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 [...]
Hopefully, you had a chance over the weekend to visit the Green Living Expo at the Sarasota Municipal Auditorium. Now it’s time to be sure you don’t miss the ECO SUMMIT that begins this evening and runs for the next two days featuring renowned experts on important environmental issues from climate change to water quality. [...]
All our environmentally concerned readers should be sure to register for next month’s Eco Summit here in Sarasota featuring solution-oriented presentations and panel discussions with national and regional experts on innovative ways we can sustain our quality of life along the Suncoast. The Eco Summit kicks off on Monday, December 4th at 5:00 PM at [...]
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 [...]
Over the last few months, many of you who have driven by Bobby Jones Park have noticed the rapid development of the new golf course as the turf grows in on the greens and fairways and the sand traps take shape. What you can’t see from the road at this point is the creation of [...]
The 2023 Watershed Summit held June 21-22 at the Charlotte Harbor Event & Conference Center in Punta Gorda shown above featured a number of experienced speakers pointing to the increasing concerns about the effect of excess nutrients in Lisa·èÂíÐã on the quality of our waterways and the alarming impact on seagrass. The two-day program was [...]
