Skip to main content

Outdoors

Reel Time: Mars Bay Bonefish Lodge
Outdoors, Reel Time

Reel Time: Mars Bay Bonefish Lodge

Nov 19, 2019 – Rusty Chinnis
October 29, 2019
By Cindy Lane
Net ban at 25: Still stings, still opposed

Net ban at 25: Still stings, still opposed

CORTEZ – Red tide, blue-green algae, global warming, sea rise, sewage spills and oil spills combined don’t antagonize commercial fishermen as much as one single, 25-year-old subject. On election d…
, ,
October 26, 2019
By Cindy Lane

Another turtle generation paddles into the sunset

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – At least 27,298 sea turtle hatchlings scurried safely to the Gulf of Mexico this year from Anna Maria, Holmes Beach and Bradenton Beach, Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebi…
,
October 25, 2019
By Cindy Lane
Turtle rainbow

Nesting News

Turtle nests laid: 544 (beating the 2018 record of 534!) False crawls: 568 Nests hatched: 413 Hatchlings hatched: 27,298 (2018 record: 35,788) Nest disorientations: 55 Related coverage Good, ba…
,
October 24, 2019
By Cindy Lane
Concerns raised over horse waste in bay

Pinellas County bans water horses

Updated Oct. 25, 2019 | PALMA SOLA CAUSEWAY – Pinellas County commissioners have banned horses from aquatic preserves in the county, impacting a popular tourism business that also rents horses at Pal…
, ,
October 22, 2019
By Rusty Chinnis
Reel Time: A home away from home

Reel Time: A home away from home

It never crossed my mind that I might eventually find a place that would start to feel like a home away from home. For most of my adult life, I have been living and working (the dream) on a barrier i…
,
October 15, 2019
By Cindy Lane
Beach renourishment set for spring

Beach renourishment set for spring

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Storms like 2017’s Hurricane Irma have taken their toll on Island beaches, leaving beachgoers less sand for their chairs and umbrellas, but beach renourishment is scheduled to enl…
, ,
October 11, 2019
By Cindy Lane

Local gulls sick, dying

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Island resident Jeannie Bystrom, who frequently rescues pelicans tangled in fishing line, found 23 dead laughing gulls on a recent trip to Passage Key, north of the Island. It’…
, ,
October 11, 2019
By Cindy Lane

Red tide report

High (respiratory irritation, shellfish harvesting closures, fish kills, water discoloration) Medium (respiratory irritation, shellfish harvesting closures, probable fish kills) Low (respirator…
,
October 8, 2019
By Cindy Lane
Good, bad records mark turtle season

Good, bad records mark turtle season

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – With three weeks left in turtle nesting and hatching season, sea turtles have set a nesting record, with 544 nests so far, beating the previous record set in 2018 of 534. But a…
,
October 1, 2019
By Rusty Chinnis
Reel Time: Spain - Seville and Andalusia

Reel Time: Spain – Seville and Andalusia

Our travels in Spain concluded with a trip to Seville located in the southwestern Iberian peninsula on the Guadalquivir River. Seville is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and i…
,

Upcoming Events

April 9, 2025
11:45 am

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