*South Beach renournishment work suspended indefinitely
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 5-30-03

*City (Brunswick) hits shrimp boats with docking fee hike of 1,000 percent
-Coast News, 5-30-03

*Shrimpers in fight for life with city
*Port put in terror shield
*Shrimpers still debating season opening
-Brunswick News, 5-29-03

*Fishing threesome make a Memorial Day catch of 14 dolphin, including 40-pounder
*Souther, Smith and Taft string along 60 fish at the north jetties
-Camden County Tribune and Georgian, 5-30-03

*Pier’s gondola lift remains closed
*Do anglers hate manatees?
-Daytona News Journal, 5-30-03

*A Senate transportation bill that would have doubled the toll charges at the Navarre Beach Bridge has died
-Navarre Press, 5-30-03

*Repairs to the Hunting Island Lighthouse could take some time to fund and complete
-Charleston Post and Courier, 5-29-03

*SIDA seeks follow-up session to unplug South Beach sanding project
-Carolina Morning News, Low Country Now, 5-29-03

*Ship completes first research cruise off Georgia Coast
-Savannah Morning News, 5-29-03

*Sites may hold clues to marsh deterioration
-Brunswick News, 5-29-03

*Georgia Ports joins project for security in commerce
*Scientists now know where Georgia's marsh is dying, but they still can't say why
-Florida Times Union, 5-29-03

*Luxurious new plans, grim street life collide at Daytona’s beachside
-Daytona News Journal, 5-29-03

*Suspected drowning questioned after body still has not surfaced
-Pensacola News Journal, 5-29-03

*The Santa Rosa Island Authority has scheduled its first "Beach Safety Day" May 31
-Pensacola Beach News, 5-29-03

*Yorktown to get repairs, upgrades 
-Charleston Post and Courier, 5-28-03

*Hunting Island Lighthouse could be closed for a long time as park officials make needed repairs to the 128-year-old structure
-Beaufort Gazette, 5-28-03

*Hilton Head dredge project can resume under new rules, town says
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 5-28-03

*After a year, archaeologists fear it could be too late to determine rotting artifact's history on Lady's Island
Carolina Morning News, Low Country Now, 5-28-03

*Louisiana doctor sails to victory in Charleston to Bermuda Races
*Inquest to explore "criminal intent" in island developer's boating death
-Coast News, 5-28-03

*Crews attempt to rescue manatee
*A new Coast Guard unit has been assigned to St. Marys
-Florida Times Union, 5-28-03

*St. Johns County may lose $2,500 because a contract for lifeguard services at Anastasia State Park wasn't signed in time
-St Augustine Record, 5-28-03

*Rare sea turtle stops in Volusia to nest
-Daytona News Journal, 5-28-03

-Sun and surf lovers flock to Dauphin Island
-Dauphin Island Mullet Wrapper, 5-28-03

*Pensacola Bay Area riding the housing boon in 2003
-Pensacola News Journal, 5-28-03

*A lot of garbage will pile up on Holiday Isle beaches if beach cleaners are banned from six waterfront lots
*Destin Log, 5-28-03

*Beaufort has agreed to reduce fees associated with the demolition or rehabilitation of vacant and run-down properties in the Historic District
*Area better prepared for hurricane evacuation
*Bluffton Regatta slated for June 7
-Beaufort Gazette, 5-27-03

*Editorial: Officials need help planning for natural disasters
-Carolina Morning News, Low Country Now, 5-27-03

*Researchers track marsh die-back
-Savannah Morning News, 5-27-03

*Lifeguards at ready to protect swimmers' safety
-Brunswick News, 5-26-03

*Hundreds of boaters protest manatee slow-speed zone
-Florida Times Union, 5-27-03

*State group to decide future of manatees this week
-Daytona News Journal, 5-27-03

*DHEC surf program could get $300,000
*Swimmers make better time over longer course
-Charleston Post and Courier, 5-25-03

*Coast Guard enforcing new boating regulations
*Gullah Festival draws to a close
-Beaufort Gazette, 5-26-03

*A project to convert about 100 acres of Fernandina Beach wetlands back to their original salt marsh state will begin soon
-Fernandina News-Leader, 5-26-03

*Tourists' memories marred by drownings
-Pensacola News Journal, 5-26-3

*Weeds ease their chokehold on Wakulla River
-Tallahassee Democrat, 5-26-03

*The course for Saturday's 2.4-mile open water swim in Charleston Harbor was slightly longer than least year's
-Charleston Post and Courier, 5-25-03

*Study to reveal much about coastal habitats
*Local builders turning to island opportunities
*Proposed Cane Island bridge stirs opposition
-Beaufort Gazette, 5-25-03

*Guard urges boating safety
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 5-25-03

*HILTON HEAD/TYBEE ISLANDS: Each beach offers unique fun, food and shopping
*Letter to the Editor: Joint port authority would benefit S.C. and Ga.
-Carolina Morning News, Low Country Now, 5-25-03

*Coast Guard charges captain in tour boat sinking
-Florida Times Union, 5-25-03

*Beach driving’s fate up for debate
-Daytona News Journal, 5-25-03

*PENSACOLA BAY WATERSHED COMMUNITY WEB SITE
*Early Memorial Day crowds smaller than usual
*Beach safety tips
*Beach bound? Cure boredom by diving into new activities
-Pensacola News Journal, 5-25-03

