Cindy Lane
Sun staff writer and photographer Cindy Lane covers the environment, tourism and Cortez, and is the Sun's digital and social media editor.
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Turtle season soars into record books
ANNA MARIA ISLAND – The 2018 sea turtle season on Anna Maria Island is a record-breaking success, due to the turtles and the volunteers...
Air sampling for red tide toxins
Mote Marine Laboratory scientists and the Florida Department of Health are now taking air samples 8-10 miles from Sarasota County beaches to measure how...
Nesting News
Turtle nests laid: 534 (all-time AMI record)
False crawls: 543
Nests hatched: 447
Not hatched: 87
Nests remaining: 0
Hatchlings hatched: 35,788 (all-time AMI record)
Nest disorientations: 50
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Tourism winter cure campaign set to launch
ANNA MARIA ISLAND - Manatee County’s new tourism marketing campaign will run from November through the winter tourist season to counteract the loss of...
Red tide predictions for weekend: Low
Low concentrations of red tide are predicted in Island waters from Oct. 13-15 by NOAA and the University of South Florida/Florida Fish and Wildlife...
Queen of the night
From a spindly, thorny cactus in Bradenton Beach, this single bloom burst forth last night, Wednesday Oct. 10, after Hurricane Michael sped past Anna...
Hurricane Michael could make red tide better – or worse
Updated Oct. 16 - Hurricane Michael’s violent churning in the Gulf of Mexico could break up the red tide bloom that has affected Southwest...
Michael brushes past Anna Maria Island
Hurricane Michael made landfall at Panama City around 2 p.m. as a category 4 storm with 155 mph winds, and has since dropped to...
Hurricane Michael brushing Anna Maria Island
Updated Oct. 10, 7:30 a.m. - ANNA MARIA ISLAND - Hurricane Michael developed Tuesday night into a category 4 storm with 140 mph winds,...
Red tide continues to lessen
Today’s report from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) shows that red tide decreased in waters off Anna Maria Island during the...
CVB tracks red tide’s influence on tourism
Red tide caused Manatee County to lose 17.5 percent in economic activity in August, according to a report by the Bradenton Area Convention and...
Red tide lessening
Today’s report from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) shows that red tide decreased in waters off Anna Maria Island during the...
New red tide funding for ‘weapons’
CITY ISLAND – Nearly $2.2 million in newly-allocated state funds will be used to develop weapons to fight red tide, not just study it,...
FWC: Red tide up
Today’s report from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) shows that red tide increased in waters off Anna Maria Island during the...
