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Clean water group poses solutions to algae blooms

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May 22, 2022
By Rusty Chinnis
Reel Time: Worth

Reel Time: What’s it worth?

Worth – “The value of something measured by its qualities or by the esteem in which it is held.” How would you define the quality of the life you live – its worth? For most of us, it’s the natural w…
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May 16, 2022
By Rusty Chinnis
Reel Time: Clean Water Act case benefits anglers

Reel Time: Clean Water Act case benefits anglers

Suncoast Waterkeeper and partner environmental groups Tampa Bay Waterkeeper, Manasota-88 and Our Children’s Earth Foundation have once again given local anglers cause for some badly-needed optimism…
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May 16, 2022
By Joe Hendricks
National Safe Boating Week emphasizes boater safety

National Safe Boating Week promotes water safety

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – National Safe Boating Week is a great time to have your watercraft inspected and brush up on how to stay safe while having fun on the water. Anna Maria resident and Anna Maria…
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May 8, 2022
By Jason Schaffer
Sea turtle nesting season is on

Sea turtle nesting season is on

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Just in time for Mother’s Day, sea turtles that hatched on the Island have begun returning to lay their own nests. Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring (AMIT…
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May 7, 2022
By Rusty Chinnis

Reel Time: Tarpon season primer

Tarpon season is one of the most anticipated times of the year on local waters. While it’s possible to encounter tarpon occasionally most every month of the year, April through July is the time savvy…
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May 2, 2022
By Rusty Chinnis
Reel Time on the Road: River of painted rocks

Reel Time on the Road: River of painted rocks

The river’s edge was garlanded with the lime green blush of early spring. Maples, oaks and sourwood trees lined the banks, punctuated with the blossoms of flowering dogwoods, eastern redbud and flame…
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May 2, 2022
By Joe Hendricks
Bradenton Beach celebrates Arbor Day park improvements

Bradenton Beach celebrates Arbor Day park improvements

BRADENTON BEACH – The city and its partners went all out for this year’s National Arbor Day celebration. Prior to Friday morning’s Arbor Day ceremony, seven sabal palm trees, three green buttonwoo…
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April 24, 2022
By Rusty Chinnis
Reel Time on the Road: Looking back, paying forward

Reel Time on the Road: Looking back, paying forward

One of the things I like most about fishing is the friends we make along the way and the many experiences that last a lifetime. When we can combine that with sharing the passion and paying it forward…
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April 10, 2022
By Rusty Chinnis
Reel Time: Sister Keys Cleanup reaps benefits

Reel Time: Sister Keys Cleanup reaps benefits

Suncoast Waterkeeper teamed up with Sarasota Bay Watch this past weekend when they conducted the 2022 Annual Sister Keys Cleanup. The event was a collaboration with the Town of Longboat Key and th…
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April 4, 2022
By Cindy Lane
Piney Point closure date set

Piney Point closure date set

PALMETTO – The environmentally unstable Piney Point site will be closed by December 2024, according to a plan approved by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) on March 30. One y…
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