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April 24, 2015
Little Girl and Binx settle in for their car ride to Fort Lauderdale on their way to their forever home in England. They will be flying in a climate controlled cargo area on a direct British Airwa…

April 10, 2015
SUBMITTED BY THE GICIA On Friday, March 27, a small group of island residents gathered to explore one of the GICIA Land Conservancy properties with certified arborist Rick Joyce. It was a beaut…

April 3, 2015
BY KATIE TRIPP, PhD Florida’s manatees are at a crossroads. Well, actually, the agencies that protect manatees are at a crossroads, and manatees themselves are in the crosshairs. The U.S. Fish…

February 1, 2015
SUBMITTED BY THE GASPARILLA ISLAND CONSERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION In recent years, GICIA has begun to face new challenges as we recognize that growth in nearby areas off-island have t…

February 1, 2015
BY MARCY SHORTUSE On Thursday, Feb. 12 at 1 p.m. in the Boca Grande Community Center Auditorium, the Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority will hold a public workshop regarding weight restrictions…

January 9, 2015
SAVE THE TARPON – For almost a decade, the Professional Tarpon Tournament Series used a snagging device, misleadingly characterized as a “jig,” to capture large breeding females in Boca Grande Pas…