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Law needed to help pelicans, turtles

May 14, 2014 – Cindy Lane
August 21, 2013
By Cindy Lane

Coast Lines: Bye bye, reef

Just for the record, there’s no question that we need the beach renourishment that’s planned to begin shortly to make room for the profusion of new visitors who daily discover Anna Maria Island. A…
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June 5, 2013
By Cindy Lane
April 25, 2012
By Cindy Lane

Coast Lines: Manatees help scientists do research

Manatees are no dumb bunnies. Hugh Manatee and Buffett, both Mote Marine Laboratory residents, are actually trained. You won’t see them doing flips or singing “Margaritaville,” but they can tou…
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March 13, 2012
By Cindy Lane

Decisions, decisions

A white ibis decides where to go next after landing in the street. Second Place Feature Photo 2012  
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October 12, 2011
By Cindy Lane

Coast Lines: No bones about it; jellyfish bad news

They have no backbone, no brains and no heart, which is probably why a jellyfish can sting the living daylights out of you without missing a beat. It was a box jellyfish – not the sharks that she…
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December 30, 2010
By Cindy Lane

Coast Lines

          Third Place Portfolio Photography 2011
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December 15, 2010
By Cindy Lane
Holmes Beach Coyote

Teeth bared at Cortez coyote workshop

CORTEZ – Coyote activists, cat lovers, bird advocates and residents grieving over pets killed by coyotes occasionally bared their teeth at each other last week at an educational workshop on how to li…
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November 24, 2010
By Cindy Lane

Coast Lines: Octopi and golf balls – a perfect match

It doesn’t surprise John Labash to pull yet another stone crab trap out of the Gulf of Mexico and find an octopus has gobbled up his profits. He just bags the octopus and sells it to Bell Fish Co…
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August 25, 2010
By Cindy Lane

Locals headed for Cocoa surf contest

A surfing tradition started by Anna Maria Island native twins Rich and Phil Salick will celebrate its 25th anniversary on Labor Day weekend when the air horn blows at the National Kidney Foundation P…
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November 10, 2008
By Cindy Lane
Karen Bell

Longline ban evokes net ban anniversary

CORTEZ – As fishermen from nearby states pull into town with their boats in tow for the annual battle over lucrative mullet roe, Cortez fishermen are reminded of the war they lost 15 years ago this w…
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