Jenny Staletovich
Environment ReporterJenny Staletovich has been a journalist working in Florida for nearly 20 years.
She’s reported on some of the region’s major environment stories, including the 2018 devastating red tide and blue-green algae blooms, impacts from climate change and Everglades restoration, the nation’s largest water restoration project. She’s also written about disappearing rare forests, invasive pythons, diseased coral and a host of other critical issues around the state.
She covered the environment, climate change and hurricanes for the Miami Herald for five years and previously freelanced for the paper. She worked at the Palm Beach Post from 1989 to 2000, covering crime, government and general assignment stories.
She has won several state and national awards including the Scripps Howard National Journalism Award for Distinguished Service to the First Amendment, the Green Eyeshades and the Sunshine State Awards.
Staletovich graduated from Smith College and lives in Miami, with her husband and their three children.
Contact Jenny at jstaletovich@wlrnnews.org
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Gov. Ron DeSantis rejected the plan for the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary that took 13 years to hammer out. -
This winter's deaths come nearly six months after a mysteriously ailment linked to toxic algae killed more than 50 endangered sawfish around the Florida Keys. -
Following mass layoffs, offices that help fight climate change and support efforts to protect and restore South Florida’s sprawling wilderness are on the chopping block as the Trump administration continues its scaling back of government with widespread lease terminations. -
Thursday's mass firings at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration — including nearly two dozen on Virginia Key and more than 600 nationwide — could stall improvements to hurricane forecasting and delay seasonal outlooks. “ It's going to take years, years for NOAA to recover the trust of the next generation of brilliant environmental scientists," said a former administrator. -
The toll to South Florida parks and wilderness lands amid sweeping federal job cuts includes at least six biologists and other workers at already understaffed wildlife refuges, bringing the total to at least 26. -
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced it's adopting Donald Trump’s name change for the Gulf of Mexico. The new name will appear on all maps, documents and other FWC materials. -
Up to 20 staffers have been laid off at national parks in South Florida, WLRN has learned. At the research center at Everglades National Park, half the team working on restoration efforts is leaving, sources say. Cuts also include staff at Dry Tortugas and Biscayne national parks, and they could affect service during the busy winter season. -
Controversial plans to build a sprawling warehouse fulfillment center outside Miami-Dade County’s urban development boundary will have to start over after an appeals court Wednesday upheld a lower court decision.
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About 2,000 permanent and seasonal jobs have been affected from a federal freeze. The freeze could also exacerbate a massive maintenance backlog that amounts to more than $23 billion as of 2023. -
At its 40th conference, the Everglades Coalition held a series of panels looking at progress and what lies ahead. They celebrated the durability and 'all-in' attitude of the wide-ranging group, but also looked at setbacks. -
Defense attorneys had hoped to convince Circuit Judge Mark Jones that Daniel Weisberger was schizophrenic and not-guilty by reason of insanity when he brutally — and fatally — stabbed his younger brother Pascal on May 7, 2020, as he slept in the bedroom they shared. They instead hoped to get him committed for treatment. -
Gov. Ron DeSantis said he plans to ask Trump to let Florida take over Everglades restoration, essentially ending a 25-year partnership with the Army Corps of Engineers.
