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Your Help Needed to Protect Beach Nesting Birds

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is reminding the public that it’s waterbird nesting season. As Floridians and visitors return to the beach, please be aware this is also a critical time for Florida’s vulnerable wading birds, shorebird and seabird populations... Wednesday, July 1, 2020 click to read more

Sea Turtle Nesting Season Update

Sea turtle nesting season is well under way and this year’s nest numbers for Loggerheads, the predominant nester in Florida, are slightly ahead of those at about the same time last year... Wednesday, July 1, 2020 click to read more

Fireworks affect nesting shorebirds and sea turtles

Fireworks are bright, loud and deadly to nesting shorebirds, if they are displayed too close to a colony nesting on the beach... Monday, June 22, 2020 click to read more

Barrier Island Parks Society helps preserve natural treasures

For over 30 years Barrier Island Parks Society (BIPS) has been on a mission to inspire the exploration and preservation of natural and historic treasures in the local communities of Charlotte, Lee and Sarasota Counties... Monday, June 8, 2020 click to read more

Coastal Wildlife Club launch crab trap clean-up

Coastal Wildlife Club, Inc. is pleased to announce the launch of a derelict crab trap clean-up program. CWC has been authorized by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to remove crab traps that wash onto Manasota Key beaches throughout the sea turtle nesting/hatching season... Sunday, June 7, 2020 click to read more