BY ARLENE HALL, BGSTA SECRETARY
Since May 1st, a hearty group of BGSTA volunteers have been out in the early morning patrolling Gasparilla Island beaches to document and monitor sea turtle nestin…
BY JAMES J. BLAHA, DIRECTOR BOCA GRANDE HISTORY CENTER
“In order to understand the difference between the Boca Grande of 1949 and today, you have to realize that in 1949, Gasparilla Island, of ne…
Editor’s Note: This is one of six weekly wildlife articles submitted by the Barrier Island Parks Society to raise awareness about the issues facing our island communities.
BY THE BARRIER ISLAND P…
“Accepting that one day your role might be handled by a robot is a hard pill to swallow. But if you can learn anything from history, it’s that when machines take over, workers must learn to adapt an…
BY DR. JOHN FLETEMEYER
I’ve suffered the painful sting of a Portuguese man-of-war at least a dozen times. Consequently, being victimized by a man-of-war, it’s easy to argue that it’s one of a be…
BY ARLENE HALL, BGSTA SECRETARY
One of the more important tasks the BGSTA turtle patrollers perform is nest inventory. This is done by digging up and documenting the nest contents either three da…
Our lives fly by; The impressions we make to young are permanent
Today’s times are faster than we can deal with frequently. Take to the outdoors to refresh and recover. Many of us like fishing an…
“At the end of the day, the government and local government all bow to public pressure [regulatory] enforcement is weak, and environmental litigation is near to impossible, so there is an urgent nee…
BY ARLENE HALL, BGSTA SECRETARY
Can you believe we are only at the halfway point of this sea turtle nesting season? The word “only” used here is as an option, in case you are not a sea turtle fan…
BY KAREN GRACE, BOCA GRANDE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
In 1915, Peter Bradley of the American agricultural Chemical Company had 26 banyan trees planted on each side of what was then Second Street. The tr…
