OSPREY, FL (December 8, 2022) Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast announces the permanent protection of 69 acres at the headwaters of the Myakka River in Myakka City. The newly conserved land is adjacent to their existing 363-acre Myakka Headwaters Preserve - conserved in October 2020 - where seven streams converge to create the Myakka River. Conservation Foundation … [Read more...] about Conservation Foundation’s Myakka Headwaters Preserve grows by 69 acres
Environmental, Parks, Agriculture
Gulf Coast Community Foundation Helps Venice Urban Forest Blossom
VENICE, FL (December 6, 2022) – Gulf Coast Community Foundation recently awarded Venice Area Beautification, Inc. (VABI), a 30-year-old, volunteer based organization, with a $100,000 grant to support Phase 3 of the Venice Urban Forest. Since 1998, Gulf Coast has provided over $1.5 million dollars in their historic partnership with VABI. Phase 3 is the final phase of the Urban … [Read more...] about Gulf Coast Community Foundation Helps Venice Urban Forest Blossom
Phase 2 Hog Hunt Registration Begins Tuesday, Dec. 13, at 9 a.m.
The Southwest Florida Water Management District (District) will open Phase 2 hog hunt registration Tuesday, Dec. 13, at 9 a.m. The District holds a series of hog hunts on District lands throughout the year to help reduce the feral hog population. What you need to know about Phase 2 hunts: Phase 2 will include five hunts that occur January through February … [Read more...] about Phase 2 Hog Hunt Registration Begins Tuesday, Dec. 13, at 9 a.m.
Cloud computing security and shared responsibility
Here at Urban E-Recycling, we get into some interesting discussions with customers who bring us their e-waste to recycle. Computers are among those items, so we often talk about desktops and laptops, which leads to related subjects like cloud computing. Security is an issue for businesses that entrust their data to the cloud, primarily if they use a public rather than a private … [Read more...] about Cloud computing security and shared responsibility
Impact100 SRQ awards Conservation Foundation $110,500 grant
OSPREY, FL (November 22, 2022) Earlier this month Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast was honored as a 2022 Impact100 SRQ grant recipient. The 663 members of Impact100 SRQ gathered on Sunday, November 6 at their Annual Celebration & Award Ceremony to hear presentations from ten nonprofit grant finalists and then voted to determine which six initiatives they would fund … [Read more...] about Impact100 SRQ awards Conservation Foundation $110,500 grant