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BIEO confronts online vacation rentals

Oct 22, 2014 – Cindy Lane
May 7, 2014
By Cindy Lane
Black skimmers

Flippers and Feathers

Turn off outdoor lights visible from the beach from sundown to sunrise, and close drapes and blinds; lights can fatally disorient nesting and hatching sea turtles. Do not aim camera flashes…
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April 30, 2014
By Cindy Lane
Royal terns

Nesting season begins

Third Place Photo Illustration 2015  
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March 18, 2014
By Steve Borggren

Bikers

            First Place Editorial Cartoon 2015
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March 5, 2014
By Cindy Lane

Coast Lines: Respect the manatee’s river

There is a good reason for the Manatee River’s name – manatees live there. So do sea turtles – one laid a nest at DeSoto National Park recently. So do dolphins, and other animals that don’t ge…
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February 12, 2014
By Cindy Lane
December 30, 2013
By Cindy Lane
Hammerhead shark

Hammerhead in shallows

          Second Place Feature photo 2014
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December 30, 2013
By Cindy Lane
December 30, 2013
By Cindy Lane

Explore the Gulf Coast Heritage Trail

Looking for something new to do on Anna Maria Island? The Gulf Coast Heritage Trail winds through the Island on its route from St. Petersburg’s Sunshine Skyway Bridge south to Englewood Beach…
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December 25, 2013
By Cindy Lane

Making tracks

Third Place Photo Illustration 2014
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September 21, 2013
By Cindy Lane
Regina marker

Explore the Regina

BRADENTON BEACH – While visiting Anna Maria Island, divers may want to visit the wreck of the Regina, a state underwater archaeological preserve, marked by buoys off the 800 block of Bradenton Beach…
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11:45 am

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