The trail in environmental stewardship that the Manatee Viewing Center has blazed since 1986 is one that you can enjoy at ground-level. November 1 marks the opening of the center’s coastal habitat trail, a mulched path that winds eight-tenths of a mile through saltern, coastal high marsh and coastal strand habitats. Like the MVC, it’s free to the public and showcases a variety of plant and animal life. And like…
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Tampa’s largest solar installation always tilts toward the sun
Tampa’s largest solar installation is complete. Rated at 23 megawatts, the photovoltaic (PV) array on 106 acres of land near our Big Bend Power Station in Apollo Beach consists of more than 200,000 thin-film solar panels and produces enough sun to power nearly 3,300 homes. The array will provide environmental savings of up to 30,000 tons of carbon dioxide every year – which is the equivalent of removing up to…
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Environmental and community stewardship for TECO on Arbor Day is a tree(t) for students
If you’re looking to celebrate growth, positive possibilities for the future and branching out in life – if you want to mark Florida’s Arbor Day – a school seems like the best place to be. That’s what Tampa Electric team members had in mind when they visited Buckhorn Elementary in Valrico on Jan. 20, Florida’s Arbor Day for 2017. (National Arbor Day this year is April 28.) With 400 Shumard…
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Humming a new tune at Tampa Electric’s Manatee Viewing Center: “Take me out to the rays tank…”
The manatees at Tampa Electric’s world-famous Manatee Viewing Center have some new teammates when it comes to the “inside baseball” successes of environmental stewardship. Ladies and gentlemen, meet your Tampa Bay Rays. We’re not talking about Evan Longoria, Chris Archer, Alex Colome and other names you might recognize. These are the same exact rays – as in marine creatures – that bring fanciful atmosphere to Tropicana Field. And now, for…
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In natural Florida, building a bridge to a better habitat
Where were the volunteers? No sign of them from quiet Dickman Road in Apollo Beach. Did they vanish into the dense Florida wilderness? Pushing through the native scrub, clues were fleeting – signs of footprints, something resembling a trail. Wait. Amid the breeze in the branches and the calls of birds, the sound of conversation arose. Gradually it grew … until suddenly, there they were: Tampa Electric team members and…
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