Tag: Mercabo

Sawfish spotting in Mercabo Cove

Since acquiring the Mercabo Cove property in 2016, the Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association has been restoring critical coastal habitat and improving water quality within...

Mercabo Cove initiative with The Island School

BY THE GICIA The Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association announces the second year of our collaborative initiative with The Island School focused on the “Living Shoreline,”...

Boca Grande history: White House florist visits and a lizard hunt fail, plus MerCabo

December 27, 2024
Staff Report
Community History

Brief news from this date in the archives of the Boca Beacon: FIVE YEARS AGO A bicyclist took a fall on the Boca Grande Causeway. Lee Flight flew the transport to Lee Memorial. Mercabo...

New phase of summer restoration for Mercabo Cove approved

Tidal shelf planted with red mangroves; view will be softenend to hide seawall BY THE GASPARILLA ISLAND CONSERVATION & IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION The Gasparilla Island Conservation and...

GICIA offers tours of Mercabo information and restoration update

February 16, 2023
Guest Columnist
News

Submitted by the Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association The Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association will conduct volunteer-led tours of Mercabo Cove on...

GICIA Mercabo Cove seagrass planting effort continues

March 25, 2022
Guest Columnist
News

In January 2016, the Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association successfully acquired the Mercabo property located at the entrance to Gasparilla Island. It was in late 2015 that a...

GICIA releases dates for tours of Mercabo Preserve

December 24, 2021
Guest Columnist
News

By Misty Nichols, GICIA The Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association is excited about relaunching the Volunteer led tours of the Mercabo Cove Site in 2022. These site tours...

GICIA Mercabo Cove seagrass planting effort brought to light

February 20, 2021
Marcy Shortuse
Featured News, News

SUBMITTED BY THE GICIA – In January 2016, the Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association successfully acquired the Mercabo property located at the entrance to Gasparilla...

GICIA partners with Mote on acoustic tagging at Mercabo Cove

February 6, 2021
Marcy Shortuse
News

SUBMITTED BY THE GICIA – In October 2015 the Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association realized that the perfect storm was brewing; an offer had been made by a resort developer to...

GICIA construction of Mercabo is now complete

December 18, 2020
Marcy Shortuse
News

SUBMITTED BY THE GICIA- The Gasparilla Island Conservation and Improvement Association is pleased to announce that the construction phase of the Mercabo Cove restoration project has been...