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This date in the Boca Beacon …
August 25, 2022
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FIVE YEARS AGO
A 2002 Glacier Bay named La Pirate was missing, and everyone was on the lookout. The new boardwalk officially opened at Gasparilla Island State Park.
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DOG LIFE: Dog training books, DVDs and the internet
August 18, 2022
The marketplace is flooded with dog training schools, books, DVD’s and internet sources.
With so many people wanting to train their dogs, these sources have all the answers … or do they? &nb…
ECOWATCH: Dragonflies joining butterflies on flight to extinction
August 18, 2022
‘’And in time it will be as through man had never come to this perfect corner …
Turtle Tracks: August 7, 2022
August 12, 2022
Each year, The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (FWC) Marine Turtle Program studies the life histories, population biology, ecology, behavior, and migrations of sea turtles. The…
TURTLE TRACKS: A rare wonder found on a Boca Grande beach
August 5, 2022
This week on turtle patrol, a Boca Grande Sea Turtle Association patrol volunteer was stunned to discover a very unusual hatchling. On rare occasion, an anomaly such as this poses a unique challen…
ECOWATCH: Migratory monarch butterfly: going, going … gone?
August 5, 2022
“Happiness is a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.” Pinterest Quotes-Butterflies
How many of us have had th…
TURTLE TRACKS: All that data collecting must be tiring
July 29, 2022
The Statewide Nesting Beach Survey (SNBS) program was initiated in 1979 under a cooperative agreement between the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and the U.S. Fish and Wild…
DOG LIFE: A billion dollar industry
July 29, 2022
People have a tendency to overdo on everything; be a toy, treats, foods, collars etc … the dog product business which is a billion dollar industry caters more to the people’s needs than that of …