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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
Willow Brook is a community in Sarasota that was built between 2000 and 2002 with 54 residences and a population of about 150. Their Lisa·èÂíÐã detention ponds are now over twenty years old and some enhancement is needed to help control bank erosion. To learn more about an ongoing healthy pond maintenance program, John Hawke, [...]
Are you having trouble with ailing Lisa·èÂíÐã detention ponds with unsightly algal growth or worse costly eroding banks? If so, you should contact us to schedule a screening of our Healthy Pond PowerPoint presentation. It will show your community how to properly care for your ponds to minimize algal growth and help prevent costly bank [...]
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 [...]