*Insects leave trees bare in coastal swamps
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 5-24-02

*Second St. Simons pier still afloat
*Officials eye area's hurricane response
-Brunswick News, 5-23-03

*Security, business outlook worry seafarers
*Navy team rescues ailing fisherman
*Florida Times Union, 5-24-03

*Purchase of 8,465 pristine acres north of Faver-Dykes State Park creates a 16,000-acre preserve along the Intracoastal Waterway of undisturbed marshfront land
-St Augustine Record, 5-24-03

*Officials: Drunken boating can get you in over your head
*Research could help tame danger of rip currents
-Daytona News Journal, 5-24-04

*Despite beach campaign, many are colorblind to surf alerts
*Doctor missing in boat mishap
-Pensacola News Journal, 5-24-03

*Area ranked among nation’s holiday hot spots
-Northwest Florida Daily News, 5-23-03

*State: Seventy-five percent of spoil ended up in sound
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 5-23-03

*Crabber admits to tampering with more traps
*200 expected to challenge harbor waters in Lowcountry Splash
-Charleston Post and Courier, 5-23-03

*The lighthouse at Hunting Island State Park is closed while work is done to fix some structural problems
*Man pleads guilty to tampering with crab traps
*Gullah Festival under way in Beaufort's Waterfront Park
-Carolina Morning News, Low Country Now, 5-23-03

*Annual celebration commemorates historic sailing of SS Savannah in 1819
-Savannah Morning News, 5-23-03

*Tourist season hits St Simons Island with full force
-Brunswick News, 5-22-03

*A unit of the U.S. Coast Guard will be making St. Marys their new home as early as September
-Camden County Tribune, 5-23-03

*Research could help tame danger of rip currents
*Alligator at Panhandle beach eludes capture
-Daytona News Jounral, 5-23-03

*Beach ready for hordes of holiday visitors
-Pensacola News Journal, 5-23-03

*CIP wins round in port battle
-Charleston Post and Courier, 5-22-03

*Memorial Day weekend means the Town of Hilton Head Island's regulation prohibiting animals on the beach during the day goes into effect
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 5-22-03

*Commission approves Boardwalk redevelopment
-Daytona News Journal, 5-22-03

*Keep belongings safe at beach with new 'waterproof pocket'
-Daytona News Journal, 5-22-03

*The 128-year-old Hunting Island Lighthouse has been closed while work is done to preserve the historic structure
-Beaufort Gazette, 5-21-03

*Dredge permit may have been violated
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 5-21-03

*Town halts South Beach sanding project
-Carolina Morning News, Low Country NOw, 5-21-03

*Shrimpers set to go
-Brunswick News, 5-20-03

*The downtown waterfront theater may be demolished, but that won't keep drama out of St. Marys
-Florida Times Union, 5-21-03

*St. Johns County Pier compromise between fishermen and surfers
-St Augustine Record, 5-21-03

*Flagler Beach to investigate surfers’ complaints
*Six butchered turtles found on Panhandle beaches
-Daytona News Journal, 5-21-03

*State wants year-round ferry to Fort Morgan
-Dauphin Island Mullet Wrapper, 5-21-03

*Two sea turtles back in swim after a little TLC
-Charleston Post and Courier, 5-20-03

*State wants uniform beach water monitoring
-Beaufort Gazette, 5-20-03

*SIDA pulls plug on creek dredging
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 5-20-03

*Corrigan: Safe Boating Week gets swamped by rude behavior
*Six to nine hurricane predicted during upcoming Atlantic season
-Savannah Morning News, 5-20-03

*Team Tybee captures 500-mile catamaran race
-Coast News, 5-20-03

*Blue crabs get disaster status
-Florida Times Union, 5-20-03

*New anti-terror rules could bring unreasonable costs and mean delays for family-owned ferries, sightseeing cruise lines and riverboat casinos and perhaps drive smaller companies out of business, maritime industry officials say
*Race under way to protect underwater archaeological sites
-St Augustine Record, 5-20-03

*Shark finning grows along with taste for pricey soup
-Daytona News Journal, 5-20-03

*Archeologists dig for answers at Wynnhaven Beach
-Northwest Florida Daily News, 5-19-03

*Winter weather could hurt shrimping season
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 5-19-03

*State DNR and U.S. Coast Guard officials ready for the annual rush to waterways
-Carolina Morning News, 5-19-03

*Study: Florida beaches the national leader in cleanliness
-Florida Times Union, 5-19-03

*A rare World War II watchtower could tumble into the sea if it isn’t stabilized soon
-Daytona News Journal, 5-19-03

*Boats under way in Charleston to Bermuda Race
*Isle of Palms, one of the cleanest beaches in the nation
-Charleston Post and Courier, 5-18-03

*Commercial crabbers can’t agree whether to blame the drought or themselves for species’ decline
-Daytona News Journal, 5-18-03

*Hunley team keeps digging for answers
*Charleston-to-Bermuda Race
-Charleston Post and Courier, 5-17-03

