The 2025 Lemon Creek Wildlife Preserve "Exploration Day" was a fun-filled event with nature walks, informational talks, educational displays, and golf cart tours.
Many local trees were lost during the hurricanes of the past three years. Lemon Bay Conservancy, in partnership with the Florida Forest Service, is happy to help our community in its recovery efforts by distributing 100 native trees to the public, free of charge, as part of Florida Arbor Day, January 17, 2025.
As I write this 40 days after hurricane Milton devastated my home on Manasota Key, FL, the long difficult job of recovery among the human population is well underway but will continue for years. The animals and plants […]
Lemon Creek Wildflower Preserve is closed indefinitely due to extensive flooding from Hurricane Milton storm surge. We will post an update as soon as assessments have been completed and we have determined trail conditions are safe. The Social Birding walk […]
Our thoughts go out to everyone who is suffering from the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene. The recovery from this storm will be a long and difficult challenge. Please stay safe as you work to recover! Like so many locations […]
“What if a Golf Course Were Returned to Nature?” That’s the title of a major feature article on the transformation of Lemon Creek Wildflower Preserve written by Corky Dalton and published in late June 2024 in print and online editions […]
We are pleased to announce that Cyndi Fredricks has joined LBC as our new Office Manager. A native of western New York, Cyndi has lived in Englewood for the past 9 years and prior to that time was a frequent […]
Join us for a free talk on May 8th as University of Florida professor Dr. Mary Lusk discusses how different water sources can influence our coastal water quality. The seminar will cover: Septic systems: Friend or foe? Unveiling the hidden […]
Update: We are delighted to report that all of the 50 free trees that were available for Arbor Day planting have been picked up! If you were no the wait list and did not receive a call, unfortunately we cannot […]
LBC members and your accompanying guests are invited to join our March paddle tours! The tours will be conducted at a moderate pace and take approximately 2-2.5 hours. Please arrive 30 minutes before launch time to register. March 25: 9:30 […]
LBC members and your accompanying guests are invited to join our March paddle tours! All paddle tours will take place on Mondays. They will be conducted at a moderate pace and take approximately 2-2.5 hours. Please arrive 30 minutes before […]
Our Annual Open House at Lemon Creek Wildflower Preserve was held on February 24th. LBC hosted close to 200 visitors at this year’s event, which included walks, talks, and displays by local environmental groups. Attendees stopped by to enjoy […]
Join us for a free talk featuring Dr. Larry Brand, a distinguished researcher and professor at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School, as he discusses “Blooms of Blue-green Algae and Red Tide in South Florida” on Thursday, March 14th at […]
Dive into Lemon Bay! Explore the hidden wonders of our coast at an exclusive open house of the AquaLab at Lemon Bay High School on Friday March 15th with afternoon tours available at 1, 1:30, and 2 PM. AquaLab is […]
LBC is excited to announce our new 2024 Lemon Bay Coastal Seminar Series! LBC member and volunteer Rob Robbins, a marine biologist, has scheduled four outstanding speakers on interesting and important topics related to our beautiful, but fragile, local ecosystems.The […]
On January 8, 2022, the Rookery Island Experiment was initiated on a barren lifeless mound of dirt that was created in the middle of a newly developed pond south of Hope Point. A group of 20 volunteers hauled out and erected […]
We are excited to announce that the new Purple Martin Community is newly established and the “vacancy” sign is now lit for the migrating Purple Martins arriving from Brazil to populate our new 24 gourd rack at Lemon Creek Wildflower […]
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 […]