John Morgan is Sarasota County’s Air and Water Quality supervisor. He said that environmentally friendly fertilizers contain zero nitrogen and zero phosphorus. Excess amounts of these naturally occurring nutrients can create a harmful imbalance when washed away into storm drains and carried to local water bodies. Reducing the amount of nutrients collected by stormwater runoff helps protect natural habitats in area waterways that receive runoff from our stormwater system, Morgan said. We are a growing community, and it will take a community effort to reduce nutrient pollution and continue having healthy waterways, beaches and more.
Red tide algae blooms continue to persist in Southwest Florida. Karenia brevis the scientific name for the red tide organism was detected in 38 samples this week. It was found in background concentrations in Sarasota County and very low concentrations in Charlotte County.
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Protests of Florida law banning transgender girls from playing on school sports teams that align with their gender identity organized by Project Pride SRQ, Stonewall Democrats, PFLAG in Sarasota and Bradenton Tuesday. (Shutterstock)
SARASOTA, FL LGBTQ organizations in Sarasota and Manatee counties are planning Tuesday evening protests of a new bill prohibiting transgender girls in Florida from playing on school sports teams that align with their gender identity.
Project Pride SRQ, the Stonewall Democratic Caucus of Sarasota County, PFLAG Sarasota and Gong Fu Martial Arts have organized two protests to rally against the new law and support transgender student athletes Tuesday at 6 p.m.
Manatee County preserves history with headstone cleaning
Manatee Village grave cleanup By ABC7 Staff | May 13, 2021 at 9:46 PM EDT - Updated May 14 at 6:24 AM
BRADENTON, Fla. (WWSB) - The history of Manatee County lies just off Manatee Avenue and 15th Street. It’s a history the county is hoping to preserve with a program to clean gravestones.
“There are a lot of stories from that, you know, if we didn’t know their names, if we weren’t sure where their graves were, we wouldn’t have those stories,” Rachel DeRosier said.
DeRosier is the event coordinator at Manatee Village Historical Park, an organization that signs volunteers up to clean gravestones at the Manatee Burying Site.