When it comes to the seagrass beds that stretch across Florida’s largest open-water estuary, there’s some good news and bad news. The good news: For the first time in nearly a decade, Tampa ...

For Michael Rogal, those first few days back on the water after two hurricanes were memorable. The professional Tampa Bay fishing charter captain recalls finding a dumpster wedged deep into a ...

ST. PETERSBURG — Keep Pinellas Beautiful has been awarded the Golden Mangrove Award for its community efforts during the May 16 meeting of the Tampa Bay Estuary Program Policy Board. The board termed ...

Sea oats grow along Tampa Bay. By Seán Kinane/WMNF News (Oct. 2009). “These causeways are impeding circulation and could be contributing to the poor water quality conditions in Old Tampa Bay. And ...

Maya Burke is the science policy coordinator with the Tampa Bay Estuary Program and is co-facilitator of the Tampa Bay Climate Science Advisory Panel. “The Climate Science Advisory Panel first put out ...

according to new research released Monday from the Tampa Bay Estuary Program. “Without sea grass, without good water quality, it’s hurting our pocketbooks, it’s hurting our health ...

The Tampa Bay Estuary Program and Restore America’s Estuaries have awarded a $165,111 grant to New College of Florida to fund shark research being conducted by Dr. Jayne Gardiner, associate ...

“People didn’t swim or fish or want to be near the water,” said Holly Greening, who is the CEO of Tampa Bay Estuary Program. Greening has dedicated her entire career, nearly three ...

"When we see declines in the index…which, like I said, it doesn't happen often, it's usually due to a large-scale disturbance," said Kerry Flaherty-Walia with the Tampa Bay Estuary Program.

And, Tampa Bay is quite the nursery for shark pups ... Blacktip Shark: Blacktip sharks live in coastal waters of ocean shores, bays and estuaries. These sharks average between 5-6 feet in length ...

The majority of the estuary’s overall gains come from Hillsborough Bay, the waterbody just south of downtown Tampa. A species of long and flat seagrass, called shoal grass, is known to have ...