A video posted on Instagram by Wavy Boats claimed to show boaters dumping trash into the ocean during Boca Bash. Photo provided
By Mary Haldky
Boca Bash lived up to its wild reputation this year as the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commis
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Stewards work to return animals to Gumbo Limbo
By Steve Plunkett
Before sea turtles can return to the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, the state says Boca Raton must transfer “ownership or control” of the center’s two multimillion-dollar aquariums to the
The red-eared slider, a semi-aquatic turtle, is the nonnative creature that accounts for most of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s efforts to move exotic pets to adopters in other states. Photo provided
By Arden Moore
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Second fatality in five months and other injuries reflect growing trouble on stretch of waterway plagued by congestion and excessive speeds
By Rich Pollack
It’s happened again.
For more than a decade Highland Beach residents living along the Intra
By Jane Smith
Residents on Palm Trail were successful in getting Delray Beach City Commission support to help them reduce boat speeds on a nearly 1-mile section of the Intracoastal Waterway.
The commission unanimously passed a resolution Feb. 11 that
Waves from boats’ wakes wash over a sea wall and stir up the Intracoastal Waterway in Delray Beach. The city said it would ask the state to consider rising sea levels in setting lower speeds. Some residents have built higher walls but are still conce
Depending on wind and wave conditions, the 1-foot-square red and white diver-down flags can be hard to see. Willie Howard/The Coastal Star
By Willie Howard
Most dive flags towed through the water by snorkelers and scuba divers meet Florida’s minimu
By Mary Hladky
The failure of city and state officials to regulate or control the “wild and overcrowded” Boca Bash boating party last year caused the drowning of Francis Roselin, according to a lawsuit filed Jan. 25 against the city and the Florida F
By Steve Plunkett
The town has joined a growing effort to save sea walls, docks and moored vessels from boats speeding up and down the Intracoastal Waterway.
Gulf Stream resident Robert Souaid asked Town Manager Greg Dunham to write various agencies
Bob Weisblut argues that the proposed U.S. restrictions
on the import and sale of ivory items are too onerous
and will make buying and selling antique pieces, such as this
18th-century Chinese vase, too difficult for legitimate collectors.
Tim Step
New signs that warn boaters of speed limits and note the possible presence of manatees in the Intracoastal Waterway could be months away from being installed.
The Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission has plans for several
