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Tampa flood experts among those worried that national rainfall database won’t be updated

They are calling on federal officials to save Atlas 15, as heated debate on the federal budget continues.

by Laura Cassels and The Florida Trident June 17, 2025July 1, 2025

Florida officials deny permit to drill for oil near the Apalachicola River

Clearwater Land & Minerals Fla. can appeal the final order to the 1st District Court or Appeal.

by Jim Saunders June 17, 2025July 27, 2025

Federal grant will help Tampa Bay’s most vulnerable communities prep for climate change

More than 100 people attended the launch workshop held May 30.

by Vicki Parsons and Bay Soundings June 16, 2025July 24, 2025

‘Make Big Sugar’s Profits Healthy’: Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ contains ugly favor for Florida polluter

The feds already prop up our sugar industry with expensive government subsidies.

by Craig Pittman and Florida Phoenix June 6, 2025July 22, 2025

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to seek endangered status for Florida’s ghost orchid

by News Service of Florida June 4, 2025June 9, 2025

Florida Department of Environmental Protection ask court to halt ruling requiring manatee protections

Requirements include temporarily preventing new septic tanks in the Indian River Lagoon area.

by Jim Saunders and News Service of Florida June 2, 2025July 12, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

Madeira Beach and St. Pete’s hurricane preparedness expos on Saturday will have you ready for the next storm

Don’t blow off your prep.

by Selene San Felice May 28, 2025June 13, 2025

Without fanfare, DeSantis quietly signs proposal barring golf courses, hotels in state parks

While state officials dropped the plan to build in state parks, DeSantis tried to distance himself from it.

by Mitch Perry and Florida Phoenix May 27, 2025June 4, 2025

‘This is a trophy hunt’: Despite pushback, FWC moves closer to allowing Florida’s first bear hunt since 2015

Commissioners will return for a final vote in August.

by Mitch Perry and Florida Phoenix May 22, 2025June 10, 2025

Damon Moore is working to restore the Manatee River, one oyster reef pot at a time

Oyster reefs are considered critical habitat because a single oyster can filter up to 50 gallons of water every day.

by Vicki Parsons and Bay Soundings May 22, 2025August 2, 2025

League of Cities briefs Tampa Bay officials on new hurricane-response legislation

Pinellas County Republican Sen. Nick DiCeglie sponsored SB 180.

by Mitch Perry and Florida Phoenix May 22, 2025July 17, 2025

The State Park Preservation Act has one more stop before DeSantis’ desk

The Florida Senate approved it unanimously.

by Mitch Perry and Florida Phoenix May 1, 2025May 21, 2025

Florida judge recommends against drilling near the Apalachicola River

The drilling site is within the 100-year floodplain of the Apalachicola River basin.

by Mitch Perry and Florida Phoenix April 29, 2025June 17, 2025

Tampa Bay podcast blooms into to nonprofit focused on enhancing ocean education in local schools

‘Ocean Class’ is a pilot program being tested in Hillsborough County schools.

by Vicki Parsons and Bay Soundings April 28, 2025May 27, 2025

Florida springs restoration bill has largely unspoken connection to utilities, but advocates are giving it a thumbs up

HB 691 would allow the creation of a new pipeline project for more than $800 million.

by Noah Bookstein April 22, 2025June 25, 2025

At Hllsborough’s Lake Rogers Park, Sheree L. Greer seeks out beautiful Black nature and the legacies of segregation

‘Lake Legacies, Black and Beautiful’ from Creekshed 2025.

by Sheree L. Greer April 19, 2025July 26, 2025

Historian and author Gary Mormino reflects upon shell middens and Florida foodway

‘Oysters’ from Creekshed 2025/

by Gary R. Mormino April 18, 2025August 4, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

At St. Pete’s Maximo Park, Amanda Hagood reflects on hidden landscapes and aging

‘Maximo Park Picnic’ from Creekshed 2025.

by Amanda Hagood April 18, 2025July 26, 2025

Forty years ago, historian Jack E. Davis water skied St. Pete’s polluted lake Lake Maggiore

‘Crossing the wake’ from Creekshed 2025.

by Jack Davis April 18, 2025August 4, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

In this micro-history with music, Julie Buckner Armstrong crosses Tampa Bay with a civil rights legend

‘Father John Crossing the Gandy’ from Creekshed 2025.

by Julie Armstrong April 18, 2025June 4, 2025