Thanks to a very successful pilot pond program funded by a grant from Ed Chiles and Elizabeth Moore that helped enhance over a half mile of pond shoreline in Manatee County communities last year, START has been awarded a three-year $100,000 grant from Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation to create the Healthy Pond Collaborative Manatee. [...]
Due to the exceptional expansion of START’s Healthy Pond Collaborative as outlined above and the growing popularity of our Microforest Program, we are reorganizing our Board of Directors to make the following changes: 1. Dr. Charles Reith is now Vice President of Operations 2. The new Executive Committee will consist of: A. Sandy Gilbert, CEO [...]
Forecasters at Colorado State University (CSU), the University of Arizona and Accu-Weather are all predicting that the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season will be slightly higher than the yearly average for the past three decades. CSU includes in its outlook the chance of at least one major hurricane tracking into the Caribbean. This is an area [...]
Ingredients 2 tablespoons fresh Italian parsley, coarsely chopped 1 lemon 1 ½ lb tilapia fillets (thawed) 1 teaspoon seasoned salt 4 teaspoons flour, divided Large zip-top bag 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, divided ¼ cup white wine Prep Chop parsley; cut lemon in half. Set both aside. Check fish for bones (wash hands). Steps Preheat large [...]
Current Conditions The red tide organism, Karenia brevis, was not observed in samples collected statewide over the past week. Fish Kills No reports of fish kills suspected to be related to red tide were received over the past week. Respiratory Irritation Respiratory irritation suspected to be related to red tide was not reported in Florida [...]
