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Sea turtles break nesting record
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Sea turtles break nesting record

Sep 28, 2025 – Leslie Lake
September 1, 2025
By Rusty Chinnis
Reel Time: The Great Egmont Key Cleanup

Reel Time: The Great Egmont Key Cleanup

Suncoast Aqua Ventures’ (SAV) work can be summed up in three words: “Dive. Preserve. Serve.” But this group of divers does so much more. Their work in cleaning up our coastal islands, shorelines and…
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September 1, 2025
By Leslie Lake
Suncoast Waterkeeper reports heavy toll on mangroves from 2024 hurricanes

Suncoast Waterkeeper reports heavy toll on mangroves from 2024 hurricanes

The 2024 hurricane season took a heavy toll on mangroves across Sarasota and Manatee counties, according to the data from Suncoast Waterkeeper’s second year of the Mangrove Rangers program. “One of…
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August 26, 2025
By Leslie Lake
AMI approaching turtle nesting record

AMI approaching turtle nesting record

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Anna Maria Island’s nesting sea turtles are approaching a record with 541 nests laid this year, two short of the 2019 record of 543. Another record was set last week when the fir…
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August 25, 2025
By Rusty Chinnis
Opportunity meets preparedness

Opportunity meets preparedness

Whether you’re fishing for reds, snook and trout in Sarasota Bay or Anna Maria Sound, stalking bonefish in the Bahamas, stripers in the Northeast, or casting to rising trout on a mountain stream in M…
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August 19, 2025
By Rusty Chinnis
Pine Island Redfish: Sustainable aquaculture

Pine Island Redfish: Sustainable aquaculture

When I first heard about Pine Island Redfish, I contacted owner Megan Sorby about a tour. I had assumed that the operation was on Pine Island but when I reached out to Megan by phone, she informed me…
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August 12, 2025
By Rusty Chinnis

Join the Great Scallop Search

Sarasota Bay Watch (SBW) is seeking volunteers for a citizen science event to collect data on shellfish, animals and seagrass in Sarasota Bay. The Great Scallop Search will be on Saturday, August 23…
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August 4, 2025
By Rusty Chinnis
Reel Time on The Road: The Center for Coastal Studies

Reel Time on The Road: The Center for Coastal Studies

On a trip to Cape Cod for a fam­ily wedding in July, my wife, Christine, and I were invited by Jeanne Leszczynski to tour the Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown. Leszczynski, a friend from Lo…
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August 4, 2025
By Leslie Lake
Flesh-eating bacteria reported in Manatee County

Flesh-eating bacteria reported in Manatee County

MANATEE COUNTY – The Florida Department of Health (DOH)-Manatee County is report­ing one confirmed case of vibrio vulnificus, commonly known as flesh-eating bacteria, in Manatee County this year. Tw…
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July 29, 2025
By Rusty Chinnis
Mangrove Rangers celebrate

Mangrove Rangers celebrate

In 2024, Suncoast Waterkeeper (SCWK) launched its Mangrove Rangers program to train local volunteers as community scientists using drones to survey and map the health of these essential coastal “fore…
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July 29, 2025
By Leslie Lake
Green turtles break 2023 AMI nesting record

Green turtles break 2023 AMI nesting record

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring is celebrat­ing green turtles breaking their 2023 record of 12 nests on Anna Maria Island. “We now have 13 green turtle ne…
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April 9, 2025
11:45 am

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