

Today I share my final Loxahatchee Lesson, # 8.
“My husband Fred van Vonno worked as a Planner (GS-11) from June 1978 until 1982 for the Department of Interior, National Park Service, Regional Office, Atlanta Ga. His work involved assessing the “recreational potential of rivers and trails”. My husband was the Study Coordinator for the Loxahatchee and Myakka Wild and Scenic River studies”. -Nicki van Vonno
These news articles saved by Fred van Vonno, now loving shared by his wife Nicki, are now available for all. I learned so much reading through them and most are not available on line. Now they are! May we continue to study our past so that we may work towards the best future our beloved Loxahatchee River!
The photos are organized by year:
1980
1981
1982
1983

1984
1985
2001
CAN THESE CYPRESS TREES BE SAVED
2002
RIVER FRIENDS UNITELOXAHATCHEE VITAL
2004
No Date
1978 Booklet
“Study By the Staff of the U.S. General Accounting Office, Land Use Issues”
General Accounting Office Study – Land Use Issues

The above photos were slides
SLIDES RELATING TO THE LOXAHATCHEE RIVER (also see Lessons 4, 5, and 6 above)
Removed from a slide carousel used by Fred van Vonno who was a Planner (GS-11) from June 1978 until 1982 for the Department of Interior National Park Service, Regional Office in Atlanta, Ga. His work involved assessing the “recreational potential of rivers and trails.” The slides were used for presentations when van Vanno was the Study Coordinator for the Loxahatchee and Myakka Wild and Scenic River studies. It is a good idea to make sure these photographs are documented as many are more than 40 years old. I would think they would have been taken around 1980. ~Sandra Henderson Thurlow
It is amazing and beautiful. Thank you so much.
Dear Nicki, it is amazing and beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing. So many will learn through your husband’s work. Love. J
Flying squirl??? I will not say where but I will say it is inportant to not have a pack of prediotors killing every last one of them.