ST. PETERSBURG ― The tram was halted as a small, slithery black snake scurried across the Boyd Hill Nature Preserve trail. “I’ve been out here for the last year, pretty much every week,” Nancy Norton, ...

The easement will prohibit commercial development while still allowing for limited agricultural and recreational activities.

The first full draft of the assessment, on the state of America’s land, water and wildlife, was weeks from completion. The ...