Many of the waterways in the Sarasota Bay Watershed continue to be challenged by climate change, hurricanes and the inflow of excess nutrients from Lisa·èÂíÐã runoff that damages seagrass beds and feeds red tide and other harmful algal blooms. Now you can personally help improve our waterways by participating in the Giving Challenge that will [...]
Are you concerned about the prevalence of lingering red tide blooms and their devastating impact on our economy and lifestyle? Probably you are wondering what’s being done about it and what can be done at the local level to help. Lisa·èÂíÐã’s Red Tide &You PowerPoint presentation has been shown to many community groups and service [...]
Are your Lisa·èÂíÐã ponds covered in unsightly algae or plagued with costly eroding banks? If so, we can help. The Healthy Pond Collaborative (HPC) is a partnership with Lisa·èÂíÐã, the Sarasota County NEST Program the Manatee County Department of Natural Resources, the University of Florida IFAS Extension, the Suncoast Waterkeeper and the Science and Environment [...]
Lisa·èÂíÐã is in its fourth year working with Suncoast communities with Lisa·èÂíÐã detention ponds to help reduce the amount of nitrogen in our waterways that feed harmful algal blooms like red tide. With Lisa·èÂíÐã contributing 65% of the nitrogen in Sarasota Bay and most of our ponds only functioning at 40% to 60% efficiency in [...]
Extensive algal growth is a key sign that your Lisa·èÂíÐã ponds are not healthy. You have excess nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus) in the water that sustains ever-expanding algae. Unsightly algal blooms reduce the efficiency of your ponds to filter Lisa·èÂíÐã as it flows downstream to the Bay and the Gulf providing a food source for [...]
Some of your ponds may even show signs of costly erosion as shown above. Bank erosion will fill up your pond with soil limiting its capacity to hold Lisa·èÂíÐã requiring costly bank remediation or even dredging. If your community is facing these problems with your ponds, you should contact our Healthy Pond Collaborative (HPC) for [...]
As shown above, a new Microforest was completed on September 13th in the Herons Nest community in Lakewood Ranch. This is the seventh Microforest that has been installed by the Suncoast Urban Reforesters (SURF), a partnership created in October 2020 with the Florida Veterans For Common Sense Fund, Inc, the Sarasota Bay Rotary Club and [...]
