Piney Point: Back from the Brink?
Piney Point: Back from the Brink? Bay managers hope they’re prepared for the 2002 hurricane season. Harsh lessons…
Pole and Troll Proposal for Little Cockroach Bay Gains Momentum
Up to 15,000 "prop scars" crosscross Little Cockroach Bay as boasters speed trough shallow waters to some of the region's best fishing grounds. The 2007 proposal ultimately failed but other efforts to protect the seagrasses continue.
Region at a Crossroad: Designing Tomorrow’s Transportation Today.
Beginning with a 14-acres site at E.G. Simmons Park, the SWIM (Surface Water Improvement and Management) program restored more than 2000 acres as part of the first concerted effort to restore critical fisheries and wildlife habitat lost to development.
Progress Energy Florida Kicks Off Conservation Initiative
[printfriendly] [su_pullquote align=”right”][/su_pullquote] While more expensive energy alternatives are grabbing headlines, a new campaign from Progress Energy focuses…
Volunteers Needed for Skyway Project
[printfriendly [su_pullquote align = “right”] [/su_pullquote] Fishing on the Skyway Pier has long been legendary, with fishermen from…
Catch the Drip!
[printfriendly] [su_pullquote align=”right”][/su_pullquote] Lynn Barber at the Hillsborough County Extension dreamed up a way to safely capture air-conditioning…
SCOOP THAT POOP
Every little pile adds up — but everybody can do their part to prevent “poo-llution.” About a half-million…
Good Mates
Even before the FDEP began its Clean Marina program in the early 1990s, environmental managers in Pinellas County…
California Study Raises Concern in Tampa Bay
Bay Soundings 2004 Headlines across the country blared dire warnings when a new study showed that air pollution…
What’s Your Watershed Address?
Story originally published in Fall, 2004 Whether you know it or not, you live in a watershed. From…