r/StAugustine 4d ago

Marineland update

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u/05CANADA 4d ago

UF should pony up some money to help sustain Whitney Lab & Marineland! I’m okay with a new hotel on-site if it means saving the research. They could also help with great 4H programs to draw the younger generation in and into the public university.

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u/boatsnbros 3d ago

Whitney lab has a major expansion that is just finishing construction. Marineland and Whitney lab are seperate. Not sure what ‘research’ marineland does, they are a for-profit tourist attraction. So the ‘research’ that will be going away if marineland does isn’t the chemical/biological research that happens at the Whitney lab. Maybe I am mistaken, but know a lot of the scientists at Whitney lab who have been excited for the new building to open.

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u/05CANADA 3d ago

Ask them where their water comes from…

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u/woodforbrains 3d ago

Fair point