Sun staff writer/photographer covering the environment, tourism and Cortez.

Coast Lines: Respect the manatee’s river

Cindy Lane - March 5, 2014

There is a good reason for the Manatee River’s name - manatees live there. So do sea turtles – one laid a nest at DeSoto...

The future – a memory?

Cindy Lane - February 22, 2012

CORTEZ – There is less fishing and more preservation in Cortez these days, but the success of an expanding museum complex and environmental preserve...

Climate change in Cortez

Cindy Lane - February 22, 2012

Last in a series of three CORTEZ – If the state would lift the 1995 ban on gill nets, hearts would leap and boats would...

The village that mullet built

Cindy Lane - February 15, 2012

Second in a series of three CORTEZ – The wind is screaming, the Gulf of Mexico is frosted with whitecaps, and it’s so cold the...

Snapshots of Cortez

Cindy Lane - February 8, 2012

CORTEZ – Ask a Cortezian about their village, and stories fly like mullet being tossed into a boat cooler. Here are some snapshots of the...