*Hurricane plan changed by deployments
-Beaufort Gazette, 5-17-03

*Agencies outline conditions for dredging project
-Systems upgraded for hurricane season
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 5-17-04

*Hurricane season could be busy
-Carolina Morning News, Low Country Now, 5-17-03

*New signs along the beach will warn swimmers if weekly water testing shows a possible health risk
-Savannah Morning News, 5-17-03

*Ex-seaman wants history to live on
-Beaufort Gazette, 5-16-03

*Cruise impact could be huge in Jacksonville
-Florida Times Union, 5-17-03

*Some Alabama waters close to shrimping
-Dauphin Island Mullet Wrapper, 5-17-03

*Rip current claims life of beach goer
-Navarre Press, 5-16-03

*Settlement is met over bridge
-Northwest Florida Daily News, 5-16-03

*A written policy stipulating how and where licensed beach services will be allowed to locate rental chairs, sunshade umbrellas, and storage sheds on public beach lands.
-Pensacola Beach News, 5-16-03

*Shark bite near inlet area’s 7th
*Cabinet gives preliminary OK to beach project for Fort Lauderdale and Pompano Beach
*State, feds, St. Joe plan to protect Panhandle wetlands
-Daytona News Journal, 5-16-03

*More people die every year from rip currents than all other weather - related deaths
-St Augustine Record, 5-16-03

*Wider manatee zones draw opposition
-Florida Times Union, 5-16-03

*Brunswick area rivers contain too much deadly toxin, group says
*Senator leading effort to cap property taxes on South Carolina boats says measure would help waterways lovers and local governments by increasing state revenues
-Coast News, 5-16-03

*Kayaker discovers ancient canoe in May River
*Letter to the Editor: Dredging claims called into question
-Carolina Morning News, Low Country Now, 516-03

*Jasper port hearing set for June
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 5-16-03

*Sinking boat wins race against time
*Irish community welcomes famine ship Jeanie Johnston
-Charleston Post and Courier, 5-16-03

*Turtle Patrol fundraiser
-Port St Joe Star, 5-15-03

*Daufuskie Islanders will have to register golf carts
-Beaufort Gazette, 5-15-03

*State officials said Wednesday that the South Island Dredging Association violated its state permit based on preliminary examinations of the water in Calibogue Sound
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 5-15-03

*South Beach sanding project starts
-Carolina Morning News, Low Country Now, 5-15-03

*Study shows oceans losing giant fish at alarming rates
-Coast News, 5-15-03

*Area's toxaphene levels in fish remain murky
-Brunswick News, 5-14-03

*Tall ships arrive for festival
-Florida Times Union, 5-15-03

*A Street beach entrance ramp reopens
-St Augustine Record, 5-15-03

*OCRM issues dredging stop order
*Marines rescue stranded kayakers
*Voices of Carolina: Dredging: Turbid waters, cloudy issues
-Carolina Morning News, Low Country Now, 5-14-03

-Fendig wants a second, non-fishing pier (St Simons)
-Brunswick News, 5-13-03

*Opponents to debate wider manatee zones
*State manatee hearings begin in Fort Myers
-Florida Times Union, 5-14-03

*New plan would add pier to city’s redevelopment list
-Daytona News Journal, 5-14-03

*Walton County to add more warning flags to beaches
-Destin Log, 5-14-03

*Campaign begins to protect Civil War battle sites
-Charleston Post and Courier, 5-12-03

*Officials request dredge reports
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 5-13-03

*Oyster shell drive reflects Bluffton history, environment
*Loggerheads start nesting early
*A Sea Pines dredging operation expects to start pumping a slurry of sand and water onto an eroding section of South Beach
*Editorial: Visitors, residents can help loggerheads live
-Carolina Morning News, Low Country Now, 5-13-03

*Jasper administrator passionate about bringing in port
-Savannah Morning News, 5-13-03

*Legislation (South Carolina) would freeze property taxes on boats at no more than $5K yearly
-Coast News, 5-13-03

*Hurricane drills to help emergency services prepare
-St Augustine Record, 5-13-03

*An Alabama 15 year old may have become the fourth drowning victim along area beaches over the past weekend
*The S.S. Stuyvesant sand barge, mother ship to the beach renourishmnt project, has been temporarily idled
-Pensacola Beach News, 5-13-03

*Beach quiet after rash of drownings
-Pensacola News Journal, 5-13-03

*Port Royal Plantation's groin project will be argued before the state Supreme Court on Wednesday
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 5-12-03

*New manatee zones (Tomoka River) disturb some
-Daytona News Journal, 5-12-03

*Man vs. mosquito: Sprays just a start
-Missing teen feared drowned
-Daytona News Journal, 5-12-03

*Letter to the Editor: Sediment dumped into Calibogue Sound cannot escape
-Carolina Morning News, Low Country Now, 5-11-03

*Crews clean dredge foam off beaches
-Fernandina Beaches Leader, 5-11-03

*Two men apparently drown along stretch of Gulf
-Florida Times Union, 5-11-03

*It's time once again to beware of alligators
-St Augustine Record, 5-11-03

*Palafox Pier filling up
-Pensacola News Journal, 5-11-03

*Beach owners to beach cleaners: Get off!
*Fishing Tales: Surf fishing's for the savvy
-Destin Log, 5-10-03

