Offshore powerboat racing’s oldest sanctioning body, Super Boat International, will host its national championships off Clearwater Beach Oct. 2-4. Organizers are billing this as a family-friendly speed fest, with food, entertainment and free fans access to the dry pits all weekend. …
Nine bonnethead sharks and two black tip sharks were found Tuesday morning washed up dead on Sand Dollar Island, a stretch of beach on Marco Island.
Commissioners unanimously voted to oppose any effort to allow exploratory drilling, specifically opposing a bill in the Flortida Legislature that would allow it.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has determined that a 2008 petition seeking revised critical habitat boundaries merits further review.
The plan would phase in up to 140 miles of off-road vehicle trails cutting through 86,000 acres that would be proposed for a wilderness designation by Congress.
