HHabitat Protection & Restoration Dive In! Floridians need a constitutional right to clean waterMarch 8, 2023 By Joseph Bonasia, chair of the Florida Rights of Nature Network Red tide is again plaguing southwest Florida…
HHabitat Protection & Restoration Dive In! Seagrass Losses Challenge Decades-Old ParadigmFebruary 27, 2023 The paradigm that made Tampa Bay an international success story for nearly three decades appears to be changing.…
HHabitat Protection & Restoration Dive In! Model Shoreline Ordinance Plans for Future Protection and Habitat RestorationJanuary 6, 2023 Protecting shorelines from rising waters, driven by changing sea levels and tidally influenced flooding, will be both more…
HHuman Impacts Dive In! Researchers Look at Ways to Control Red TideDecember 7, 2022 While most research on red tide is focused on what causes it and how to track its path,…
UUncategorized Dive In! At Sixty, Silent Spring Still InspiresNovember 16, 2022 One gorgeous March afternoon, I am sitting with my students next to a large pond on Eckerd College’s…
HHuman Impacts Dive In! The grass is not greener when it’s artificial turfOctober 10, 2022 If the thought of an environmentally friendly lawn that needs no maintenance sounds appealing, you need to talk…
HHuman Impacts Dive In! Piney Point Enters a New ChapterSeptember 16, 2022 Piney Point, the abandoned phosphate plant that has dumped more than a billion gallons of contaminated water into…
HHuman Impacts Dive In! Feeding Pelicans Can be Deadly for the BirdsJanuary 20, 2022 A cloud of pelicans circling fishermen and begging for bait or leftovers from their filleted fish is an…
TTop Picks Dive In! Hillsborough Unanimously Approves Summer Fertilizer BanNovember 15, 2021 The time is right for Hillsborough County to pass an ordinance that effectively controls fertilizer applications during the…
UUncategorized Dive In! Beyond the Beaten Path to the BeachOctober 11, 2021 Visitors from all over the world come to Pinellas County to bask on its beautiful beaches. But Pat…