*Charter boat check turns up illegal fish
*Signs point to low roe shrimp harvest
-Charleston Post and Courier, 5-9-03

*Early loggerhead nest doesn't mean more turtles
-Beaufort Gazette, 5-10-03

*Dredging shutdown still allows beach sanding
-Carolina Morning News, Low Country Now, 5-10-03

*Tybee braces for second wave of Orange Crush
*High flow in Savannah River is expected
-Savannah Morning News, 5-10-03

*Drive hopes to give local (shrimp) catch pizzazz
-Beaufort Gazette, 5-09-03

*Developer sentenced to 80 years in drunken boating collision
-Florida Times Union, 5-10-03

*Surfer tries to rebuild life after nearly losing hand
-Daytona News Journal, 5-10-09

*Navarre surf claims man in "vicious undertow" at Navarre Beach
-Pensacola News Journal, 8-10-03

*Safeguards for the seabirds
-Charleston Post and Courier, 5-8-02

*Federal officials have halted a Sea Pines dredging project while they investigate complaints that too much dredged muck has ended up in Calibogue Sound instead
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 5-9-03

*Lighting ordinances protect nesting loggerhead sea turtles
*Government planner touts Jasper port
-Carolina Morning Newws, Low Country Now, 5-9-03

*Treasure-hunting buffs gather on the beach
-Daytona News Journal, 5-9-03

*Boater feared dead after falling overboard, tug boat operators come close to saving victim
-Pensacola News Journal, 5-9-03

*Plans to introduce federal legislation that would allow Navarre Beach leaseholders the option of becoming deed holders
*Beach Safety, Traffic Top SRIS Meeting
-Pensacola Beach News, 5-9-03

*Symphony by the Sea at the Beach
-Navarre Press, 5-9-03

*Destin Fishing Museum asks city for home
-Destin Log, 5-8-03

*It's Snapper Time
*St. Joseph Bay Cleanup and Kayak Fest is Saturday
-Port St Joe Star, 5-8-03

*Budget axe spares aquaculture
-Apalachicola Times, 5-8-03

*Stink raised over oyster shells
-Carolina Morning News, Low Country Now, 5-8-03

*Threatened loggerheads return to Georgia beaches
-Florida Times Union, 5-8-03

*Rare Kemp's ridley sea turtles released off Anastasia State Park
-St Augustine Record, 5-7-03

*Dune protection order requires wooden walkovers
*Surfer steps on shark, suffers 3-4 bites, severed tendons
*Boardwalk-area redevelopment rejuvenated by settlement
-Daytona News Journal, 5-8-03

*Efforts continue to rebuild Dauphin Island's battered berm
-Dauphin Island Mullet Wrapper, 5-8-03

*Blue crab pinch may soon be over
-Charleston Post and Courier, 5-7-03

*About half of Hilton Head Island's upcoming beach nourishment project could be completed in the winter
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 5-7-03

*Voices of Carolina: Dredging group attempts 'end run'
-Carolina Morning News, Low Country Now 5-7-03

*MPC recommends reinstating greenspace standard on islands
-Savannah Morning News, 5-7-03

*"Outsiders" enter Calibogue Sound dredge controversy
*Popular Beaufort, S.C. cruising boater destination to get $4 million in work; marina buildings won't be torn down
*Intracoastal boating traffic falls as recession reaches waterway
-Coast News, 5-7-03

*Voters may get to offer opinions on beach nourishment plans
*Crabbers to get millions in assistance
-Brunswick News, 5-6-03

*Baltimore schooner to visit Charleston
-Charleston Post and Courier, 5-6-03

*Second dredge bill submitted
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 5-6-03

*Bluffton-specific homes prove popular on Tybee Island
*Bremer: Jasper port an idea whose time has come
*Harrell: A stormy memory of Haig Point lighthouse
-Carolina Morning News, Low Country Now, 5-6-03

*Following a tame and controlled party on Saturday, officials unsure about a sequel this weekend
-Savannah Morning News, 5-6-03

*The Brunswick News Police have recovered the body of a man believed to have plunged to his death from the top of the new 185-foot high Sidney Lanier Bridge Sunday night
-Brunswick News, 5-5-03

*Delaney, others to break ground on new Jacksonville Beach pier
-Florida Times Union, 5-6-03

*U.S. agency declines to ease manatee kill rule
-Daytona News Journal, 5-6-03

*Control mosquitoes, or conserve wildlife?
Nation Review Online, 5-5-03

*Castle Pinckney awaits fortifications
-Charleston Post and Courier, 5-5-03

*Herbkersman: Dredging bill is a vampire
-Carolina Morning News, Low Country Now, 5-5-03

*Threatened loggerhead turtles hit Georgia's beaches now through August
-Savannah Morning News, 5-5-03

*Area waters closed to oyster harvesting
-Dauphin Island Mullet Wrapper, 5-5-03

*Santa Rosa growing by leaps and bounds
*Thousands chomp, suck, slurp way through tons of crawfish at fiesta
-Pensacola News Journal, 5-5-03

