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Mangrove removal triggers scrutiny
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Mangrove removal triggers scrutiny

Dec 22, 2023 – Leslie Lake
November 28, 2023
By Rusty Chinnis

Reel Time on the Road: Andros North Bight

“Strip, long strip, stop, short strip, stop, strip,” Harry Neymour called out as I watched the bonefish home in on my fly. Neymour had spotted three fish as they hunted a shoreline in the Dressing Ro…
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November 21, 2023
By Rusty Chinnis
Reel Time: Bahamas fishing

Reel Time: Bahamas fishing

Fishing the Bahamas or any other destination always seems to offer challenges as well as rewards. This annual trip to the Bahamas has checked both those boxes. The trip had a damp element at the begi…
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November 13, 2023
By Rusty Chinnis

Reel Time: Join the 2023 EcoSummit

On Dec. 5-6, the Science and Environment Council, the region’s network of 43 leading science-based environmental organizations, will offer the community a two-day summit at Van Wezel Hall in Sarasota…
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November 7, 2023
By Rusty Chinnis
Cleaning up the Sister Keys

Reel Time: Cleaning up the Sister Keys

Suncoast Waterkeeper teamed up with Sarasota Bay Watch last weekend when they conducted their 2023 Annual Sister Keys Cleanup. The event was a collaboration of the two non-profit organizations, the T…
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November 7, 2023
By Leslie Lake

More than $3.5 million approved for manatees, red tide research

WASHINGTON – Federal funding is coming to Florida to support two environmental initiatives critical to the state – the protection of manatees and harmful algal bloom research. A press release from C…
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November 7, 2023
By Leslie Lake
FISH Preserve opens officially with ribbon-cutting

FISH Preserve opens officially with ribbon-cutting

CORTEZ – In the culmination of more than two decades of planning, fundraising and hard work, the Florida Institute for Saltwater Heritage hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the FISH Preserve on Nov…
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November 6, 2023
By Leslie Lake

Where’s Suzi?

In the Sea Turtle Conservancy’s Tour de Turtles race, which ended on Nov. 1, loggerhead sea turtle Suzi finished in fifth place in a field of 11 sea turtles, having traveled 1,355 miles. Sea turtle B…
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November 1, 2023
By Rusty Chinnis
Try fishing by bike

Reel Time: Try fishing by bike

Two of my favorite activities are riding my bike and fishing. Often, my fishing adventures involved a boat. While I still fish more from a boat, biking allows me a way to get in some excellent fishin…
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November 1, 2023
By Leslie Lake
FISH Preserve opens this week

FISH Preserve opens this week

CORTEZ – The vision that FISH (Florida Institute for Saltwater Heritage) members had more than 20 years ago to preserve the environmental integrity of coastal land on Sarasota Bay has come to fruitio…
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October 31, 2023
By Leslie Lake

Nesting News

Turtle nests laid: 531 (Record: 544 in 2019) False crawls: 490 (Record: 831 in 2010) Hatched nests: 466 (Previous record: 447 in 2018) Hatchlings: 37,081 (Previous record: 35,788 in 2018) S…
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April 9, 2025
11:45 am

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