Lemon BayWatch Guided Paddle Tours For LBC Members These dates mark the beginning of our new guided paddle series. They will be offered November 6th and November 13th, 2023 at Indian Mound Park in Englewood. Launch is scheduled for 9:30 […]
Lemon BayWatch
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!
Volunteer help is needed at LBC for a variety of ongoing projects. The Lemon Baywatch Committee is actively seeking volunteers for the vertical oyster garden and clam restoration projects. We need help soliciting restaurants, picking up oyster shells and […]
The Charlotte Harbor Estuaries Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Network is looking for volunteers to perform water testing at various sites within the Lemon Bay Aquatic Preserve. This monitoring project provides important data to state and local agencies regarding the health […]
Lemon Baywatch Vertical Oyster Gardening Program Sue Wills attended the first Vertical Oyster Garden Alliance […]
On Saturday July 22, 2023, in partnership with Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program, a team of Lemon Bay Conservancy volunteers attended the EarthEcho Water Challenge […]
A group of LBC volunteers recently completed surveying 3 sites in Lemon Bay as part of the growing Eyes on Seagrass program organized by Florida Sea Grant. The program which began in Charlotte County is growing and now spreading among […]
A team of Lemon Bay Conservancy volunteers took to the local waterways last week searching for bivalves in our aquatic backyard. Our Lemon BayWatch objective was to find suitable sites that will support clam habitat. The group scouted the soft […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Lemon BayWatch Committee is joining Keep Charlotte Beautiful and Volunteers of Stump Pass in a beach and water clean-up event on Saturday, April 29th from 8:00 a.m. – 10 a.m. at Stump Pass Beach Park, 900 Gulf Blvd, Englewood. […]
Know the few precautions you should take while enjoying the best Florida has to offer. Check local Fish Advisories and monitor the local shellfish harvesting statuses to get the latest information concerning the health and safety of Florida seafood.
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 […]
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 […]
The Lemon Creek Wildlife Preserve "Open House" was a fun-filled event for more than 250 visitors.
ENGLEWOOD, Fla. - When Hurricane Ian destroyed homes along Florida's gulf coast, all that debris went everywhere, including into the water. In Englewood, scrap metal, parts of roofs and so much more are still visible in the water.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, the focus of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) remains on search and rescue, cleanup, and the safety of Florida’s residents and visitors. The FWC reminds boaters across the state that the […]