Southwest Florida Shoreline Studies

Sunday, January 31, 2010

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/jan/31/massive-fish-kill-may-kill-fishing-business-charte/
- Naples News

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Turtles at Gumbo Limbo treated for debilitating disease

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/palm-beach/boca-raton/fl-gumbo-turtle-surgery-20100126,0,4960049.story
- Palm Beach Sun Sentinel

Islanders mourn passing of iconic crocodile

http://www.captivasanibel.com/page/content.detail/id/506216/Islanders-mourn-passing-of-iconic-crocodile.html?nav=5051
- Sanibel Captiva Islander

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Humpback Whale: Hunting Technique

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJvfjiCTvq4&feature=related
- YouTube

Bottlenose dolphins mud-ring feeding

A pod of bottlenose dolphins off the coast of Florida have developed a
remarkable hunting strategy in order to catch fish.
See:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ50PYMXDCQ

Cold kills coral; 1st time since '70s

http://keysnews.com/node/20365
- Florida Keys News

Red tide hangs on off Collier coast

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/jan/27/red-tide-naples-collier/
- Naples News

Dispute over navigational markers in Clam Bay headed to Tallahassee

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/jan/26/dispute-over-navigational-markers-clam-bay-headed-/
- Naples News

Venice dock dispute goes on

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20100127/ARTICLE/1271071/2416/NEWS?p=1&tc=pg
- Sarasota Herald Tribune

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Rattlesnake Island Workday Report from Lynda Eppinger

Photos by Mike Solum

John Sarkozy and Littoral Society volunteers showed up with ~250 plants (1-3 gallon). Lynda Eppinger, Parks Naturalist, Sarasota County Parks and Recreation, and a number of volunteers also came out to work. Mike Solum recruited his buddy Larry, who donated the use of his barge for the day. Also present for the first part of the day were two FNAI staff, there to document nuisance invasive plants. We kept telling them they should have seen it a year ago!

We got every one of the 250 =/- plants in the ground. We killed about three times that many (at least!) peppers, periwinkle, and A-pine seedlings by spraying or hand pulling. No one asked to go home early, even though we went for almost two hours beyond the scheduled time for the workday. It was fantastic that the weather cooperated by giving us the first warm day in wwaaaayyy too long, and by providing a good dousing of rain over the weekend. It will be great to get out there again soon to see how the new plants are doing!

Thanks to all who contributed to the ongoing and very successful (so far) restoration of this island! We'll go again soon!

Lynda Eppinger, Parks Naturalist, Sarasota County Parks and Recreation, Parks and Trails

Monday, January 25, 2010

Proposed boardwalk faces time, code issues

http://islander.org/1-27-10/am_teg_bwalk_01-27_rc.php
- Anna Maria Island News

Dead manatee found in Sarasota Bay

http://islander.org/1-27-10/manatee_dead_kk_1-27.php
- Anna Maria Island News

Audubon Lecture

Audubon of Florida Presents

Colonial Waterbirds of Sarasota Bay
Lecture at Mote Marine Laboratory

When: Tuesday, February 9, 2010, 3-4:30 p.m.

Where: Mote Marine Laboratory, Ann and Alfred E. Goldstein Marine Mammal Research and Rehabilitation Center, 1703 Ken Thompson Parkway, Longboat Key, Sarasota FL 34236, Jean P. Hendry Conference Room, 2nd Floor
Parking: Attendees should park across the street and enter the main entrance. Use the stairs or elevators to the second floor, and walk past the dolphin lagoon to the conference room.

Who: This talk is open to the interested public.

Ann B. Hodgson, Ph.D., Sanctuary Manager of Audubon of Florida's Coastal Islands Sanctuaries, will present a talk on the Colonial Waterbirds of Sarasota Bay, with concentration on the Roberts Bay Bird Colony Islands. Included are some of Florida's most well-loved, rarest, and charismatic species, as Brown Pelican, the herons and egrets, Roseate Spoonbill, terns and skimmers, and American Oystercatcher. Dr. Hodgson will outline the biology of the species, their populations and conservation status, and reproductive behavior. Many of these species nest on islands in groups called colonies, and Dr. Hodgson will include information about the protection of these special sites.

Florida Coastal Islands Sanctuaries

410 South Ware Boulevard, # 702

Tampa, FL 33619