Environmental leaders and programs take top honors at the Future of the Region Awards
Environmental leaders and programs swept the stage at the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council’s 31st annual Future of…
2025 Resiliency Summit: From Recovery to Resilience
“From Recovery to Resilience” is the theme of the fifth annual Regional Resiliency Summit, which will be hosted…
Tampa Bay Estuary Program awarded $1.5 million funding from RESTORE Act to support five local projects for coastal restoration and resilience
BREAKING NEWS — We’ll post more on individual projects over the next few months! Tampa Bay Estuary Program…
News Briefs — Spring, Summer 2016
[printfriendly] Fish return to restored bay in just months Scientists from the Southwest Florida Water Management District began…
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…
Putting it in perspective: Scientists speak out on sewage
When headlines this summer warned that extreme high rainfall had forced cities and counties to release untreated or…
Region plans for sea level rise
Top: Data from the St. Petersburg tidal gauge, online since 1946, was incorporated into international projections to create…
News Briefs — Winter, 2016
EPC to publish Guide to Artificial Reefs More than 60 species of fish— including the ever-popular gag grouper,…
Excess stormwater creates wastewater problems
When more than 15 inches of rain fell on the Tampa Bay region over a two-week period last…
Once thought impossible, Tampa Bay leads nation in environmental recovery
By Mary Kelley Hoppe Above: Dramatic improvements in water quality have allowed seagrasses to rebound to levels not…