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Reel Time: Memories of Matlacha
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Reel Time: Memories of Matlacha

Oct 11, 2022 – Rusty Chinnis
September 12, 2022
By Rusty Chinnis
Reel Time: Celebrate the bay

Reel Time: Celebrate the bay

The communities that line Sarasota Bay are fortunate to have an active National Estuary Program centered right here in Manatee and Sarasota counties. First named in the newly-minted Water Quality…
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September 5, 2022
By Rusty Chinnis
Reel Time: Catch and release redux

Reel Time: Catch and release redux

Catch and release is a term I haven’t heard much recently. I’ve actually seen postings on social media that make me wonder if maybe this important conservation tool needs to be revisited. Catch and r…
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August 29, 2022
By Leslie Lake
Hurricane season’s second half could be unusually active

Hurricane season’s second half could be unusually active

CORTEZ – Halfway through a quiet hurricane season, it’s too soon to relax, as experts are still predicting above-normal 2022 Atlantic hurricane activity. Atmospheric and oceanic conditions still f…
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August 29, 2022
By Jason Schaffer
Sea turtles rescued on Bridge Street

Sea turtles rescued on Bridge Street

BRADENTON BEACH – Sea turtle nesting season is in full swing on the Island, and while some locals and visitors have been lucky enough to get a glimpse of newly-hatched babies heading from their nest…
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August 29, 2022
By Rusty Chinnis

Reel Time: Meet Suncoast Waterkeeper’s Abbey Tyrna

Suncoast Waterkeeper’s new Executive Director Abbey Tyrna brings an impressive record of accomplishments to the organization. Tyrna received her doctorate in geography from Pennsylvania State Univ…
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August 22, 2022
By Rusty Chinnis
Reel Time: Planning a successful fishing trip

Reel Time: Planning a successful fishing trip

Planning any fishing trip can be a challenge given the peculiarities of weather and the idiosyncrasies of fish. Add a few thousand miles, a different language and an exotic species or two, and some s…
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August 22, 2022
By Joe Hendricks
Suncoast Waterkeeper questions FDEP response to mangrove trimming

Suncoast Waterkeeper questions FDEP response to mangrove trimming

MANATEE COUNTY – The Suncoast Waterkeeper organization remains concerned about the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s (FDEP) response and oversight of the mangrove trimming that occurre…
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August 16, 2022
By Rusty Chinnis
Reel Time: Mangroves – Critical habitats

Reel Time: Mangroves – Critical habitats

To local fishers, the importance of mangroves is evident. Intertwined with the twisted roots, there’s a web of life that’s inextricably bound to the snook, redfish, trout, flounder, grouper and a ple…
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August 15, 2022
By Leslie Lake
Piney Point stormwater to be discharged into Tampa Bay

Stormwater released this week from Piney Point

PALMETTO – Stormwater collected over several months in a pond on top of a phosphogypsum waste stack at Piney Point is being released this week into Tampa Bay at Port Manatee, according to the Florida…
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August 8, 2022
By Leslie Lake
Rescued manatee calf, mom released

Rescued manatee calf, mom released

CORTEZ – When Gale Tedhams was visiting her mother at a Cortez Road condo last May, she immediately recognized the signs of a manatee calf in distress. “There was a mother and baby in the canal be…
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April 9, 2025
11:45 am

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