Today's News

On Thursday, Feb. 16 at 5 p.m., Alachua writer, poet and documentarian Sudye Cauthen will talk about her work to preserve the culture of the area in which she grew, by using narrative, interviews, poetry and introspection on the people and the land that supported them. Her writing offers an inspiration to each of us to look inside and out and discover the relationship between where we live and who we are. Ms. Cauthen, a fifth-generation north Floridian, has won numerous awards for her non-fiction and fiction works.

Warmer temperatures and lack of snow in parts of North America are setting the stage for what could be a most intriguing 15th annual Great Backyard Bird Count, coming up this weekend.
Bird watchers across the U.S. and Canada are getting ready to tally millions of birds in the annual count coordinated by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Audubon, and Canadian partner Bird Studies Canada.