Add Hillsborough County Commissioners to the ever-growing list of fans of Tampa Electric’s Manatee Viewing Center. When they honored the center with a special commendation to celebrate its 30th anniversary season, they were highlighting something 5 million people from around the world have come to know since 1986: it’s a place like no other. And while the manatees themselves may not be quite as vocal about their love for the…
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Growing season is every season for TECO and FWC as Suncoast Youth Conservation Center debuts in Apollo Beach
From fantasy not so many years ago to fact today and well into the future, the Florida Conservation and Technology Center (FCTC) is growing in Apollo Beach – and excitement is budding with it. The Suncoast Youth Conservation Center is the first Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) facility to open to the public at FCTC. The two-story, 6,000-square-foot building will welcome students and educators from throughout the community…
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A milestone of environmental stewardship expands to 100 acres
Just as Tampa Electric and partners pioneered a unique public-private partnership to restore Newman Branch Creek in Apollo Beach, TECO team members put the metaphorical cherry – native grasses, to be specific – on top. That was the scene on April 5 along a re-channeled estuary that soon will be teeming with fish and plant species that made the creek their home before development decades ago sealed it off from…
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(Mana)tee-minus eight days left and counting until Tampa Electric’s free environmental treasure closes for the season
As the temperature goes up, the season winds down at Tampa Electric’s Manatee Viewing Center – but there’s still time left to experience this unique showcase for natural Florida before its 29th season ends on April 15. And even though the manatees themselves – which arrive at the center by water and, curiously enough, by truck – have mostly left for Florida’s rivers and coastal waters, there’s still plenty to…
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Rocky Balboa comes to Tampa Electric’s Manatee Viewing Center
Like his fictional boxer namesake, Rocky Balboa – Florida manatee – is a fighter: rescued from Rocky Creek on Jan. 29 while suffering from cold stress, the 380-pound mammal regained his strength and health in a matter of days at Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo. And on Feb. 9 he was back in the wild, with Tampa Electric’s Manatee Viewing Center his point of return. Officials with the Florida Fish and…
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