David Tomasko – the new executive director of the Sarasota Bay Estuary Program – said the ... who realized that when he first saw an old Sarasota County map of existing golf courses.

Sarasota Bay encompasses five bay segments spanning Manatee and Sarasota counties. Seagrass is mapped and reported for each bay segment. Click here to view the maps for 2022 and 2024.

Seagrass acreage in Sarasota Bay dropped by 26% from 2016 to 2022, according to the head of the bay’s estuary preservation program. This new information comes from aerial maps the Southwest ...

Every two years, aerial photography missions map the bay and have found consistent ... who also said he hopes that one day Sarasota Bay will “once again be a success story.’’ ...

Bayfront Park sits in the southern half of Sarasota Bay, giving downtown Sarasota a waterfront greenspace for children to play, outdoor lovers to stroll and evening diners to enjoy a sunset after ...

SARASOTA COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — The Sarasota Bay Estuary started the deployment of 24 artificial reefs into Sarasota Bay Tuesday. The reefs are being placed at six sites throughout the bay in ...

On Nov. 15, the second amendment to the partnership agreement between the City of Sarasota and the Bay Park Conservancy (BPC), which oversees operations for The Bay Park, was unanimously approved ...

SARASOTA BAY, Fla. (WFLA) — New fish homes will make a rather big splash in Sarasota Bay on Tuesday. This is great news for the ecosystem and also for recreational fishermen. The new artificial ...