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FWC, DEP set up office in St. Petersburg to monitor red tide Kimberly Kuizon reports ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Department of Environmental Protection are working to provide real-time updates on the status of red tide around Tampa Bays waterways. "We have people up in the air right now, we have people on boats right now collecting samples," said Eric Sutton. Theyre giving predictions of where the red tide bloom might appear and helping r...

Mote scientists use drones to study red tide A view from the sky may help form a better picture for those on the ground when it comes to toxic algae. https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local-news/mote-scientists-use-drones-to-study-red-tide and last updated 2021-07-21 06:06:38-04 SARASOTA, Fla. — A view from the sky may help form a better picture for those on the ground when it comes to toxic algae. Scientists at Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium are studying how drones might help form a m...

Red Tide costs swell while St. Petersburg mayor, Gov. DeSantis bicker Zachary T. Sampson, Tampa Bay Times © Arielle Bader/Times A city employee cleans up dead fish at Crisp Park on Wednesday. ST. PETERSBURG — Mayor Rick Kriseman said the city is straining its resources to pick up dead sea life from the current Red Tide crisis and called for more help from the state and Gov. Ron DeSantis. © Arielle Bader/Times A dead goliath grouper floats in the water at Crisp Park on We...

Search for: Home »Local News»FWC»FWC and DEP host roundtable to discuss Florida’s efforts to combat red tide FWC and DEP host roundtable to discuss Florida’s efforts to combat red tide Posted on Funding available for red tide response and monitoring Today, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Executive Director Eric Sutton and Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Interim Secretary Shawn Hamilton joined affected stakeholders to discuss Florida’s mult...

No Red Tide relief in sight as dead fish overwhelm St. Petersburg A toxic algal bloom is plaguing Tampa Bay and befouling St. Petersburg’s shores. It could stick around for a while.     Dead fish are visible in the water at North Shore Park on Friday in St. Petersburg. The Sunshine City has become the epicenter of Tampa Bays ongoing Red Tide crisis, and no one can say when it will get better. [ DIRK SHADD | Times ] Updated 6 hours ago ST. PETERSBURG — The Sunshine City and its...

Dead fish litter the downtown St. Petersburg marina St. Petersburg spokesman Ben Kirby said city officials had reached out for state help in dealing with red tide, which has resulted in 15 tons of dead fish hauled ashore by city crews. But they had not received a response by late Tuesday. That comes on the heels of a letter written by state Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried asking the governor to declare a state of emergency. Fried, a Democrat running for governor, asked Ron Desantis to issu...

Greene County Clerk Shane Schoeller, overseer of elections, suggested I keep in mind three things regarding write-in votes. First, if a race has at least one name printed on the ballot, someone who received a write-in vote would have had to register as a write-in candidate in order for the vote to count. (No registration needed if there is no candidate on the ballot.) Second, just because a person gets a write-in vote does not mean the vote counts. The person might live in a different distri...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has approved new rules to ban the importation, breeding, sale and possession of 16 high-risk invasive reptiles.

There were two offenders convicted of homicide released on parole in DuPage County during the third quarter of 2020, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the DuPage Policy Journal.