START is pleased to announce an exciting new water quality partnership with the Sarasota Bay Rotary Club, Veterans for Common Sense Fund, Inc. and the Florida Native Plant Society that will be known as the Sarasota Urban ReForesters (SURF). The objective of the partnership is to help replace the urban forests that have been largely [...]
By START Gulf Ambassador Arya Muppavarapu From time to time, START encourages citizens to share their unique experiences in working to help improve the water quality of our coastal waters in our Gulf Ambassador series of articles. We think you will enjoy reading about all Arya Muppavarapu has done to help our marine environment. He [...]
Florida’s 1,197 miles of coastline is only three feet above the rising ocean levels. The geology of the state makes it vulnerable to seawater encroachment. Billions of dollars’ worth of buildings, roads and infrastructure lie on highly porous limestone that leaches water. It is predicted that South Florida will be under six feet or more [...]
Servings: 4 Total Time: 30 minutes Cooking Sequence Preheat oven Prepare fish and begin to bake (10 minutes) Prepare pasta; serve (20 minutes) Cooking Instructions Baked Fish Au Gratin Ingredients Nonstick aluminum foil 4 firm fish fillets (such as mahi, haddock or cod; 1 1/2 lb) 1/2 lemon, for juice 4 tablespoons Asiago Caesar dressing [...]
Current Conditions The red tide organism, Karenia brevis, was observed at background concentrations in four Southwest Florida samples over the past week. Other samples collected statewide did not contain K. brevis. In Southwest Florida over the past week, K. brevis was observed at background concentrations in three samples collected offshore of Sarasota County and in [...]
