The event, slated for Feb. 27, will highlight ways to create and care for a nice lawn while being friendly to Florida's environment. ...more

February 23, 2008

How long should it take to plant 18,000 saplings in beach sand? Volunteers participating in a beach dune protection project in Honeymoon Island State Park will find out next weekend. From 9 a.m. until 1 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 9-10, park staff and volunteers will plant native greens in sand dunes newly created by the Honeymoon Island beach renourishment project, Karen Malo, a Florida Park Services specialist, said. ...more

February 2, 2008

James Garrison came early and stayed late. That's what often happens to leaders. In his Eagle Scout community project last month, 17-year-old James arrived an hour before his volunteers and closed up shop an hour after everyone else had called it a day. In December, James organized and led an effort to create additional wildlife habitat around Dunedin's Lake Paloma. The small lake is near San Christopher Drive and Bayshore Boulevard, northwest of the downtown area. ...more

January 26, 2008

Many who have come to know Shirley Denton portray her as one of Florida's most renowned scientists. They also describe her as a visionary, an organizer, a good communicator and one who is committed to the mission of the Florida Native Plant Society. ...more

January 16, 2008

Many who have come to know Shirley Denton portray her as one of Florida's most renowned scientists. They also describe her as a visionary, an organizer, a good communicator and one who is committed to the mission of the Florida Native Plant Society. ...more

January 16, 2008

A fifth-grade class at Robinson Elementary School was among the winners in the Tampa Bay Estuary Program's first Guardians of the Bay contest. ...more

January 14, 2008

A winter vacation day camp with a Be a Citizen Scientist theme will be held for children ages 7 to 12 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday at Camp Bayou, 4140 24th St. S.E. ...more

December 29, 2007

Some people chose to spend the December Saturday morning checking the mall for holiday sales; others opted for a quieter time as they searched for nature's gifts among the beauty of Camp Bayou along the Little Manatee River. ...more

December 6, 2007

Recent passage of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 represents an important step forward in Everglades restoration. ...more

December 4, 2007

About 120 crape myrtles in medians along U.S. 301 got a reprieve this week as members of the Greater Riverview Chamber of Commerce signed papers agreeing to take over landscaping and maintenance duties from Hillsborough County. ...more

November 29, 2007