Tag: Charlotte Harbor

Opinion: There’s a nitrogen problem in Charlotte Harbor

BY ROBERT J. ROBBINS AND PERCY ANGELO, CAPE HAZE Charlotte County operates four wastewater treatment plants that use secondary treatment systems that fail to remove most nutrients such as nitrogen....

Cape Haze at nexus of American sawfish revival

February 23, 2024
Garland Pollard
Editorial

We reside in a sawfish aquarium, Charlotte Harbor. It’s Jurassic Park, and you don’t have to visit Universal Orlando. Last Thursday, sawfish expert Tonya Wiley delivered a talk in Cape Haze as part...

Renourishment project required equipment staging in Harbor

July 17, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

BY OLIVIA CAMERON- For months, the sight of a barge has interrupted the endless ocean view from the south end of Boca Grande. Since February, a pile of equipment has been an unexplained puzzle to locals. Many...

Chico the monkey stole her pork and beans: Capt. Marian Schneider visits History Bytes, recalls childhood memories

March 1, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN The audience laughed, and some cried, when Capt. Marian Schneider shared memories of growing up on the island, her pioneering efforts of ecotourism and the closing of her business “Grande...

Mote’s tarpon tagging kicks off for 2017 in Charlotte Harbor

■ SUBMITTED BY MOTE MARINE LABORATORY & AQUARIUM Dr. James Locascio conducts tarpon tagging in Charlotte Harbor off of Punta Gorda with Rick, Gary and Bob on the evening of Tuesday, May 16th, 2017. A...

Fallout from Scott’s veto pen hits Gasparilla Island

June 26, 2015
Boca Beacon
News

BY JACK SHORT – Among the record setting number of items, worth a combined $461 million, that fell to Florida Governor Rick Scott’s veto pen, was a large appropriation for Gasparilla Island State...