The free, public Open House at Lemon Creek Wildflower Preserve, scheduled for February 24, 2024, will include guided trail walks, displays by local environmental groups and hands-on environmental activities. Come for a visit!
Tarpon Research
Fourteen LBC Juvenile Tarpon Pull volunteers met at the small pond at Lemon Creek Wildflower Preserve on Saturday November 18, 2023 where the team netted and counted a total of 20 tarpon. The second net pull at the […]
For a number of years Lemon Bay Conservancy has partnered with Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) in juvenile tarpon research efforts. Our monthly net pulls take place during the winter months in the small tidal ponds on the western […]
News from Lemon Bay Conservancy, including Lemon Creek Wildflower Preserve hurricane recovery and news, new Lemon Bay Coastal Seminar Series, water quality initiatives, tarpon research, volunteer profiles and more!
We concluded our monthly, seasonal tarpon research on April 15 with a very exciting morning. Once each month since November, we’ve had up to 40 volunteers come out on Saturday mornings to assist with this interesting research, including 4 scientists […]
News from Lemon Bay Conservancy, including Hurricane Ian recovery updates.
Hi, Tarpon net pull volunteers. We have been active in assessing the state of the tarpon ponds at the Lemon Creek Wildflower Preserve. Last week a small group visited the ponds along with Kelly Chase, a representative from Florida Fish […]
Tarpon “Net Pull” Research December 18, 2021 We are still looking for volunteers to assist with the Lemon Bay Tarpon Pull event scheduled for Saturday December 18th. We are planning our events for the third Saturday of each month from […]
Our 2021 LBC Newsletter is now available. Articles include: New Office Location & New Office Manager 2021 LBC Scholarship Award Lemon Creek Wildflower Preserve Restoration Juvenile Tarpon Research Findings & Plans Call for Net Pull Volunteers Volunteer Profile: Maura Qualls The […]
Environmental Education – Juvenile Tarpon Research Tarpon can live up to 80 years. They start their life many miles off-shore, where adult males and females spawn. After the eggs hatch, the tarpon larvae, looking like minuscule eels, make their way […]
Tarpon Net Pull 2.15.20 Report: Regarding Ongoing Juvenile Tarpon Protected Habitat Research “Helping Solve the Great Fledgling Tarpon Mystery” by Jim Cooper, President, Lemon Bay Conservancy Saturday, February 15th this winter dawned on a beautiful, sunny morning […]
The Englewood Sun ran a nice article on Lemon Bay Conservancy’s Tarpon Project. Please click the link below for the full Article: https://www.yoursun.com/englewood/baby-tarpon-nurtured-at-wildflower/article_4bcd2bea-58b4-11ea-9640-d3ac1e3dd5f8.html
Our Fall 2018 newsletter is now available. Articles include: Inside this Issue 2018 LBC Stem Scholarship Winner Our New Office Manager Take Action for Clean Water Volunteer Profile: John McCurley Wildflower Preserve Restoration Update Toast of the Coast Upcoming Walks […]
Our Fall 2017 newsletter is now available. Articles include: President’s Letter Our New Office and Office Manager 2017 Scholarship Winner: Katie Redmann Tarpon Research News Volunteer Profile: Capt. Becca deRosa What’s Up in the Watershed Volunteer Profile: Dave Clayton Volunteer […]
A Report on the Monthly Lemon Bay Conservancy Tarpon Net Pull: Saturday, Dec 10, 2016 by Jim Cooper, LBC President It was the coolest morning in Placida this year at 57 degrees on Dec 10th as I drove north on Placida […]
In November of 2014, teachers and administrators from L.A. Ainger Middle School and Lemon Bay High School visited Wildflower Preserve seeking opportunities for students to use the Preserve for in-depth scientific studies. Accompanied by naturalists Bill Dunson and Dave […]
by Captain Sandy Melvin It is an honor and a pleasure for me to mention the significant role LBC played in our Kids Tarpon Tournament this year. My planning committee was glad to select Lemon Bay Conservancy (LBC) as the […]
On March 29, 2014, sixty-five volunteers spent their morning at Wildflower Preserve as part of Field & Stream’s Hero for a Day program. Two film crews from Field & Stream magazine were on hand to film the activities and learn […]
In conjunction with Mote Marine and Bone Fish and Trust, Lemon Bay conservancy is participating in the pioneer research of