LBC members and friends are invited to join Vertical Oyster Garden team leader Sue Wills and her oyster shell volunteers at 9:00 am. Saturday, February 3, 2024 at Lemon Creek Wildflower Preserve for an informative program on the science of […]
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Please mark your calendars to join us on Thursday, January 25th, as we hold our Annual Meeting and kickoff the 2024 Lemon Bay Coastal Seminar Series with a presentation by Tonya Wiley, from Havenworth Coastal Conservation, on “The Endangered Sawfish of Florida: Past, Present, and […]
You can enjoy this handsome Great Blue Heron at your home for an entire year! Each year since 2008, this statue […]
Free Vertical Oyster Gardens that can help improve water quality in Lemon Bay are now available.
Thank you to Keith and Laurie Farlow for supporting our Vertical Oyster Garden water quality initiative with the placement of VOGs along the Farlows restaurant dock. The oyster gardens join mini-reefs previously placed under the docks to help sustain and […]
Charlotte County staff are hosting a town hall meeting on January 31st . Your input and voice as an individual stakeholder, along with others, has immense power to influence decisions, policies, and initiatives that can spark real change towards cleaner […]
We are excited to announce that the Lemon Bay Conservancy is growing, and we are pleased to invite you to join one or more of our volunteer groups. If you are looking for a rewarding and fulfilling volunteer opportunity, please […]
Be sure to check our website calendar for more details on January programs and events or simply click the links here: Guided Walk On January 5, 2024 Oyster Gardening Workshop January 6, 2024 Butterfly Habitat Walk January 11, 2024 Lemon […]
Eco-kayak tours for Lemon Bay Conservancy members and friends will resume in January. Join paddle team members Charlie Woodruff, Jayne Dean and Beth McKinley as they explore the ecology of Lemon Bay and its fascinating shoreline habitats.Tours will depart […]
Lemon Bay Conservancy is participating in the Charlotte Harbor Estuaries Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Network (CHEVWQMN) that is sponsored by the Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection. Lemon Bay is situated within the Lemon Bay Aquatic Preserve, one of a […]
You can enjoy this handsome Great Blue Heron at your home for an entire year! Each year since 2008, this statue of the Conservancy mascot has been made available to migrate from home to home. Our heron can nest with you […]
The LBC Lemon BayWatch “One Dock at a Time” program to promote vertical oyster gardening is gearing up to begin assembling oyster strands that will be hung from docks on the Lemon Bay waterfront. Oyster team coordinator Sue Wills will […]
Free eco-kayak tours for Lemon Bay Conservancy members will resume in January. Join paddle team members Charlie Woodruff, Jayne Dean and Beth McKinley as they explore the ecology of Lemon Bay and its fascinating shoreline habitats. The next tour […]
Rock Painting Workshop You are invited to join us for a rock garden painting session on Wednesday, December 27, 2023 at 4:00 pm at the outdoor classroom area in the meadow at Lemon Creek Wildflower Preserve. We will provide paint, brushes, some […]
Dr. Bill Dunson is a long-time member of our LBC volunteer family. His volunteer roles include leading guided walks, providing project planning recommendations, and writing “Nature Notes” articles for our website. Bill is Professor Emeritus of Pennsylvania State University […]
As you have seen in past emails and newsletters, and as described in our current news updates, our volunteer run organization is involved in many important environmental projects. We rely on your support to continue our work! If you haven’t […]
As his Eagle Service Project toward attaining the rank of Eagle Scout, James Ash, from Scout Troup 26 in Englewood, placed a turtle basking platform in Hosman Pond at Lemon Creek Wildflower Preserve. The platform allows turtles to climb […]
Lemon Bay Conservancy and select other 2022-23 grant recipients presented their completed projects at the Mangrove Chapter FNPS membership meeting on December 12, 2023, detailing implementation of the awarded grant funds. Lemon Bay Conservancy volunteers Maura Qualls and Ann […]
The latest video installment in our Lemon Creek Wildflower Preserve special interest point series is on freshwater wetland plants. Improving water quality in the wetlands at Lemon Creek Wildflower Preserve was a major objective of the preserve restoration project completed […]
Source: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1232784/full