Jul 10, 2020 | Bay Mini Grant, Educational Products, Elementary School, Estuarine Habitats, Shorebirds
Flippers and Feathers: Our Beach Friends Forever! Children will discover, through fun drawing and coloring activities, how they can protect nesting sea turtles and shorebirds when they visit the beach. Produced by Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird...
Jul 10, 2020 | Educational Products, Elementary School
Fish Invaders at Gypsy Point This children’s book tells the story of two friends, Katie and George, who discover a strange and unusual fish while snorkeling at Gypsy Point and learn that it is an invasive lionfish that have been released from someone’s...
Jul 8, 2020 | Bay Mini Grant, Invasive Species, Middle School
Invasive Species Teaching Guide Designed for middle-school students, “Intruders in Paradise” contains 12 classroom activities, website references, a master vocabulary list, 29 Fact Sheets about individual invasive plants and animals, and additional...
Jun 26, 2020 | Educational Products, Elementary School, Sea Creatures
A New Home for an Old Friend This children’s book tells a story, in rhyme and illustrations, about a family’s search for a new home for their pet lionfish when a move requires them to empty their aquarium. Get...
Apr 29, 2020 | Be Floridian, Behavior Change, Boating and Fishing, Educational Products, Featured Products, Fertilizer Runoff, High School, Middle School, Stormwater, Water Quality
In Florida, summer rains don’t water fertilizer in — they wash it off our lawns and into our lakes, bays and oceans. The excess nitrogen and phosphorus in the water feeds algae blooms that use up oxygen, kill fish and turn the water the color of pea soup. As more and...