*Voices: Dredging a solution to troubled waters
-Carolina Morning News, 5-4-03

*Savannah-Ogeechee Canal unveils new plaque, plans for future revitalization
-Savannah Morning News, 5-4-03

*Contractor readies for South Beach sanding project
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 5-3-03

*Jasper port hearing date a moving target
-Carolina Morning News, 5-3-03

*Georgia coast eyed as future water supply for Atlanta
-Savannah Morning News, 5-3-03

*Durango paper mill sought for fuel plant
-Florida Times Union, 5-3-03

*Corps of Engineers to fix new boat ramp
-Ponte Vedra Beaches Leader, 5-2-03

*Rules on ’incidental taking’ of manatees relaxed
-Daytona News Jounral, 5-3-03

*PANACEA BLUE CRAB FESTIVAL All hail a gulf delicacy, a way of life
-Tallahassee Democrat, 5-3-03

*Jasper port's fate again delayed
-Beaufort Gazette, 5-2-03

*Oyster harvesting season produces good catch
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 5-2-03

*State delays port hearing four months
-Carolina Morning News, Lowcountry Now, 5-2-03

*Towboat operator awaiting sentence on manatee zone speed charge
-Florida Times Union, 5-2-03

*Outlook: Mosquitoes could return with a vengeance
-Daytona News Journal 5-2-03

*Keeping watch: Beach vendors on front lines
-Destin Log, 4-30-03

*Have You Seen Any Horseshoe Crabs Lately?
-Florida Marine Research Institute, 5-1-03

*Shelling out help for oysters
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 5-1-03

*Boaters passing beneath the J. Wilton Graves Bridge to Hilton Head Island are being warned to use caution after a barge struck pilings that act as fenders for the bridge supports
-Carolina Morning News, Low Country Now, 5-1-03

*Replica of famine ship to visit Savannah
-Savannah Morning News, 5-1-03

*Two sick after consuming puffer fish
-Florida Times Union, 5-1-03

*Rough start to sea turtle nesting season
*Lagoon research reveals sea turtle trends
*Endangered sea turtles set nest record
*Nesting season reignites feud
*Manatee report: Extinction possible without boater regulation
-Daytona News Journal, 5-1-03

*Bigger beach boardwalk proposed
-Pensacola News Journal, 5-1-03

*Messy monitoring tracks environmental progress (Callawassie Island)
-Carolina Morning News, Low Country Now, 4-30-03

*Despite economy, port keeps growing
-Brunswick News, 4-29-03

*Crawfish festival draws crowd from near and far
-Camden County Tribune and Georgian, 4-30-03

*Summer's officially here: Crowds welcome opening of the beaches
-Florida Times Union, 4-30-03

*Ormond's ambitious 'senior spring break' starts Friday
*Residents back quick fix for eroded beaches
*Public input sought on beach erosion
-Daytona News Journal, 4-30-0

*Turtle season crawls near
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 4-29-03

*Hurricane center extending forecasts
-Florida Times Union, 4-29-03

*New reefs to offer more offshore recreation
-Pensacola News Journal, 4-28-03

*2 reports on oceans, coastlines awaited
-Charleston Post and Courier, 4-28-03

*Campaign promotes sun safety
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 4-28-03

*Herbkersman: Wetlands protection comes to the forefront
-Carolina Morning News, Low Country Now, 4-28-03

*Some Tybee property owners say rental season getting off to a slow start
-Savannah Morning News, 4-28-03

*Jekyll event to finance turtle rehab
*At least 14 boaters saved in Florida waters over weekend
-Florida Times Union, 4-28-03

*Tropical catfish causes rift along St. Johns river
*Officials believe shark bites will slow down
-Daytona News Journal, 4-28-03

*Mullet Toss crowd tips scales
-Pensacola News Journal, 4-28-03

*Efforts to defend dunes take root
-Charleston Post and Courier, 4-27-03

*Third quarter numbers show Georgia Ports Authority heading for another record-breaking year
-Savannah Morning News, 4-27-03

*Old Sydney Lanier Bridge cut, floated away
*Out with the Old - Mechanical lift span severed from old bridge
-Brunswick News, 4-26-03

*Jacksonville shrimp boat rescued
-St Augustine Record, 4-27-03

*Tourism on a Treadmill: Decay taints beachside future
*Getting close, personal with Mosquito Lagoon
*Blue crab population melts away, but why?
-Daytona News Journal, 4-27-03

*3 rescued after boat sinks
-Pensacola News Journal, 4-27-03

*Bridge fishing has its followers
-Destin Log, 4-26-03

*Private docks built along coastal waterways would be exempt from the 33-year-old Coastal Marshlands Protection Act under a bill given final approval Friday by the General Assembly.
-Savannah Morning News, 4-26-03

*Riverfront claims another shrimp boat
-Coast News, 4-26-03

*River has new resident: shrimp boat, contents submerge
-Beaufort Gazette, 4-26-03

*Now, a group in Georgia is trying to come up with a plan to preserve the Gullah/Geechee culture and to entice those who have taken up with the modern world to return home
-Brunswick News, 4-25-03

