The following organizations are members of START’s Water Quality Coalition:
The Barrier Island League, The Chiles Restaurant Group, Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast, Florida Food and water Watch, Hands Along the water, Now Or Neverglades, Progressive Water Resources, Inc, Sarasota Bay Watch, Sarasota League of Women Voters, Sierra Club, START and the Suncoast waterkeepers.
Contact Us for a list of the pending water quality bills in the Florida Legislature and the legislators who are reviewing them.
As many of you know, the 2020 Florida Legislative session is now under way. START is focused on the important water quality bills described below. To express your support or concerns about these bills, contact us at collen@start1.org for a list of the Legislators who are working on them. The following water quality bills are [...]
Governor Ron DeSantis recently announced an agreement for the acquisition of 20,000 acres of critical Everglade wetlands. This purchase would be the largest wetland acquisition in a decade and would permanently save the land from oil drilling. The Everglades are a natural region of tropical wetlands in the southern portion of Florida. The two million [...]
Apalachicola Bay is located on the Florida Panhandle near the Big Bend. It is one of the country’s major estuaries and the home of Florida’s oyster industry. In recent years it has had its oyster population drastically decline in what some have called a budding ecological disaster. In 2012, there was a little more than [...]
Servings: 4 Total Time: 20 minutes Ingredients 3 cloves garlic, thinly sliced 1 cup roasted red peppers, finely chopped 1 oz Deli Parmesan cheese, finely grated 8 oz linguine pasta 2 tablespoons olive oil 12 oz peeled/deveined shrimp, tails removed (thaw if needed) 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt, divided 1/2 teaspoon [...]
Current Conditions The red tide organism, Karenia brevis, was observed in Southwest Florida over the past week. Additional details are provided below. In Southwest Florida over the past week, K. brevis was observed at background concentrations in Manatee, Sarasota, and Charlotte counties, and offshore of Lee County. In Northwest Florida over the past week, K. [...]
