At Sixty, Silent Spring Still Inspires
One gorgeous March afternoon, I am sitting with my students next to a large pond on Eckerd College’s…
Taking the Long View: Looking Back 50 years
As we face seemingly insurmountable problems in the world and our state, it’s worth looking back at how…
Tampa Bay: 1757 to Present
[printfriendly] [su_pullquote align=”right”][/su_pullquote] As bay managers working with the Tampa Bay Estuary Program wrap up the 2020 version…
River Board Celebrates 30 Years
[printfriendly] [su_pullquote align=”right”]Top: The foresight of the River Board is apparent from this aerial shot showing the Riverwalk…
Jumping into the Deep End of the Florida Political Pool: The Early Years
[printfriendly] By Jim Schnur The relationship between politics and access to navigable waterways and potable water resources has…
Egmont Key: Protecting the Tampa Bay region for nearly 250 years
When most people think of barrier islands, popular beaches like Honeymoon, Caladesi, Anna Maria or Sanibel immediately spring…
Out-of-the-box mitigation efforts may include a bridge not a stormwater pond
[printfriendly] Stormwater retention ponds have been the easy alternative for developers ever since stormwater treatment rules were enacted…
Region plans for sea level rise
Top: Data from the St. Petersburg tidal gauge, online since 1946, was incorporated into international projections to create…
Waves of water bringing tides of tourists
[printfriendly]The connection between our natural environment and the tourist pipeline By James Anthony Schnur Florida’s lengthy coastline and…
Giving our bays “the finger”: digging up the dirt on the history of local dredging
[printfriendly] Humans living along coastal areas have reshaped the contours of land and water since the earliest civilizations.…