. R. Peavy, Jr., July 23, 1962: binder 1962, drawer 1938-1987, Friends of Lake Apopka Archives, Ginn Museum, <a href="http://www.oaktownusa.com/Pages/Preserve/index" target="_blank">Oakland Nature Preserve</a>, Oakland, Florida.
Is Part Of
Binder 1962, drawer 1938-1987, Friends of Lake Apopka Archives, Ginn Museum, <a href="http://www.oaktownusa.com/Pages/Preserve/index" target="_blank">Oakland Nature Preserve</a>, Oakland, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/153" target="_blank">Oakland Nature Preserve Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of photocopied 1-page memorandum from W. R. Peavy, Jr., July 23, 1962.
Coverage
Lake Apopka, Florida
Tallahassee, Florida
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Creator
Peavy, W. R., Jr.
Date Created
1962-07-23
Format
image/jpg
Extent
165 KB
Medium
1-page typewritten memorandum on Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission letterhead
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Science Teacher
Geography Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by W. R. Peavy, Jr.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="http://www.fola.org/" target="_blank">Friends of Lake Apopka</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Contributing Project
<a href="http://www.fola.org/" target="_blank">Friends of Lake Apopka</a>
Curator
King, Joshua
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.oaktownusa.com/Pages/Preserve/index" target="_blank">Oakland Nature Preserve</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.protectingourwater.org/watersheds/map/ocklawaha/" target="_blank">Learn About Your Watershed: Ocklawaha River Watershed</a>." Florida's Water: Ours to Protect, Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Accessed June 12, 2015. http://www.protectingourwater.org/watersheds/map/ocklawaha/.
"<a href="http://myfwc.com/about/" target="_blank">About the FWC</a>." Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Accessed June 12, 2015. http://myfwc.com/about/.
agricultural pollution
Charles Weiss
DDT
dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
diethyl parathion
fish kill
fishing
fishing lodge
Florida Game and Freshwater Fish Commission
Folidol
frog
insecticide
lake
Lake Apopka
parathion
parathion-ethyl
pesticide
regulation
sanitary science
snake
turtle
UNC-Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
W. R. Peavy, Jr.
water conservation
water quality