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Spending Cuts Threaten Bay's Key Wildlife Refuge
Geographically, Egmont Key is hardly significant; a speck of an island dwarfed by nearby Tampa Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. ...more
January 5, 2009
Budget Cuts Threaten Egmont Key, Say Environmental Groups
Geographically, Egmont Key is hardly significant; a speck of an island dwarfed by nearby Tampa Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. ...more
January 4, 2009
Snags Put Lives On Line
It's time for the body count. Volunteers will fan out to some 50 islands in Tampa Bay on Saturday to harvest discarded fishing line. They will also be documenting the number of dead birds they find, victims of fishing line spider-webbed across mangroves where birds nest and roost. ...more
October 24, 2008
Volunteers To Clean Up Fishing Line In Tampa Bay
It's time for the body count. Volunteers will fan out to some 50 islands in Tampa Bay on Saturday to harvest discarded fishing line. They will also be documenting the number of dead birds they find, victims of fishing line that spider-webs across mangroves where the birds nest and roost. Tampa Bay Watch and Audubon of Florida will coordinate the 15th annual Monofilament Cleanup Day, sending teams out to reel in thousands of feet of line. ...more
October 21, 2008
Taking Stock Of The Lakes
Each month, like clockwork, Chris Capkovic powers his speedboat across 60-acre Lake Brant to collect samples from three locations. ...more
June 7, 2008
Saving The Biggest For Last
At the big pit dubbed Rock Pond, you don't have to see the winged inhabitants to know they're there. ...more
May 21, 2008
Shoreline Restoration Project Marks End Of Power Struggle
It could have been a powerhouse, a labyrinth of ducts and pipes crowned by towering exhaust stacks, with coal-fired generators humming day and night. ...more
May 21, 2008
Saving The Biggest Project For Last
At the big pit dubbed Rock Pond, you don't have to see the winged inhabitants to know they're there. ...more
May 21, 2008
Shoreline Restoration Project Marks End Of Power Struggle
Environmental experts say the 2,400-acre site that had been earmarked for a Tampa Electric Co. plant is a powerhouse of a different sort – a natural one that pumps energy into Tampa Bay by producing clean water and fish. And it's being reclaimed for Mother Nature. ...more
May 20, 2008
Reverend Worked For Civil Rights
The Rev. James E. Orange, a lieutenant of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference who worked alongside the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement, has died. He was 65. ...more
February 18, 2008
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