In the first week of the new year, thoughts turn to the future and one nagging question from the recent past: How do I dispose of a needle-dropping Christmas tree worth $75 just a month ago? ...more

January 5, 2008

TAMPA - For some, the first week of a new year turns thoughts to the future and to one question that arises from the recent past: How do you get rid of that needle-dropping Christmas tree you bought for $75 a month ago. Fret not. Solid waste departments throughout the Bay area have the answer. ...more

January 4, 2008

Sometimes the paving over of paradise provides a boon for certain bird species. ...more

December 31, 2007

The West Pasco Audubon Society holds its annual Christmas Bird Count today searching for elusive hummingbirds and hoping to encounter dozens of other species as they fan out over a circle 15 miles in diameter and centered at the Magnolia Valley Golf Course clubhouse in New Port Richey. ...more

December 29, 2007

LAND O' LAKES - If you have a leftover Christmas tree that you don't know what to do with, Pasco County might have an answer. Through Jan. 5, people can drop off Christmas trees at eight county parks. ...more

December 27, 2007

Pasco County is offering Christmas tree recycling. Residents should remove all tinsel, metal hooks and decorations from their Christmas trees and drop them off at one of the following locations during normal park operating hours today through Jan. 5. Trees will be chipped, and the mulch will be donated to county parks. ...more

December 26, 2007

Something lay dead up ahead. The seventh-graders from Rushe Middle School craned their necks, trying to guess which of the many creatures that call Cross Bar Ranch home had met its demise near the unpaved road that winds through the 12,000-acre preserve. ...more

December 15, 2007

Cross Bar Ranch in central Pasco County once was a battleground in the regional water wars that pitted local governments against one another. ...more

December 12, 2007

LAND O' LAKES - A doe and fawn pause in a meadow, posing for visitors on a tour of the Cross Bar Ranch in central Pasco County. ...more

December 12, 2007

Get a drive-through view of the sights - and sounds - of Santa Claus time at Jay B. Starkey Wilderness Park. ...more

December 7, 2007