Due to the expansion of our water quality field operations, START is changing its organizational structure. Sandy Gilbert will move to Chairman of the Board to focus on fundraising, government relations and our media and communications program. Lonnie Ready becomes President in charge of administering our every day activities including our bivalve programs with oysters [...]
Are you having trouble with ailing stormwater detention ponds with unsightly algal growth or worse costly eroding banks? If so, you should contact us to schedule a screening of our Healthy Pond PowerPoint presentation. It will show your community how to properly care for your ponds to minimize algal growth and help prevent costly bank [...]
We are rapidly approaching the Atlantic hurricane season that runs from June 1 through November 30. This year we may get lucky. In a recent press release forecasters from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, a division of the National Weather Service, predicted near-normal hurricane activity in the Atlantic this year. NOAA’s outlook for the 2023 Atlantic [...]
4 servings 25 minutes total Ingredients 1 tablespoon fresh Italian parsley, finely chopped 2 lemons, for juice ⅓ cup light mayonnaise 2 tablespoons honey 4 fish fillets (snapper, orange roughy, or tilapia), 1 ½ lb; thawed, if needed ¼ teaspoon salt ⅛ teaspoon pepper Cooking spray Prep Preheat grill (or grill pan). Chop parsley. Steps [...]
Current Conditions Over the past week, the red tide organism, Karenia brevis, was detected in 27 samples collected from Florida’s Gulf Coast. Bloom concentrations (>100,000 cells/liter) were not observed. We continue to use satellite imagery (USF and NOAA NCCOS) to help track nearshore and offshore conditions. In Southwest Florida over the past week, K. brevis [...]
