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Concerns raised over horse waste in bay
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Scenic Highway group seeks to solve horse problems

Feb 25, 2020 – SUN contributor
July 18, 2019
By Cindy Lane
Horses not allowed on Gulf beaches

Horses not allowed on Gulf beaches

HOLMES BEACH – While motorists were noticing a long, white horse trailer parked among the boat trailers at the Kingfish boat ramp Monday morning, beachgoers were even more surprised to see three hors…
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July 6, 2019
By Cindy Lane
Concerns raised over horse waste in bay

Concerns raised over horse waste in bay

PALMA SOLA BAY – With red tide fresh in local memory and blue-green algae hanging around since May, everything that produces nutrients that feed harmful algae blooms is under the microscope. That…
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July 5, 2019
By Cindy Lane
Blue-green algae warning signs coming

Blue-green algae warning signs coming

BRADENTON – The Florida Department of Health plans to post caution signs at the boat ramp on the Braden River at State Road 64 warning people, “Blue-green algae may be in these waters. There may be t…
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July 1, 2019
By Cindy Lane
Florida flotsam washes up on European beaches

Florida flotsam washes up on European beaches

Updated July 5, 2019 – ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Visitors to this resort island say it all the time when meeting folks from far-flung hometowns – “Small world!” Second Place Humorous Column 2020 Ho…
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July 1, 2019
By Cindy Lane
Algae causes fish kill in Manatee River

Algae causes fish kill in Manatee River

BRADENTON – Blue-green algae persists in Robinson and Perico Preserves, and has caused its first fish kill. “Blue-green algae and brown algae have become pervasive in the Lower Manatee River, Peri…
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June 4, 2019
By Rusty Chinnis
Reel Time: The elephant in the bay

Reel Time: The elephant in the bay

It’s not with any pleasure that I sit down and write an outdoors column on water quality issues and red tide at one of my favorite times of the year. I’d rather be spending this time talking about ta…
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May 31, 2019
By Cindy Lane
Mini reefs installed at Mar Vista

Mini reefs installed at Mar Vista

LONGBOAT KEY – Ten mini reefs installed Friday under the docks at Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant will help fight red tide, START Director Sandy Gilbert said. The structures improve water clarity an…
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April 30, 2019
By Cindy Lane
Turtle hatchling

Turtle season is here

BRADENTON BEACH – It’s the first week of sea turtle nesting season, and while turtles jumped the gun on Longboat Key, none have nested so far on Anna Maria Island, according to Anna Maria Island Turt…
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April 27, 2019
By Cindy Lane
Fish house owner in Catch-22

Fish house owner in Catch-22

CORTEZ – As the Florida Legislative session winds down this week, Karen Bell, of A.P. Bell Fish Co., is caught in a “Catch-22” – she says she’s not allowed to talk to her state elected official about…
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April 4, 2019
By Cindy Lane
Leffis lizard to be relocated

Leffis lizard to be relocated

BRADENTON BEACH – The case of the Leffis lizard is solved. Reports of an iguana at Leffis Key concerned Suzi Fox, director of Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring, and Michael E…
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