*Riptides pose early threat to swimmers
-Fernandina Beach News Leader, 4-23-03

*The old Sidney Lanier Bridge is officially out with yesterday's removal of the 250-foot-wide center lift span
*Beach Boys coming to Jekyll Island fete
-Florida Times Union, 4-26-03

*Public oyster reefs open only three days over three months
-Dauphin Mullet Wrapper, 4-26-03

*County Endorses Navarre Beach Renourishment
-Pensacola Beach News, 4-25-03

*Beach officials to stay on alert for dangerous surf conditions
-Pensacola News Journal, 4-26-03

*Sullivans Island's eight-year problem with "red water" could be solved by replacing several miles of unlined, cast-iron pipe with modern plastic pipe
-Charleston Post and Courier, 4-25-03

*Edgar Glenn boat dock closes
*Ordinance protects endangered sea turtles
-Beaufort Gazette, 4-25-03

*Builder closes boat landing without warning
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 4-26-03

*Group hopes to interview ex-shipyard (Liberty Ships) workers
-Brunswick News, 4-25-03

*New Palm Valley boat ramp flawed
-Ponte Vedra Beaches Leader, 4-25-03

*Rough surf to batter beach today
*Santa Rosa to apply for beach funding
-Pensacola News Journal, 4-25-03

*Beach Driving, WindMark, and Gulf to Bay Highway Top Commission Agenda
-Port St Joe Star, 4-24-03

*16 boats register for Charleston to Bermuda Race
-Coast News, 4-24-03

*Big on shrimp: Isle of Eight Flags Shrimp Festival. This year's festival begins at 6 p.m. May 1
-Florida Times Union, 4-24-03

*Sick sea birds washing ashore
-St Augustine Record, 4-24-03

*Mobile man rescues eight from Gulf waters
-Dauphin Island Mullet Wrapper, 4-24-03

*Pensacola Beach plans to boost lifeguard staff
-Pensacola News Journal, 4-24-03

*Hunting Island beach continues erosion battle
-Beaufort Gazette, 4-23-03

*Georgia politician backs Jasper port
-Carolina Morning News, Low Country News, 4-23-03

*Lifesaving group renews Santa Rosa Island criticism
*Surf’s up - really: Wave riders have swell time
-Daytona News Journal, 4-23-03

*Builders plant grassbeds in bay restoration effort
*County considers tax to fund Navarre Beach restoration
-Pensacola News Journal, 4-23-03

*Junior Lifeguard Program Begins
-Pensacola Beach News, 4-23-03

*State to buy Tate's Hell land
-Tallahassee Democrat, 4-23-03

*City opens stretch of riverfront walkway
*Blaze destroys dream home Man spent 13 years building house on rustic Goat Island
-Charleston Post and Courier, 4-22-03

*Officials to clamp down on boating violations
-Beaufort Gazette, 4-22-03

*Two surfers bitten by sharks in separate Monday incidents
-Florida Times Union, 4-22-03

*IMW Opens Its 2003 Tropical Weather Information Page
-Dauphin Island Mullet Wrapper, 4-22-03

*Lifeguard coverage criticized: Area officials are not doing enough to prevent drownings at the beach
-Pensacola News Journal, 4-22-03

*Baby dolphin born at Gulfarium
-Northwest Florida Daily News, 4-22-03

*Plan seeks to protect upper stretches of Ashley River
-Charleston Post and Courier, 4-21-03

*Town officials unhappy with marina
-Beaufort Gazette, 4-21-03

*ONE OF US: Former disc jockey now sails through life
-Florida Times Union, 4-21-03

*New York man dies after boat capsizes north of West Palm Beach
*Surfer bitten by shark in Brevard County
-Florida Times Union, 4-21-03

*Shark nips another person in Volusia
-Daytona News Journal, 4-21-03

*Legislators take on joint port authority
-Beaufort Gazette, 4-20-03

*Biologists: Artificial reefs important as natural ones die
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 4-20-03

*Duval lifts beach advisory after bacteria levels recede
-Florida Times Union, 4-20-03

*Sanford boy suffers small shark bite
-Daytona News Journal, 4-20-03

*Homeland security proposal may not sit well with anglers
-Dauphin Island Mullet Wrapper, 4-20-03

*Pier is ultimate cobia tower
*Destin Log, 4-19-03

*Hunting Island beaches still fastest eroding
-Beaufort Gazette, 4-19-03

*Hilton Head Island's beaches in good shape after mild year
*Town will be able to pay for beach nourishment
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 4-19-03

*Bacteria triggers 2 swim advisories
-Florida Times Union, 4-19-03

*Boy suffers shark bite near Patrick AFB’s north beach
*Manatee status to be considered in May conference
*Scientists get to the bottom of ’black water’ in Gulf
-Daytona News Journal, 4-19-03

*Man dies after rescuing his children from Gulf off Dauphin Island
-Dauphin Island Mullet Wrapper, 4-18-02

*Waves of visitors likely at beaches
-Pensacola News Journal, 4-19-03

*Hilton Head driving tips
-Carolina Morning News, 4-18-03

*Marinas seek permit to dump spoil in pristine Calibogue Sound
-Coast News, 4-18-03

