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Oyster Gardens at Manasota Beach Club

Manasota Beach Club’s oyster garden installation As part of our “One Dock at a Time” campaign to improve water quality, on May 3, 2023, LBC Lemon BayWatch team completed the installation of a vertical oyster garden at the Manasota Beach Club on Manasota […]
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Calling All LBC Citizen Scientists

The Florida Sea Grant program “Eyes On Seagrass” is gearing up for the summer seagrass monitoring period. Volunteers are needed for the important task of observing and documenting seagrass conditions in Charlotte County waters and Lemon Bay. Volunteers and volunteer […]
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Earth Day Oyster Gardeners

On  April 22nd, Lemon BayWatch Committee members Jane Collingwood and Sue Wills presented oyster gardening to attendees at the Earth Day celebration at Cedar Point Environmental Center.  Participants were invited to string oyster shells on marine wire to create vertical […]
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Paddling to the LBC islands

On April 21st, Lemon Bay Conservancy paddlers Charlie Woodruff and Beth McKinley led a tour to Buttonwood and Rookery Islands to visit the first properties to be conserved by LBC over 50 years ago. Paddlers were treated to close-up encounters […]
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Seagrass Monitoring is Underway

The Lemon Bay Conservancy seagrass monitoring teams, LBC SEAGRASS and Happy Manatees 3, have recently completed their spring monitoring assignments. Each team was responsible for monitoring the health of the seagrass at three of six sites in Lemon Bay. The […]
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Earth Day Kayak Ecotour

Calling all LBC Kayakers and Friends! Celebrate an early Earth Day on April 21st with a guided tour to Buttonwood and Rookery Islands — the first properties to be acquired and protected by Lemon Bay Conservancy in 1971. These mangrove […]
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Paddling News 3/27/23

Calling All Kayakers! In partnership with Keep Charlotte Beautiful’s Great American Clean-Up Campaign, Lemon BayWatch Committee members Beth McKinley, Charlie Woodruff and Jayne Dean will be spearheading another kayak clean-up effort this Friday, March 31st at Butterford Waterways Park, 13555 […]
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Wildflower Preserve

Preserve Reopening for LBC Members: January 28

Our LBC volunteers continue to do incredible work on hurricane clean-up at Lemon Creek Wildflower Preserve. While we still have more to do, we are excited to announce that the Preserve is reopening for LBC member access on Saturday, January […]
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Post-Ian Waterways Cleanup

Lemon Baywatch notes:  11/15 Committee members Jane Collingwood, Sue Wills and Hilary Dahms met with members of the Suncoast Waterkeeper and Sarasota Bay Watch on Monday, November 13 at the LBC office on Manor Road, Englewood to survey the area […]
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