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Zachary T. Sampson - Environment Reporter
Zachary T. Sampson

Environment Reporter

I grew up in Rhode Island, on a bay similar to Tampa's. I'm fascinated by where we're from — how places shape us and we shape them. In Florida, our life turns on nature, from the gulf to rivers and flatwoods and swamps. I want my coverage to be just as expansive. Do you have a place to show me or a story to tell? Reach out. I'm friendlier than my face suggests. We can also talk about baseball, but it might be hard to get me to stop.

  1. Kent Bailey, leader of Tampa Bay’s environmental movement, dead at 69
    Sep. 24• Environment
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  2. Environmentalists say new toll road would threaten Florida panthers
    Sep. 22• Environment
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  3. A melting sculpture at ZooTampa spreads message about climate change
    Sep. 18• Life & Culture
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  5. Polk land deal shows how the rich profit off conservation, Senate report shows
    Sep. 17• Environment
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  6. Western fires have sent smoke pretty much everywhere but Florida
    Sep. 15• Environment
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  7. Will Trump’s offshore oil order kill drilling off of Florida for good?
    Sep. 10• Environment
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  8. Amid bars and market, St. Pete Pier schools guests on Tampa Bay ecosystem
    Sep. 9• Business
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  9. Tampa targets foam in first effort to reduce single-use plastics
    Sep. 3• Tampa
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  10. Could beer help Florida raise a glass to the end of Red Tide?
    Aug. 31• Environment
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  11. Tampa’s mayor, police chief promise reform. Protesters have their doubts.
    Aug. 29• Tampa
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  12. Oil drilling off Florida’s coast looms on the horizon this election season
    Aug. 29• Environment
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  13. St. Petersburg residents weigh in on developing flood-risk areas
    Aug. 21• Environment
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  14. Feds select Gulf of Mexico as potential zone for fish farming
    Aug. 20• Environment
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  15. Water advocates file sewage spill lawsuit against city of Largo
    Aug. 19• Environment
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  16. Tampa airport board files lawsuit in ‘forever chemical’ contamination case
    Aug. 17• Environment
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  17. Florida advocacy group says environmental law hurts its chance to save nature
    Aug. 13• Environment
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  18. CSI Sharks: Tracking the fish in Florida by what they leave behind
    Aug. 12• Environment
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  19. Florida manatee deaths are up in 2020. With the pandemic, we don’t know why
    Aug. 6• Environment
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  20. ‘Last shot:’ Florida is trying to save the Apalachicola oyster fishery by shutting it down
    Aug. 1• Environment
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  21. St. Petersburg leaders tee up August debate on development in areas at risk to storm surge
    Jul. 30• Pinellas
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  22. A Florida milestone: 5,000 captured Burmese pythons
    Jul. 28• Environment
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  23. Researchers in Florida are about to dive 425 feet into an offshore sinkhole
    Jul. 28• Environment
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  24. Florida officials urge caution in handling animals at risk of the coronavirus
    Jul. 27• Health
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