Money Really Does Grow on Trees
At least in the Lower Green Swamp Preserve, where Hillsborough County will collect more than a million dollars…
Climate Walk Shines a Different Light on Sea Level Rise
Sea-level rise looks just a little different from the top of the observation tower at Weedon Island Preserve.…
Can a Switch to Natural Gas Help Tampa Bay?
[printfriendly] TECO has 600 megawatts of solar power either in place or planned. This array , with the…
Floodplain Management Saves Pinellas Residents Big Bucks
Most people don’t think about flooding until there’s a big storm heading their way, but Pinellas County residents will save more than $5 million this year on their flood insurance premiums because its floodplain management team has earned a great rating for its proactive flood risk reduction program.
Revisiting the Paradigm: Climate Change Forces Managers to Review a 20-Year-Old Model
“That goal recognizes that we can’t fully replace all habitat lost since the 1950s,” explains Doug Robison, senior…
Moving Upstream: Conceptual Plans for 7,300 Acres in the Little Manatee River Watershed Unveiled
With most of the shoreline along Tampa Bay either developed or restored, planners are looking upstream to protect…
24 Local Governments Join Region’s First-Ever Resiliency Coalition
[printfriendly] [su_pullquote align=”right”][/su_pullquote] What does it take to get five county commissions plus nearly 20 cities to agree…
Protecting coastal habitats helps mitigate climate change
“Blue carbon” or coastal habitats may sequester significantly more carbon dioxide than forests. Coastal wetlands have long been…
Region plans for sea level rise
Top: Data from the St. Petersburg tidal gauge, online since 1946, was incorporated into international projections to create…