About Us

Explore Tampa Bay’s magnificent waterworld and watershed with Bay Soundings, an online news journal covering Florida’s largest open-water estuary. Bay Soundings chronicles the news and issues affecting the bay, while profiling the people, places and creatures that make it so compelling.

Talk Back

We welcome letters to the editor on topics covered in Bay Soundings as well as articles or story ideas on issues impacting Tampa Bay and the region’s natural resources. Send letters to editor@baysoundings.com.

Send Us Your News

We’re always interested in news about community organizations involved in Tampa Bay, and our calendar page highlights upcoming bay-related events and activities. Send news to editor@baysoundings.com.

Help Yourself

If you see an article in Bay Soundings that you would like to include in another publication, help yourself. All we ask is that the story appears with the following credit: “Reprinted with permission from Bay Soundings.” Photos, however, may not be reprinted without express written permission.

Administrative Offices:
Bay Soundings
c/o Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council
4000 Gateway Centre Blvd., Suite 100
Pinellas Park, FL 33782

Alana Todd
Email: alana@tbrpc.org | Phone 727.570.5151 extension 40  |  Fax 727.570.5118

Editor: Victoria Parsons, editor@baysoundings.com
Print and Web Design: Susan Sampaio, susansampaioco@gmail.com

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Editorial Advisory Board:

Alana Todd, Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council
Suzanne Cooper, Emeritus, Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council
Joseph Whalen, Tampa Bay Estuary Program
Frank Hearne, Mechanik, Nuccio, Hearne & Wester, P.A.
Allan Horton, Freelance Writer
Mary Margaret Hull, Southwest Florida Water Management District
George Isiminger, PE, Port Manatee
Wren Krahl, Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council