Skip to main content

Outdoors

Environment, Outdoors, Reel Time

Reel Time: Support local waterways during Giving Challenge 2024

Apr 2, 2024 – Rusty Chinnis
March 18, 2024
By Leslie Lake

Bird Tips

During bird nesting season, March through August, please follow these tips: Never touch a shorebird chick, even if it’s wandering outside a staked nesting area. Teach kids not to chase birds…
, , ,
March 12, 2024
By Rusty Chinnis
Suncoast Waterkeeper’s vision expands

Reel Time: Suncoast Waterkeeper’s vision expands

Suncoast Waterkeeper (SCWK) has seen phenomenal growth over the last several years. In that time, they have hired an accomplished wetlands scientist as executive director, hired a marketing and commu…
,
March 5, 2024
By Rusty Chinnis

Reel Time: Harbinger of spring

I just heard my first whippoorwill last night, a harbinger of spring. While we might still be a few cold fronts away from spring, now is a great time to prepare for the upcoming season, getting tackl…
, ,
March 4, 2024
By Leslie Lake

Wastewater dumped into Manatee River

BRADENTON – Shortly after noon on Feb. 28, the City of Bradenton’s water reclamation facility experienced an operational failure, causing 1.2 million gallons of partially treated wastewater to be dis…
, ,
February 27, 2024
By Rusty Chinnis

Reel Time: Take a kid fishing

Reflecting back on the importance fishing has had on my life, I’d like to pass on some of the things I’ve learned over the years about how to introduce children to the marine world and fishing. Thos…
, ,
February 27, 2024
By Leslie Lake
Oysters, past and future

Oysters, past and future

ANNA MARIA – Damon Moore outlined his vision for local oyster habitat restoration during a Feb. 21 presentation at The Center of Anna Maria Island. Moore, the founder and executive director of Oyste…
,
February 27, 2024
By Leslie Lake
Manatee mortality down

Manatee mortality down

MANATEE COUNTY – The recently released manatee mortality report for 2023 from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) shows that statewide deaths for manatees are well below the f…
, ,
February 27, 2024
By Leslie Lake
Feds issue approval for mangrove removal

Feds issue approval for mangrove removal

ANNA MARIA – Despite attempts by neighbors to put a stop to mangrove removal at a Gull Drive home under construction, the developer received final approval on Feb. 16 to remove mangroves and construc…
, ,
February 19, 2024
By Rusty Chinnis
Reel Time: Waterman tournament challenging

Reel Time: Waterman tournament challenging

The fourth annual Waterman Fly Fishing Tournament was held this past weekend. The two-day, fly-only redfish tournament with a snook calcutta was a sellout with a total of 145 anglers registered. The…
,
February 14, 2024
By Leslie Lake
Turtle Watch releases stranding report

Turtle Watch releases stranding report

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – 2023 was a busy year for the Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring Turtle Stranding and Salvage Team. From January 2023 through January 2024, the team responded…
,
April 9, 2025
11:45 am

The Off-Stage Ladies of the Island Players, April luncheon meeting