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 [...]
The Science & Technology Society hosted a panel discussion with red tide experts on the evening of April 17th at the Planetarium in the Bishop Museum of Science and Nature in Bradenton. The panel discussed the many facets of red tide from what causes it, concerns about its impacts on the environment, our economy and [...]
START was well represented at the first annual Climate Champions Beacon Awards presented by the Climate Adaption Center at a luncheon at Michael’s On East on April 18th. Founding START Board member, Ed Chiles, was honored for his work with the All Clams On Deck Program and Charles Reith received the award for his pioneering [...]
Red Tide remains around us in various spots in our coastal waters and experts predict that as a result of the large amount of stormwater runoff generated by IAN it’s likely to stay with us for some time. What do you know about red tide? Do you know what causes it and what makes the [...]
We were very pleased that the documentary film “Unfiltered” about the plight of oyster reefs around the world was selected for screening at the Sarasota Film Festival last week on April 29th. Produced by Chucha Barber and directed by Josh McLawhorn, “Unfiltered” shows the devastating impact of the loss of fresh water from the Georgia/Florida [...]
