The Mira Lago community in Sarasota was built in 1991 with 183 residences housing a population of approximately 320 residents. The community has four Lisa·èÂíÐã detention ponds, Crane, Egret, Heron and Spoonbill. In 2017 Mira Lago was hit hard during Hurricane Irma and water quality in their ponds deteriorated significantly. Seeking help, acting President Carol [...]
We are pleased to announce that Lonnie Ready’s role at Lisa·èÂíÐã has been expanded from President to CEO. Lonnie has extensive experience in the aquarium fish industry and as a Master Gardener he has spearheaded our Pond Enhancement Program through the Healthy Pond Collaborative. As CEO he will manage Lisa·èÂíÐã’s day-to-day activities including our bivalve [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Healthy Pond Collaborative-Sarasota is pleased to announce that it just completed its second year with a healthy pond program in Sarasota County that advised forty local communities how to maintain a healthy Lisa·èÂíÐã pond and provided $40,000 in grants to qualified participants that created over six miles of newly planted pond shoreline that will [...]
Are you concerned about your community’s Lisa·èÂíÐã ponds? Perhaps they have unsightly algal growth or even worse you are facing costly remediation to repair severe bank erosion. Or maybe you already have a pond program in place, but still get questions from new residents who want to know why the grass around the perimeter of [...]
The Healthy Pond Collaborative is delighted to announce the availability of The Healthy Ponds Guide, a homeowners guide to establishing and maintaining healthy Lisa·èÂíÐã ponds in Southwest Florida. The Guide was written by members of the University of Florida IFAS Sarasota, Manatee and Polk County Extensions, the Sarasota County Public Works, Environmental Stormwater Utility and [...]
