Wildflower Preserve Update. The habitat restoration project at Lemon Bay Conservancy’s Wildflower Preserve is continuing to move ahead. Muddy conditions after recent rains have delayed site work for short periods, but the rains have not caused major delays. In the […]
Wildflower Preserve Restoration Update – Late July 2020 The habitat restoration project at Wildflower Preserve is continuing to progress well. The photo below, taken July 24, 2020, provides a view looking south over the western half of the preserve. The […]
Wildflower Preserve Restoration Update Early July 2020 The Southwest Florida Water Management District and their contractor, Diversified Professional Services, report that the habitat restoration project at Wildflower Preserve is continuing to move ahead on schedule. The aerial photo below (looking northwest) shows […]
Wildflower Preserve Habitat Restoration Project Update. Diversified Professional Services (DPS), Southwest Florida Water Management District’s prime contractor for the habitat restoration project at Wildflower Preserve, reports that work is progressing well. In this recent aerial photo (looking east), preparation work […]
Double Your Donations with the 24-hour Giving Challenge! On April 28 and 29, from noon-to-noon, Lemon Bay Conservancy is joining other area non-profits in the 2020 Giving Challenge sponsored by The Community Foundation of Sarasota County. During this 24-hour online giving event, you […]
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 […]
Environmental Education – Juvenile Tarpon Research Tarpon can live up to 80 years. They start their life many miles off-shore, where adult males and females spawn. After the eggs hatch, the tarpon larvae, looking like minuscule eels, make their way […]
Diversified Professional Services (DPS), the general contractor selected by the Southwest Florida Water Management District, has resumed work on the Wildflower Preserve Restoration Project! Governor DeSantis’ “Safer at Home” executive order allows construction projects to continue during this month’s limited […]
The Giving Challenge is a 24-hour giving event that brings together more than 700 local nonprofit organizations listed on The Giving Partner with their passionate donors and community members to support causes and missions they care about while creating transformative impact. Lemon […]
Tarpon Net Pull 2.15.20 Report: Regarding Ongoing Juvenile Tarpon Protected Habitat Research “Helping Solve the Great Fledgling Tarpon Mystery” by Jim Cooper, President, Lemon Bay Conservancy Saturday, February 15th this winter dawned on a beautiful, sunny morning […]
The Englewood Sun ran a nice article on Lemon Bay Conservancy’s Tarpon Project. Please click the link below for the full Article: https://www.yoursun.com/englewood/baby-tarpon-nurtured-at-wildflower/article_4bcd2bea-58b4-11ea-9640-d3ac1e3dd5f8.html
In late September 2018, we learned of a new and unexpected challenge at Wildflower Preserve in the form of soil contamination issues. We ask your help in addressing this challenge and continuing our important habitat restoration work at the preserve!
Work was suspended on our Wildflower Preserve Habitat Restoration Project in October 2018, when soil tests conducted by the contractor, in preparation for selling excess excavated soil offsite, identified what were believed to be elevated concentrations of arsenic in some […]
In late September 2018, we learned of a new and unexpected challenge at Wildflower Preserve in the form of soil contamination issues. We ask your help in addressing this challenge and continuing our important habitat restoration work at the preserve!
Our Fall 2018 newsletter is now available. Articles include: Inside this Issue 2018 LBC Stem Scholarship Winner Our New Office Manager Take Action for Clean Water Volunteer Profile: John McCurley Wildflower Preserve Restoration Update Toast of the Coast Upcoming Walks […]
On the Wildflower Preserve property, we are lucky to have a large number of native Sabal (aka Cabbage) Palm trees. The Sabal Palm is the state tree of Florida. It is slow growing, but very hardy. When a Sabal Palm […]
Diversified Professional Services, DPS, is the prime contractor for the restoration work currently underway at Wildflower Preserve. Their crew has been actively working over the last few weeks to clear vegetation in the areas of the preserve that will be modified […]
We’re pleased to report that, after several weeks of delay to resolve final permitting issues, restoration work is now in “full swing” at Wildflower Preserve. One of the first project activities has been protecting the onsite gopher tortoises. Gopher tortoises […]
On a beautiful Saturday morning, April 28, 2018, an enthusiastic crowd of Lemon Bay Conservancy supporters gathered at Wildflower Preserve to celebrate the start of the Wetlands Restoration phase of the Wildflower Preserve Habitat Restoration Project. LBC president Jim Cooper […]