Eva Furner, Lemon Bay Conservancy board member, accepts a donation from Stephanie Chlebowski, owner of Gaspar’s Dive Shop. Stephanie presented the check on behalf of the Englewood Dive Club for use in LBC’s Lemon BayWatch water quality initiatives which include […]
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 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 […]
Lemon Bay Conservancy will hold our Annual Meeting on Monday, January 30th, beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the Cape Haze Community Center located at 155 Spaniards Rd., Cape Haze, FL 33946. After a short business meeting and LBC news updates, […]
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 […]
Our 2020 LBC Newsletter is now available. Articles include: Supporting Our Environment: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow! Utility Terrain Vehicle (UTV) for Preserve Maintenance 2021 Juvenile Tarpon Research A New Nature Wonderland: Lemon Creek Wildflower Preserve “2021 Preserve Management & Improvement” Special […]
Improving Water Quality at Wildflower Preserve In July 2011, Lemon Bay Conservancy volunteers at Wildflower Preserve began testing six freshwater ponds and three locations in Lemon Creek to understand the quality of the water flowing out from the old golf […]
Last year’s extended red tide seriously depleted fish stocks and marine vegetation in our bays and waterways. A non-profit organization called Ocean Habitats builds a product designed to help marine life recover and to improve water quality. Their “mini-reefs” are […]