http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/12/18/3147901/wood-storks-no-longer-endangered.html
- Miami Herald
This blog is dedicated to the environmental well-being of our Florida coastal habitat.
This blog is
dedicated to the environmental well-being of coastal habitat.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Sarasota Bay Watch continues to be the leader in scallop restoration in Sarasota Bay.
December 2011 - 4 million
November 10, 2012, - 4 million
November 21, 2012, - 1 million (paid for by a group of local business interests, led by Ed Chiles of the ChilesGroup)
November 13, 2012 - 3 million (paid for by SBEP)
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Bud Doyle's Beach Walks
Join Bud for free beach walks at Casperson Beach and Venice Beach
The second Tuesday of each month we will be at Caspersen Beach at the south end of Harbor Drive in Venice. This is Sarasota County's "rural" beach. We walk down the beach and return on a trail that winds through the coastal forest behind the beach. Along the way we beach comb, talk about the
Gulf of Mexico, and look at various birds, shells, and plants.
The second Thursday of each month we will be at North Jetty Beach Park at the south end of Casey Key Rd. This.is one of Florida's great shelling beaches. We will walk along the beach, Venice Inlet's North Jetty, the Inlet, and the mangroves on the shoreline of Lyon's Bay.
Bud Doyle's Guided Beach Walk Schedule for 2012/2013
(walks are held at Caspersen Beach and North Jetty Beach
Park in the Venice, FL area)
12/11/12: Caspersen Beach
12/13/12: North Jetty Beach Park
1/08/13: Caspersen Beach
1/10/13: North Jetty Beach Park
2/12/13: Caspersen Beach
2/14/13: North Jetty Beach Park
3/12/13: Caspersen Beach
3/14/13: North Jetty Beach Park
4/09/13: Caspersen Beach
4/11/13: North Jetty Beach Park
The walks are free, open to the general public, are educational, and fun. We begin at 9am and finish up at 11am.
For information, call Bud at 941 468-1849.
Monday, December 10, 2012
Friday, December 7, 2012
Sarasota's Christmas Boat Parad this weekend
Christmas Boat Parade of Lights: 6-8 p.m. Sat., Dec. 8; best spots for viewing are Marina Jack, Bayfront Park, Sarasota Bay
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Friday, November 23, 2012
Quiet Water Kayak Trips - December 2012 - SW Florida
Quiet Water Kayak Trips
Call John at 941-966-7308 for reservations.
Enjoy leisurely paddling and observation at a variety of sites difficult to visit by any other means. Kayak, paddles, life vest, etc. supplied. If you haven’t used a kayak before, a short training session before the trip will get you going. Except for trips marked with an asterisk (*), members who bring their own kayak and life vests can participate for a $5 donation to the Society. Otherwise, cost is $20 for members, $25 for non-members unless noted. State parks require an additional entrance fee.
Dec 1 Myakka State Park; 8:30 - 11:30am
Dec 2 Little Sarasota Bay/Palmer Point Park; 9am - noon
Dec 5 Robinson Preserve/Manatee Co; 10am - 2pm ($30mem/$35non-mem)
Dec 9 Blackburn Point/Oscar Shcerer State Park; 10am - 1:30pm
*Dec 12 Myakka State Park; 8:30am-11:30am
Dec 15 MYAKKA DAZE all day down the Myakka River ($50 includes kayak/$35 with own)
Dec 19 South Lido/Bird Key; 10am - 1pm
*Dec 22 Myakka State Park; 9:30am - 12:30pm
Dec 23 Little Sarasota Bay/Palmer Point Park; 9:30am - 12:30pm
*Dec 24 Myakka River State Park; 8:30 - 11:30am
Dec 25 Little Sarasota Bay/Palmer Pt. Park; 10am - 1pm
Call John at 941-966-7308 for reservations.
Enjoy leisurely paddling and observation at a variety of sites difficult to visit by any other means. Kayak, paddles, life vest, etc. supplied. If you haven’t used a kayak before, a short training session before the trip will get you going. Except for trips marked with an asterisk (*), members who bring their own kayak and life vests can participate for a $5 donation to the Society. Otherwise, cost is $20 for members, $25 for non-members unless noted. State parks require an additional entrance fee.
Dec 1 Myakka State Park; 8:30 - 11:30am
Dec 2 Little Sarasota Bay/Palmer Point Park; 9am - noon
Dec 5 Robinson Preserve/Manatee Co; 10am - 2pm ($30mem/$35non-mem)
Dec 9 Blackburn Point/Oscar Shcerer State Park; 10am - 1:30pm
*Dec 12 Myakka State Park; 8:30am-11:30am
Dec 15 MYAKKA DAZE all day down the Myakka River ($50 includes kayak/$35 with own)
Dec 19 South Lido/Bird Key; 10am - 1pm
*Dec 22 Myakka State Park; 9:30am - 12:30pm
Dec 23 Little Sarasota Bay/Palmer Point Park; 9:30am - 12:30pm
*Dec 24 Myakka River State Park; 8:30 - 11:30am
Dec 25 Little Sarasota Bay/Palmer Pt. Park; 10am - 1pm
Fighting Corals
Corals exemplify a common characteristic among animals -- they fight when confronted by "foreign" tissue. Corals are composed of individual yet connected zooids basically constructed much like anemones. Corals of different species will grow very close to one another in competition for space. As they come into contact. the bordering zooids of each species will attack one another. One of the two colonies may overcome the other or it may result in a standoff where neither encroaches any further. Their relative aggressiveness was determined by experiment in the laboratory but has not proved to be predictable in the field.
--David K. Bulloch, "The American Littoral Society Handbook for the Marine Naturalist"
Published 1991
--David K. Bulloch, "The American Littoral Society Handbook for the Marine Naturalist"
Published 1991
Thursday, November 22, 2012
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