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Boca Beacon is the newspaper of Boca Grande/Gasparilla Island, Boca Grande, Florida. Read the latest local news and stories.
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Bocilla Conservancy builds living shoreline on Palm Island??
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (18+ words) Bocilla Conservancy builds living shoreline on Palm Island Boca Beacon Bocilla Conservancy builds living shoreline on Palm Island...
EcoWatch: Battle lines are drawn again... 2026 bear hunt
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (75+ words) EcoWatch: Battle lines are drawn again … 2026 bear hunt Boca Beacon EcoWatch: Battle lines are drawn again … 2026 bear hunt “I am sort of anti-hunting. I don’t put down what anyone wants to do, but it seems to me that killing a…...
Why Whidden???s matters: The landscape of Florida???s seaside
2+ week, 2+ day ago (73+ words) Why Whidden’s matters: The landscape of Florida’s seaside Boca Beacon Why Whidden’s matters: The landscape of Florida’s seaside A notable place is not just a physical building. It is a building connected to a community and a group of people....
Citizens getting wise to hyperscale data centers and Florida
4+ week, 2+ day ago (75+ words) Boca Beacon Citizens getting wise to hyperscale data centers and Florida At a Tuesday evening meeting at the Frances T. Bourne Jacaranda Library in Venice the two meeting rooms are packed. There is hardly a space in the parking lot. The…...
EcoWatch: Animals can not survive without their habitat
4+ week, 2+ day ago (72+ words) Boca Beacon EcoWatch: Animals can not survive without their habitat “If we human beings learn to see the intricacies that bind one part of a natural system to another and then to us, we will no longer argue about the…...
Protecting Charlotte Harbor sharks & large estuary
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (69+ words) Boca Beacon Protecting Charlotte Harbor sharks & large estuary BY BARRIER ISLAND PARKS Editor’s Note: This is one of six weekly wildlife articles submitted by the Barrier Island Parks Society to raise awareness about the issues facing our island communities. This…...
Lee Commissioners approve the purchase of four parcels for Conservation 20/20
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (82+ words) Boca Beacon Lee Commissioners approve the purchase of four parcels for Conservation 20/20 Three parcels are on Pine Island and the fourth is east of Interstate 75 The Lee Board of County Commissioners continued its support of the Conservation 20/20 program on Tuesday…...
EcoWatch: Florida manatee deserves protection of the ESA
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (73+ words) Boca Beacon EcoWatch: Florida manatee deserves protection of the ESA “The manatee’s lament echoes in the deep, a cry for help from the ocean’s keep. Their home under threat, their numbers wane, yet they continue their peaceful reign. A plea…...
Python Challenge win
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (60+ words) Boca Beacon Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and partners announced the results and winners of the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, an event intended to raise awareness about invasive species while engaging the public in Everglades conservation through removal of invasive…...
Storms washing away unhatched eggs, but nesting still remains strong
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (22+ words) Boca Beacon Storms washing away unhatched eggs, but nesting still remains strong...