A Golden Opportunity The article "Hatchery Plan Rejected" by Yvette C. Hammett (Metro, March 12) is an excellent description of a new research and educational facility for this side of Florida. This was clearly seen by the favorable position taken by the Environmental Lands Acquisition and Protection Program (ELAPP) general committee. ...more

March 13, 2009

Raising redfish to release into Tampa Bay may be a worthy undertaking, but raising the fry on taxpayer-owned environmental lands isn't a plan the property's overseers easily can support. ...more

March 12, 2009

Raising redfish to release into Tampa Bay may be a worthy undertaking. But raising the fry in buildings with parking lots on taxpayer-owned environmental lands isn't a plan the property's overseers can easily support. ...more

March 11, 2009

You can always tell when our winter friends are home every year by the volume of out-of-state license plates seen on our streets. Despite the increased traffic, it's a good time for South Shore, as the population swells and more dollars are poured into the area economy. ...more

November 19, 2008

The Southwest Florida Water Management District sets the groundwork for its biggest environmental rehab ever: transforming an old rock mine and farm fields that had been tagged for a power plant into a coastal environmental paradise. ...more

May 26, 2008

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

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

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

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

The Southwest Florida Water Management District wants volunteers to turn out Saturday for a beach cleanup at its Piney Point tract to commemorate National Public Lands Day. ...more

September 24, 2007