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Every year, people make resolutions for the new year. In this episode, Rick and Cathy talk about resolutions for Florida — and how you can help protect the state's natural beauty, waters, and wild places as you travel (and even if you don't!)

Links we mentioned:

Cathy's quest to remove single-use plastics from her home, RV and office

Blue Highways

Alachua Conservation Trust

Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park

Sweetwater Wetlands Park in Gainesville

Lyonia Preserve in Volusia County

Great Florida Birding Trail

Mark Walters' entertaining and well-written Florida Scrub Jay: Field Notes on a Vanishing Bird

Blue Highways

The hotel where the Beatles stayed on Miami Beach – and its recent demolition

Coalition of Immokalee Workers

Florida Waterkeepers

St. Johns Waterkeepers

Florida Springs Council

Florida Springs Institute

Surfrider

Oceana

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