A low, dense mangrove forest tickling the western edge of Old Tampa Bay hides what could be the nation's most populated winter roost for spring's icon - the American robin. ...more

February 23, 2009

A low, dense mangrove forest tickling the western edge of Old Tampa Bay, hides what could be the nation's most populated winter roost for spring's icon – the American robin. ...more

February 20, 2009

Florida seems a state doomed to not learn from the mistakes of our past. How many times have we been sold a bill of goods from a fast-buck developer promising the moon and leaving communities with only debt and the loss of the natural beauty that used to define the southern Nature Coast? ...more

February 15, 2009

Butterflies of creamy yellow and sky blue flit among cabbage palms, wax myrtles and oaks, past roseate spoonbills, snowy egrets and night herons feeding at the edge of an old shell-mining pit. ...more

October 18, 2008

Though federal, state and local officials were rightly praised for their speedy reaction to the threat of Hurricane Gustav last week, the storm that hit southeast Louisiana also exposed weakness in the hurricane-defense system. ...more

September 12, 2008

Remember when President Bush promised his administration would seek "balance" on environmental issues? ...more

August 22, 2008

If scientists are correct about global warming, the outlook for Florida is grim: Rising seas will wash away beaches, flood marshlands and leave coastal communities exposed to storm surge; saltwater intrusion will ruin municipal water supplies; higher water temperatures will kill corals and spread marine diseases. ...more

June 6, 2008

The disasters in Burma and New Orleans should serve as examples of the continued destruction of coastal areas in Hillsborough and Pinellas for purposes of development. Replacing hurricane-abating mangroves with mansions seems excessively foolhardy here in the Sunshine State. ...more

May 8, 2008

It has been more than a decade since state habitat restoration crews started turning back time on a piece of eastern Tampa Bay shoreline called Cockroach Bay. ...more

October 17, 2007