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Cindy Lane

Cindy Lane

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January 24, 2024
By Cindy Lane

Insider’s Island – The insider’s guide to outdoors AMI

There’s more to outdoors life on Anna Maria Island than you think. From kayaking mangrove tunnels to diving a historic wreck to finding your perfect beach, here is a guide that will turn you into…
January 23, 2024
By Cindy Lane
Royal terns

Shorebird gallery

Least terns, pelicans, royal terns, snowy plovers, gulls, black skimmers and oystercatchers are some of the shorebirds that frequent Anna Maria Island.
January 23, 2024
By Cindy Lane
Dolphin pod

Dolphin gallery

Dolphins frequent the Gulf of Mexico, the Intracoastal Waterway, Sarasota Bay and the Manatee River near Anna Maria Island.
January 22, 2024
By Cindy Lane
January 22, 2024
By Cindy Lane

Robinson Preserve gallery

The 637-acre Robinson Preserve, bordered by the Manatee River, Tampa Bay, Palma Sola Bay and Perico Bayou, offers dog-friendly hiking, biking and kayak trails and tours of the historic Valentine…
January 22, 2024
By Cindy Lane

Neal Preserve gallery

  You can’t take it with you, but you can hold a piece of history thousands of years old at Neal Preserve by simply picking up a conch shell. Prehistoric Native American inhabitants of…
January 21, 2024
By Cindy Lane

Moon over Anna Maria Island

While we’re partial to sunsets on Anna Maria Island, moonrises are pretty special too.
January 19, 2024
By Cindy Lane

De Soto National Memorial gallery

BRADENTON – De Soto National Memorial marks the spot where Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto and his army made landfall in Florida on May 30, 1539, overcame fierce resistance by indigenous people…
January 19, 2024
By Cindy Lane

Cortez FISH Preserve gallery

The FISH Preserve is nearly 100 acres east of 119th St. W. in the historic fishing village of Cortez, whose residents began raising money more than three decades ago to purchase the land, one plo…
January 14, 2024
By Cindy Lane
January 12, 2024
By Cindy Lane

Grassy Point Preserve gallery

Grassy Point Preserve in Holmes Beach offers mangrove tunnels on the bay side of Anna Maria Island on the Intracoastal Waterway and nearly 35 acres to explore on land, some of it accessible by bo…
January 6, 2024
By Cindy Lane

Perico Preserve gallery

Perico Preserve is a former 176-acre farm that dated back to the 1930s. A vegetable stand operated into the 1970s at 11700 Manatee Ave. W., where the preserve entrance is located. A 1.5-mile s…
January 5, 2024
By Cindy Lane

Leffis Key Preserve gallery

Explore Leffis Key on the Intracoastal Waterway in Bradenton Beach for a pleasant walk in a variety of coastal landscapes, some delightfully hilly and others as tame as a boardwalk. The tiny isla…
January 2, 2024
By Cindy Lane
Beach aliens

Beach aliens of Anna Maria Island gallery

Some strange things have been washing up on the beach…
January 2, 2024
By Cindy Lane
Egmont Key lighthouse - Cindy Lane | Sun

Egmont Key gallery

Egmont Key State Park and National Wildlife Refuge, an island at the mouth of Tampa Bay off the north end of Anna Maria Island, is accessible only by boat but well worth the trip. Named for Jo…

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