Gulf Oil Spill
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Thank you for your interest in helping our community respond to the oil disaster. As you know, oil from the Deepwater Horizon tragedy is still leaking into the Gulf of Mexico. While we are at no immediate risk of tar balls or an oil slick arriving on the shores of Sarasota County, we are continuing preparations to respond to oil product and injured wildlife if the time comes.
The U.S. Coast Guard is flying daily from our coast and should the oil reach within 90 miles of our shores, volunteers will be called upon to help clean the beach of debris BEFORE the oil arrives. A clean beach is easier to clean. However, we do not want to disrupt our beach habitat before then so please leave natural materials in place unless called upon to volunteer. Always feel free to properly dispose of trash.
If oil begins to appear on our beaches, volunteers will be asked to monitor an area of beach. Volunteers will not be cleaning up oil or handling wildlife. They will be present to let other beachgoers know that the trained oil response teams have been notified and are on the way.
Again, thank you. Together, we are protecting our bays, beaches and barrier islands.
"protecting our bays, beaches and barrier islands"

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Free Fall Family Festival Attracts 1,000 to Nature Preserve in Osprey
The Fall Family Festival welcomed more than 1000 people to Bay Preserve at Osprey for old-fashioned games, live music, nature-based art projects and biology in the bay.
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