Soon after Governor DeSantis took office in January he promised to establish water task forces on both blue green algae and red tide. In April, the Governor announced the appointments of five expert researchers and leading scientists to the newly established Blue-Green Algae Task Force. The focus of the Blue-Green Algae Task Force is to [...]
Florida is the place where more sea turtles nest than anywhere else in the U.S. Our beaches provide nesting habitat for loggerhead, green and also, less often, leatherback and Kemp’s ridley sea turtles. All sea turtles are protected by both Florida and federal laws. It is illegal to touch or disturb nesting sea turtles, hatchlings [...]
In May we told you about the Colorado State University Tropical Meteorology Project at Colorado State University (CSU), who every April forecast how many hurricanes we will have. Many meteorologists consider them to be the most credible and comprehensive forecast out there. In April they released their latest forecast predicting near average activity this year. [...]
Servings: 4 Total Time: 40 minutes Ingredients 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil 2 cups refrigerated diced potatoes with onions 1/3 cup water 6 pitted kalamata (or black) olives 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt 1/8 teaspoon pepper 1 1/2 lb tilapia (cod, snapper, or sole) fillets; thawed 1 lemon, for juice 1 (14.5-oz) can herb/garlic diced tomatoes [...]
Current Conditions The red tide organism, Karenia brevis, was observed in Southwest Florida over the past week. In Southwest Florida over the past week, K. brevis was observed at background concentrations offshore of Hillsborough County, background concentrations in Manatee County, background to low concentrations in and/or offshore of Sarasota County, background concentrations offshore of Lee [...]