*Boat-race organizer grumbles about city support
*Major sea search in Atlantic turns out to be turtle
-Daytona News Journal, 4-18-03

*St. Joseph Bay Cleanup and Kayak Festival is Sat. May 10
-Port St Joe Star, 4-17-03

*Duplexes are no longer allowed at Pawleys Island
*Environmentalists say they're ready to fight plans to build a bridge that would link the Grand Strand with the rural areas across the Waccamaw River
-Coastal Observer, 4-17-03

*Dredging forum to be held for public
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 4-17-03

*Tybee 500 steps in where Worrell stepped out:  The Tybee 500 is set for take-off May 12 for any sailor with the $500 entry fee and an 18-by-20 foot catamaran
-Coast News, 4-17-03

*Red tide suspected of killing 60 manatees in southwest Florida
-Florida Times Union, 4-17-03

*Mosquito control bugging Escambia
-Pensacola News Journal, 4-17-03

*Beaufort County officials want to demolish the damaged Broad River fishing pier
-Beaufort Gazette, 4-16-03

*Neighbors: Time for a visit to the beach
*Prep students learn about Gullah culture
-Carolina Morning News, 4-16-03

*Bug fight warrants assistance: Locals asked to help thwart mosquitoes
-Beaufort Gazette, 4-15-03

*Surfer bitten by shark off Cocoa Beach
*Study: Marine training won’t hurt Panhandle environment
-Daytona News Jounrla, 4-16-03

*'Mr. Yorktown' honored for service
-Charleston Post and Courier, 4-15-03

*The National Park Service is finishing a $250,000 repair job to ensure that the preserved ruin of Fort Sumter
-Charleston Post and Courier, 4-14-03

*Washers give Hunting Island Lighthouse a bath
-Beaufort Gazette, 4-15-03

*See a manatee?
-Savannah Morning News, 4-15-03

*Ministries share blessing of surf
-Florida Times Union, 4-15-03

*Indian River Lagoon system a bull shark nursery
*Daytona ready to act on Boardwalk proposal
-Daytona News Journal, 4-15-03

*Santa Rosa touts area for fall tourism
-Pensacola news Journal, 4-15-03

*DNR wants help determining where manatees roam in Georgia
-Savannah Morning News, 4-14-03

*Tour boats may ply Dismal
-Coast News, 4-14-02

*Fleet blessing draws hundreds to river
*Redfish tournament photo gallery
-Florida Times Union, 4-14-03

*Ponce Inlet water taxi plan still afloat
-Daytona News Journal, 4-14-03

*Boat racer killed in crash off Daytona Beach
*Eyes Underground: Cave diving a lifelong passion
*Mapping plan aims to locate new springs
-Daytona News Journal, 4-13-03

*Pensacola Beach stresses safe summer: Deadly past seasons spur plans to boost lifeguards, surf warnings
-Pensacola News Journal, 4-13-03

*County commissioners approve beach activities ordinance
-Walton Sun, 4-12-03

*Red tide's not a new phenomenon: Reports of massive fish kills reportedly linked to something akin to red tide date to the 1530s
-Destin Log, 4-12-03

*Re-enactors mark Ft. Sumter attack
-Charleston Post and Courier. 4-12-03

*Public outcry halts dredge spoil rules
-Beaufort Gazette, 4-12-03

*Sandbar created by dredging project
*Board upholds Daufuskie Island lock-harbor marina permit
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 4-12-03

*S.C. agency backs port commission
-Carolina Morning News, Low Country Now, 4-12-03

*Settlement ends ugly height-restriction battle in Ponce Inlet
*Researchers in quandary over marine animals’ distress
*Recruiting right whale watchers
-Daytona News Journal, 4-12-03

*Group hopes stamp aids its effort to save Morris Island Lighthouse
-Charleston Post and Courier, 4-11-03

*Horses cause stink in downtown historic district
*Beaufort officials say a review of the rules regulating tour group operations in the city's historic district could alleviate some of the tension
-Beaufort Gazette, 4-11-03

*Senator challenges dredge bill
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 4-11-03

*Interstate port authority proposed
*Editorial: Port legislation worth a shot
-Carolina Morning News, Low Country, 4-11-03

*Darien: Blocked access road freezes out shrimpers
-Brunswick News, 4-10-03

*Florida gets assurance gulf drilling moratorium to remain
-Daytona News Journal, 4-11-03

*Commissioners discuss pier and budget
-Navarre Press, 4-11-03

*Cutter's crew busy protecting port
*Heavy rains force closure of conditional shellfish beds
-Charleston Post and Courier, 4-10-03

*Legislation designed to protect charter captains fails in House
-Coast News, 4-10-03

*A man fell asleep Tuesday night and woke up before dawn Wednesday when his 30-foot sailboat ran aground south of Crescent Beach
-St Augustine Record, 4-10-03

*Oceanfront home size matters
-Daytona News Journal, 4-10-03

*Big Bend scenic byway
-Appalachicola Times, 4-10-03

*Developers and beach lovers vie for the soul of Treasure Island, a small coastal town
-Tampa Weekly Planet, 4-4-03

