Low-Interest Loans Boost Sustainability for Working-Class Families
[printfriendly] For low- or moderate- income homeowners, improving the energy efficiency of their homes can be a chicken-and-egg…
Feeding Pelicans Can Kill the Birds
[printfriendly] [su_pullquote align=”right”][/su_pullquote] It’s an iconic sight at almost every dock in Florida – fishermen celebrating a successful…
FDOT moving ahead with new solution to stormwater pollution
Image courtesy ESA. Map depicts current seagrass abundance in the section of Old Tampa Bay. Work on a…
Toxic “hot spot” becomes top priority for restoration, redevelopment, recreation in urban setting
To paraphrase Charles Dickens, it is the best of places and it is the worst of places. Located…
Rating systems help county, city planners set sustainability goals
By Marcia Biggs A recent report published by the World Bank identified Tampa Bay as one of the…
News Briefs — Spring, Summer 2016
[printfriendly] Fish return to restored bay in just months Scientists from the Southwest Florida Water Management District began…
Grass really is ‘greener’ on other side of street in community experiment
Homes in Norman, OK, development with green infrastructure retained more nutrients than the half that were conventionally built…
Ancient Ritual: Summer brings the magic and mystery of sea turtle nesting to our beaches
By Marcia Biggs Florida’s snowbirds may have packed up and headed north, but another invasion is now heading…
Unique partnership protects nesting birds in Tampa Bay
Top: A colony of royal terns nests on a dredged material management area in Hillsborough Bay. Photo courtesy…
Profile: Manny Pumariega may be retired but he hasn’t slowed down
[printfriendly]Anybody who knows Manny Pumariega won’t be a bit surprised to hear that retirement hasn’t slowed him down…