Environmental scientists have identified large swaths of algae blooms in Old Tampa Bay, from the Howard Frankland Bridge to north of the Courtney Campbell Causeway. ...more

June 20, 2009

Next week the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council is scheduled to take final action on a plan to allow open-water aquaculture in the gulf. The federal regulatory agency, historically dominated by commercial fishing interests, is playing Russian roulette with our coastal fisheries. ...more

January 24, 2009

Tourism may be down. Real estate has sunk. And unemployment is surging. But for Southwest Florida, one major indicator has been nothing but positive. ...more

December 26, 2008

In an effort to clean up pollution that washes off new subdivisions and shopping centers, state regulators are writing new stormwater treatment regulations that could change the face of development in Florida. ...more

October 29, 2007