The Southwest Florida Water Management District(District) announced changes for public access at Weeki Wachee Springs State Park and Weekiwachee Preserve in Hernando County, which adjoins the Weeki Wachee River. The Governing Board recently approved updates to Rule 40D-9.111, Florida Administrative Code, Access to and Closure of District Lands, which outlines public access … [Read more...] about District Announces Changes to Public Access at Weekiwachee Preserve
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Fishing charter catches Monster Tiger Shark off the coast of Sarasota Florida
Sarasota, August 11, 2021 Pelagic Color, a sport fishing charter in Sarasota Florida, reels in a nearly 13-foot deadly tiger shark less than 30 miles off the gulf coast on Sunday. This is one of the largest sharks ever caught off the Gulf Coast of Florida. On a specialty fishing trip appropriately named ‘Pelagic Monsters’, Pelagic Color targets top apex predators of the Gulf … [Read more...] about Fishing charter catches Monster Tiger Shark off the coast of Sarasota Florida
USF, Ringling College students collaborate to study, preserve tortoise habitat at USF Sarasota-Manatee campus
SARASOTA, Fla. (Aug. 10, 2021) – Students from the University of South Florida and Ringling College of Art and Design found an unusual way to spend their summer break, supporting a gopher tortoise habitat on the USF Sarasota-Manatee campus.The students – USF biology majors Ryan Sampson, Yaritza Vargas and Milena Nesic and Ringling photography major Tammy-Mariah Gill – … [Read more...] about USF, Ringling College students collaborate to study, preserve tortoise habitat at USF Sarasota-Manatee campus
Save Our Seabirds appoints new chief executive officer
SARASOTA, Fla. — Save Our Seabirds (SOS), one of the largest bird rescue centers in the state of Florida, recently appointed Aaron Virgin as its new chief executive officer. Talent acquisition company MBJ Group led the organization’s nationwide search for a new CEO to help SOS fulfill its mission to rescue, rehabilitate and release seabirds, and to educate people of all ages … [Read more...] about Save Our Seabirds appoints new chief executive officer
Students Partner with Veterans, Civic Organizations to Create Microforest at Nathan Benderson Park
SARASOTA, Fla. – Student volunteers plan to bring a forest to town. Twenty student volunteers from the Suncoast Science Center’s Student Community Innovation Program (SCIP) are partnering with a trio of civic and environmental organizations to design, implement and promote a microforest to be planted at Nathan Benderson Park. The three organizations coming together as SURF — … [Read more...] about Students Partner with Veterans, Civic Organizations to Create Microforest at Nathan Benderson Park