There were a few who didn't want to get their feet muddy, but most of the 19 youngsters from Riverview's Center Academy were happy to plunge into a restoration project at Newman Branch Creek near the Big Bend Power Station on May 12. ...more

May 20, 2009

If you're looking for inspiration in this time of uncertainty at home and abroad, look no further than to a bird barely bigger than a box of Easter Peeps. ...more

October 25, 2008

Slip out of that city suit and into some shorts and aqua socks for a wild paddle past fishes in ditches, and shorebirds sauntering in the sand. ...more

October 13, 2008

It had been at least 24 hours since we had seen other humans, and the trail seemed to be ours alone - gleaming granite slabs, scrabbly switchbacks, glorious glimpses of the Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne River, and jagged Sierra spires under cloudless skies. ...more

June 22, 2008

Nearly 30 million Americans travel with pets, so it's no wonder dog beaches are popular. ...more

June 16, 2008

You see them scurrying along beaches, plucking tiny critters from the ebbing waves or maybe begging for part of your picnic lunch. ...more

May 31, 2008

You see them scurrying along beaches, plucking tiny critters from the ebbing waves, or maybe begging for part of your picnic lunch. ...more

May 31, 2008

It could have been a powerhouse, a labyrinth of ducts and pipes crowned by towering exhaust stacks, with coal-fired generators humming day and night. ...more

May 21, 2008

Environmental experts say the 2,400-acre site that had been earmarked for a Tampa Electric Co. plant is a powerhouse of a different sort – a natural one that pumps energy into Tampa Bay by producing clean water and fish. And it's being reclaimed for Mother Nature. ...more

May 20, 2008

Hernando Audubon Society announces the following activities for January: Bird Walk at Bayport will be conducted Saturday, Jan. 12. If interested in attending, meet the group at 7 a.m. sharp at Hardee's Restaurant located at 6292 Commercial Way in the Weeki Wachee Village plaza at State Road 50 and U.S. 19, Weeki Wachee. The walk will be a coastal trip concentrating on shorebirds and coastal inhabitants. For more information, call Bernie at 352-754-9030. ...more

January 11, 2008