Jenny Staletovich
Jenny 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.
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Scientists working to save Florida’s ailing reef hope Caribbean coral thriving in hotter water could bring some relief. -
Rare sawfish have been dying at unprecedented numbers in the Florida Keys. Scientist don't know why and federal officials are trying to save some of them.
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Scientists racing to protect coral amid an ocean heat wave that is blistering reefs off south Florida got some rare good news this month. Some of the rescued corals made babies in their lab.
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Scientists racing to protect coral amid an ocean heat wave blistering reefs off South Florida got some rare good news this month. Some of the rescued corals made babies in their lab.
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A dramatic increase in ocean temperatures around South Florida in early July caught scientists off-guard. They're now rushing to help struggling coral on the only inshore reef in the continental U.S. -
Some climate scientists are alarmed by the high ocean temperatures off Florida's coast. Coral reefs and fish are at risk.
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The study by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory found warming waters in the eastern Pacific that produce winds that steer hurricanes are likely to shift toward the southeast U.S. and Gulf coasts. -
A joint report from the University of Florida and 1000 Friends of Florida found a 23% increase in population and just under a foot of sea rise by 2040 could wipe out a million acres of undeveloped land. -
Researchers have begun holding workshops after a statewide survey found widespread misunderstanding of the forecast cone that's been used for 20 years.
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More than a decade ago, growth in Florida was managed under a statewide agency that provided checks and balances to prevent sprawl and protect natural resources. Then state leaders closed it.
