by Bishop Wright, Jr.

This session there were over 3000 bills, Resolutions, Memorials to Congress fled in both the Senate and House. Fewer than 400 of these measures passed both houses.

Because this was a reapportionment session when all legislative and congressional districts would be redrawn, the expectation for bills passing was very low. Any bill that drew controversy was most likely to fail either in a committee or on the floor of either the House or Senate.

In some instances, airboaters and the general public won the day when a bad bill was defeated. In other instances, especially our airboat bill, few were well served with its defeat. Following is a list of bills of importance to the airboating and sportsmen's communities.

by Bonnie Basham
aka The Marsh Hen

The other day, while flying over Tallahassee, the Marsh Hen overhead some folks talking about creating a "rain garden." From the sound of it, these folks were pretty sure they had stumbled on a new idea. Here were humans discussing the advantages of directing rain water from the roofs of their homes to a place on the ground which was deep enough to let the water seep into the ground over a period of days. They were excited about planting some of the same plants in their yard that they find in the swamp.