Living shorelines a bright spot after 2024 Hurricane Season
As the Tampa Bay region slowly but surely rebuilds infrastructure ranging from beaches to the baseball stadium, one…
Could a Magic Jet Ski reduce red tide?
Dave Tomasko doesn’t usually joke about red tide in Sarasota Bay, but he can’t help but smile about…
Duette Preserve: 33 square miles of wilderness in a fast-growing region
The first sign that Duette Preserve in northern Manatee County is not just another preserve is literally a…
Helping kids to change the planet
As bird nesting season settles down for the year, the Raptor Center of Tampa Bay is ramping up…
Audubon celebrates new islands in its Florida Coastal Islands Sanctuaries System
A generous donation from Mahaffey Management, LLC, adds three mangrove spoil islands to the Florida Coastal Islands Sanctuaries…
Managing Stormwater: The human impact on urban water cycles
By Lara Milligan, Pinellas County Natural Resources Agent I would be willing to bet that if I asked…
Florida Young Birders Club Takes Flight
Story and images by Jim McGinity Most birders had some sort of “spark bird” or encounter that ignited…
Agency on Bay Management Expands
For more than 50 years, the Agency on Bay Management (ABM) and its predecessor organizations have led the…
“Poop Sleuthers” chase down sources of fecal pathogens
Across the state, beaches close when high levels of fecal bacteria are found. Beyond the general “ick” factor,…
New report quantifies the impact of nutrients on in-shore red tide blooms
By Dave Tomasko, director of the Sarasota Bay Estuary Progam I recently received notification that a manuscript my…