3 hours ago by Jessica Meszaros (WUSF)
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The red tide organism, Karenia brevis, is persisting along Southwest Florida’s coast. The toxic algae has made its way up to Manatee County from Collier County.
Red tide blooms have been reported in Sarasota and Charlotte counties this past week. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said in a Friday afternoon update that multiple fish kills in both counties are likely related to the toxic algae.
UpdatedFri, Apr 23, 2021 at 4:22 pm ET
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Healing River Beekeepers in Bradenton has rescued and relocated more than 200 bee colonies. (Tiffany Razzano/Patch)
After rescuing bee swarms from public and private properties, Healing River Beekeepers continues to care for the colonies. They bottle and sell the honey produced by their bees. (Tiffany Razzano/Patch)
Farmers and others who own large properties, mostly around Robinson Preserve in Bradenton, donate space to Healing River Beekeepers for keeping their hives and tending to their bees. (Tiffany Razzano/Patch)
BRADENTON, FL One of David Blinn s least favorite chores as a child in Indiana was helping his father care for the bee colonies on their family farm.
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Salt marshes are among the most productive ecosystems in the world. They create habitat for wildlife, protect shorelines from erosion, reduce flooding, and protect water quality by filtering runoff.
About a dozen volunteers wearing rubber boots and slathered in sunscreen have come to Robinson Preserve along the south shore of the Manatee River in Northeast Bradenton to plant saltmarsh grass
along new areas of tidal basin.
Damon Moore, a Division Manager with Manatee County s Parks & Natural Resources, gathered this crew at a marsh grass nursery created a decade ago at this 600-plus acre park.
The first part of bolstering this important coastal habitat is digging up the cordgrass before transplanting it to bare shoreline elsewhere in the preserve.
Downtown Bradenton restaurants and bars are buzzing as more and more people get vaccinated, get out and get a seat at their favorite places – preferably outdoors to enjoy this ideal spring Florida weather.
For those of us fortunate enough to live in surrounding neighborhoods such as Point Pleasant and the condos lining Riverwalk, it has been joyous to witness business booming after the pandemic crippled the hospitality industry. Of course, it’s not just us locals creating a surge in dining demand.
Unlike anytime I can recall, and I’ve lived here for the better part of two decades, people from Tampa Bay and Sarasota are flocking to downtown Bradenton dining destinations. And there are plenty of out-of-towners, too. They’re filling the adorable Londoner Bed and Breakfast in Point Pleasant, the historic Hampton Inn & Suites just off Old Main Street, the Courtyard by Marriott on the Riverwalk and its newer, sister hotel SpringHill Suites, which is found at the
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