Tag: Lemon Bay Conservancy

Burrowing owl effort expands on Cape Haze

Just off Gasparilla Island, a small colony of Florida burrowing owls – a state-threatened species – is holding on as development increases around them. Fewer than 50 adult owls remain in western...

IN THE SPOTLTIGHT: Mark Horan

November 26, 2025
Angela McPhillips
Profiles

From tennis court to animal habitat Mark Horan’s path to conservation work in Boca Grande and Cape Haze began long before he ever paddled out to collect water samples or walked the edges of a...

Lemon Bay Conservancy tarpon pull on Saturday, Nov. 15

The Lemon Bay Conservancy will host a tarpon “pull” on Saturday, Nov. 15, from 7:45 to 10:30 a.m. All new and returning tarpon net pull volunteers are invited to participate in the tarpon research...

New to Lemon Bay Conservancy Board

October 2, 2025
Staff Report
Community, News

Loulie Mauran and Mark Horan have joined the board of the Lemon Bay Conservancy. Both are long-time members who share the group’s passion for protecting the local environment. Mark Horan was...

Nation’s roseate spoonbill expert flies into Cape Haze

Jerry Lorenz, state director of research for Florida Audubon, will be in Cape Haze to speak on roseate spoonbills on Thursday, April 11. “I had no intention of studying spoonbills, but as you...

Red tide expert at Cape Haze

Join Lemon Bay Conservancy for a free talk featuring Dr. Larry Brand, a distinguished researcher and professor at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, as...

Placida Road owlets spring their nest

February 29, 2024
Staff Report
News, Sports & Outdoors

The family of owls nested in a giant street sign over Placida Road across from Lemon Bay High School have successfully raised their owlets, according to reports by Eva Furner, who has been...

Briefly: Wildflower open house

February 22, 2024
Staff Report
News

Lemon Bay Conservancy will host its annual open house from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 24. The free event will be held at the Lemon Creek Wildflower Preserve at 3120 Gasparilla Pines...

Briefly: Tarpon pull set by Lemon Bay; Rotonda rehab

February 22, 2024
Staff Report
Events, News

Lemon Bay Conservancy will hold their next tarpon pull event on Saturday, March 16, 2024 at 8 a.m. They will first need to load the seine net and other equipment in the jon boat before using...

Manta Ray expert swims into Cape Haze Feb. 22

Jessica Pate, the lead scientist for the Florida Manta Project, will be in town on Thursday, Feb. 22 to speak on The Mysterious Manta Rays of Florida. Pate started the Florida Manta Project in...