START is very pleased to announce the formation of an important new three-year water quality partnership known as the Healthy Pond Collaborative. Funded by a major grant from Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation, the Healthy Pond Collaborative includes START, the Sarasota County Neighborhood Environmental Stewardship Team (NEST) Program, University of Florida IFAS Extension Sarasota County, [...]
START presents another community pond enhancement success story in Sarasota County. This month’s selection is from Pinebrook South as written by resident, Don Thomas. The community of Pinebrook South is located across from Wellfield Park on Pinebrook Road near Venice Avenue, minutes away from the downtown area and Gulf beaches. It was the second PUD [...]
Our friends at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission have asked us to publish the following important news release. Sea turtles lay eggs in nests on Florida beaches beginning in the spring and throughout the summer, and now the baby turtles are hatching! The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) asks the public [...]
4 servings 20 minutes total Ingredients ½ cup pecan pieces, finely chopped ½ cup bread crumbs ¼ cup all-purpose flour ½ cup reduced-fat milk 1 egg (or ¼ cup egg substitute) 1 ½ lb tilapia fillets 1 teaspoon seasoned salt ¼ cup canola oil Prep Chop pecans (like coarse bread crumbs); combine with bread crumbs [...]
Current Conditions A patchy bloom of the red tide organism, Karenia brevis, persists in Southwest Florida, where K. brevis was detected in 76 samples over the past week. Bloom concentrations (>100,000 cells/liter) were observed in 19 samples: four from and offshore of Pinellas County, eight from Sarasota County, one from Charlotte County, and six from [...]
