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Loss of landscaping makes for challenges for residents, turtle nests
May 22, 2025
BY ARLENE HALL, BGSTA SECRETARY
Sea turtle nesting activity on the island is picking up as we progress further into May. With this increase in activity comes the BGSTA’s annual reminder about how…
Tarpon season is in full swing; time to enjoy waters
May 22, 2025
Tarpon season is in full swing.
The Ladies Day tarpon tournament was successful despite windy weather. Capt. Frank Davis aboard the Native guided his sister-in-law to two silver kings and a first…
Nesting season began in May; zones modified with Florida state approval
May 15, 2025
BY ARLENE HALL, BGSTA SECRETARY
The Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association (BGSTA) is back out patrolling the beaches of Gasparilla Island for sea turtle nesting activity, and we didn’t have long to…
COLUMNS: VAN HUBBARD
May 15, 2025
Fixing water quality now, still cheaper than reviving dead estuaries
How do we tackle water quality?
Just like an elephant. One bite at a time. Many things contribute to these problems. It too…
EcoWatch: New trapping proposal flip-flopping at its best
May 15, 2025
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is proposing to modernize rules to align with the updated methods, technologies and research in the Association of Florida and Wildlife Agencies…
SW Florida Fishing: May Moon …
May 15, 2025
BY CAPT. JOE LECLAIR
As always this is one of the best times of the year to be fishing charlotte harbor. With all the boats chasing the tarpon it also makes it a great time of year to wade for sn…
COLUMNS: VAN HUBBARD
May 8, 2025
Stealth the secret, let it enhance your ‘richest’ odds this tarpon season
It’s tarpon time here in Boca Grande. Enjoy the action.
While silver kings are not the only game in town, it’s tarpon…
EcoWatch: Celebration of Mother’s Day & Be Kind to Animals month
May 8, 2025
“There is no difference between the worry of a human mother and an animal mother for their offspring. A mother’s love does not derive from the intellect but from the emotions, in animals just as in…
SW Florida Fishing: Green at the tip!
May 8, 2025
BY CAPT. WILL WATERHOUSE
It feels like summer here in Boca Grande and the tarpon have been biting! Lots of tarpon have been caught around Little Gasparilla Island, Gasparilla Island, Cayo Costa a…
EcoWatch: Humpback whales may soon tell their stories
May 1, 2025
“The whales do not sing because they have an answer they sing because they have a song.”
Gregory Colbert, poet, filmmaker, photographer
There are recent reports that AI has helped scientists h…