Be a citizen-scientist: Help FWC monitor horseshoe crabs spawning on beaches. A ritual dating back millions of years takes place again this spring on Florida beaches. Spring marks horseshoe crabs’ mating … Read more
With 106 snakes removed, 2016 Python Challenge™ a success With participants turning in 106 snakes, the 2016 Python Challenge™ is a success on many levels. Today the Florida Fish and Wildlife … Read more
UF/IFAS Extension Pinellas County and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services are warning residents that a new invasive species (pictured below) with the potential to cause major problems … Read more
Pinellas County staff addressed Shell Key stakeholders at Tampa Bay Watch Tuesday night, Oct. 27, to discuss the closure of the north pass into the Shell Key Preserve, which occurred … Read more
The almost 45-year-old Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary in Indian Shores is getting new management and key staff, and a renewed dedication to volunteers and the community. This should more than offset … Read more
Before there was a Pinellas Trail, walkers, runners, bikers and skaters had to take their chances on one of the many streets and avenues crisscrossing Pinellas County. It is a … Read more
In celebration of Earth Day, Tampa Bay Watch partnered with Coca-Cola for a community-based oyster creation project to install new oyster shell communities on the northern shoreline of McKay Bay. … Read more
At one time it was thousands of feet across, now the Northern Pass into the Shell Key Preserve has closed. Tampa Bay Watch is concerned with the serious and long … Read more
Warm temperatures and clear, sunny days between some of the coldest weather of the year assisted FWC biologists and partners in counting an all-time high number of manatees during this … Read more
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) asks beachgoers to watch out for and avoid disturbing beach-nesting shorebirds on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the state. Shorebirds build … Read more