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New funding boosts SW Florida oyster reef restoration
15+ hour, 33+ min ago (452+ words) Oyster River Ecology has received more than $750,000 in investments over the past year to support projects that include oyster reef restoration at South Creek in Sarasota County and ORE's ongoing 10-acre oyster reef restoration initiative in the Manatee River. "When…...
Veterans and students join forces with Marine to save Florida reefs
15+ hour, 33+ min ago (287+ words) Mote Marine Laboratory recently extended its ongoing partnership with Combat Wounded Veteran Challenge and SCUBAnauts International to advance coral reef restoration and research in the Florida Keys. This longstanding annual collaboration brings Mote scientists together with two mission-driven organizations, one…...
Scrappy the Sarasota Bay dolphin is thriving, years after Speedo trap
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1796+ words) Two decades ago this summer, a bottlenose dolphin made international headlines after he was spotted swimming through Sarasota Bay wearing an extra-large men's Speedo. The dolphin, named Scrappy, was found caught in the swimsuit, unable to escape as the fabric…...
Move over pythons: This invasive scary invader may be worse for Florida
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1142+ words) The invasive Asian swamp eel was patient in its ambush. It lay in wait, innocuous for 15 years, an air-breathing environmental timebomb, a brooding mucus covered virus in the freshwater veins of Florida canals, until like a match to gasoline it…...
Sarasota moves to protect 3,040-acre ranch near Myakka River State Park
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (28+ words) Sarasota Herald-Tribune Sarasota moves to protect 3,040-acre ranch near Myakka River State Park...
Sarasota moves to protect 3,040-acre ranch near Myakka park: photos
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (14+ words) Sarasota Herald-Tribune...
Whodunnit? Florida residents furious after mothballs dumped near seabirds
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1050+ words) A small Florida beach community is still reeling from a toxic littering of mothballs dumped in a cherished seabird nesting area with residents eager to find a culprit. The whodunnit, which is being investigated by state wildlife officials, is unfolding…...
2-week-old eaglet rescued after swallowing fishhook
3+ mon, 7+ hour ago (236+ words) A 2-week-old baby eaglet was rescued from a U.S. Steel Plant property in Pennsylvania after being caught on camera swallowing a fishing hook. The incident occurred on Saturday, April 18, U.S. Steel Corporation spokesperson Andrew Fulton told USA TODAY in an email. The…...
Noosh Helps Mid-Valley Landowners Reclaim Overgrown Property
4+ mon, 3+ day ago (312+ words) Salem, United States – March 17, 2026 / Everbearing Services / Invasive blackberry, hazardous trees, and overgrown brush create fire risk, block access, and make land harder to use across the Mid-Valley. Noosh Stump Removal and Landscape Restoration wants to help people see those spaces…...
Fans feared the worst, then Big Bear’s Jackie flew back to the nest
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (354+ words) Jackie, the beloved California bald eagle, caused her fans quite a fright when she went missing for nearly 24 hours over the weekend, a nonprofit that monitors her nest camera wrote on social media. The Friends of Big Bear Valley asked…...