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It was May 2024 when I boarded my very first off-shore boat trip. We were in the Keys and I wanted to experience what such an expedition...

The author, standing on his flooded street in the summer of 2020. On May 22, I despaired at the news that House Republicans had passed...

The column orgininally appeared in The Bradenton Times on April 30, 2025. “All right! You know what that sound means!” Mitch Maley...

Rural Florida is under grave threat from the actions of the Florida Legislature. Photo by Brice Claypoole Below is an illuminating...

I was just eight years old the first time I visited the Celery Fields in 2016. This, I thought, is a magical place!

How did our County Commission come to abandon fair representation? Who should you vote for this year?

When the Last of a Species Breathes No More “When the last individual of a race of living beings breathes no more, another heaven and...

My name is Brice Claypoole. I’m fifteen years old and run the advocacy group Kids for Clean Water. The group was founded in 2020 by me...

I am fifteen years old and live in Manatee County. More than anything, I enjoy exploring our local environment, our land and waters. I...

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An image I took one week ago in my neighborhood: hundreds of fish, dead due to red tide. Florida is famous for water. Our springwater is...

What is the true beauty of Southwest Florida? The thing that has drawn us here? To many it is the nature, the beauty and serenity of our...

In reference to the county and state's recent attack on home rule in attempting to punish AMI for regulating development, please see this...

Photo by Brice Claypoole On January 12, Representative Will Robinson Jr., supported unanimously by our local state legislative...

Decimated mangroves at Aqua by the Bay. Photo credit: Suncoast Waterkeeper Relentless development has long plagued Southwest Florida,...

Muntaka Chasant/Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plastic_Pollution_in_Ghana.jpg “The entire lifecycle of...

Hurricane Ian approaches Florida. The storm would kill around 100 people in the following days. Photo Credit: National Oceanic and...

Gnarled mangrove forests once dominated Florida’s coastlines. Hundreds of herons, egrets, pelicans, and stunning pink roseate spoonbills...

This year I learned to SCUBA dive. I also learned from my dive instructor, Nicole Pelletier, founder of Caribbean Islands Manta...

On March 16, Attorney Edward Vogler on behalf of Medallion Home, Neal Communities, and other developers wrote a public comment to Manatee...