*County predicts big mosquito season
-Beaufort Gazette, 4-9-03

*Crabbers: Rain should bring improved soft-shell season
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 4-9-03

*Bridge brings hope
*New bridge off to ceremonious start
-Brunswick News, 4-8-03

*Sidney Lanier Bridge has financial impact on Camden County
-Camden County Tribune and Georgian, 4-8-03

*Mother, son doing well after beach scare
-Daytona News Journal, 4-9-03

*Two tourists attacked on Destin beach
-Destin Log, 4-9-03

*State delays Tate's Hell purchase
-Tallahassee Democrat, 4-9-03

*Subcommittee to discuss dredge spoil dumping bill
-Beaufort Gazette, 4-8-03

*Bridge opens new era
*Cautious driving on bridge
-Brunswick News, 4-7-03

*Boost to Brunswick commerce touted as new Sidney Lanier Bridge dedicated
*Couple starts new life on new bridge
*Santa Rosa Island surf claims another drowning victim
-Florida Times Union, 4-8-03

*St. Augustine Municipal Marina has been playing host to two small cruise lines
-St Augustine Record, 4-8-03

*Mother, son rescued off Ormond Beach
*Supreme Court rejects appeal over international shrimping
-Daytona News Journal, 4-8-03

*Dad drowns trying
to save son at beach
-Pensacola News Journal, 4-8-03

*Strong surf strains rescuers
*Northwest Florida Daily News, 4-8-03

*Savannah walking tours may need to live by new rules
-Savannah Morning News, 4-7-03

*Candidates split on a proposed Crane Island development
-Fernandina Beach News Leader, 4-7-03

*Pat Campbell goodwill ambassador for Cumberland Island
-Florida Times Union, 4-7-03

*Turtle patrol watching for nests at pier site
-Ponte Vedra Beaches Leader, 4-4-03

*Fishing hauls in big money for economy
*Anglers start countdown to red snapper season
*Florida lawmakers are working to kill a proposal they fear could open the door to oil and gas drilling off the state's coasts
-Pensacola News Journal, 4-7-03

*Volunteers clean up May River
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 4-6-03

*Creek tour to benefit Lowcountry Estuarium
*Editorial: May River a measuring stick for all of us
-Carolina Morning News, Low Country Now, 4-6-03

*Eagles in our back yard - national symbol thrives along Georgia's coast
-Savannah Morning News, 4-6-03

*Sydney Lanier Bridge gets first 'traffic'
*View from roadway is Golden Isles tour
-Brunswick News, 4-5-03

*Hundreds hike across Sidney Lanier Bridge
*Forecaster reiterates warning of busy Atlantic hurricane season
-Florida Times Union, 4-6-03

*College class heads for shore
-Daytona News Journal, 4-6-03

*Hurricane Odds for '03: A Dozen Storms
-Pensacola Beach News, 4-4-03

*New off-color sand on local beach draws county's attention
-Destin Log, 4-5-03

*Young fish victim of net law
*Bush's proposed cuts could thin Florida beaches
-Florida Capital News

*Whale stranded off of Fripp Island
-Beaufort Gazette, 4-5-03

*New ship, new service boosting Georgia Port's Asian imports
*Mosquito Control launches attack against disease-ridden pests
*St. Marys elementary students help UGA wetlands study
-Savannah Morning News, 4-5-03

*For the second time in two years, a judge has suspended a permit for a marina project on a small island on the Mackay River
*Supreme Court rules for Savannah salvage company
-Coast News, 4-5-03

*Way finally to clear on new Sidney Lanier
-Florida Times Union, 4-5-03

*Demolition of Fuller Warren Bridge postponed to save manatees
-St Augustine Record, 4-4-03

*Ormond Beach, County tackle common issues
-Daytona News Journal, 4-5-03

*Scientists: May River appears healthy
*Dredging group hires firm linked to legislator
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 4-4-03

*Kayakers' trash hunt begins Saturday on May River
-Carolina Morning News, Low Country Now, 4-4-03

*Officials compromise on Sydney Lanier Bridge lights
-Brunswick News, Low Country Now, 4-4-03

*St. Marys pupils test river's waters
*State can discharge treated waste water into Gulf, U.S. says
-Florida Times Union, 4-4-03

*Plans for the 19th Annual Navarre Beach Fun Fest are on the drawing board
*Mosquito Control Asks For Help
*Unique Product Gives Hope of Reversing Erosion
-Navarre Press, 4-4-03

*Port Theatre Approved for National Historic Registry
-Port St Joe Star, 4-3-03

*May River cleanup set for Saturday
-Island Packet Online, 4-3-03

*Patriotic opening planned for new bridge
-Brunswick News, 4-2-02

*Demolition of Fuller Warren Bridge will wait until winter
*New Sydney Lanier Bridge almost ready to open in Brunswick
-Florida Times Union, 4-3-03

*Skeeter beaters
-St Augustine Record, 4-3-03

*Mission Expanding: Coast Guard rallies for homeland security
*Ponce Inlet building height battle rages
-Daytona News Journal, 4-3-03

*Drowning Victim Believed Found
-Pensacola Beach News, 4-2-03

*Citizens get answers on beach plans
-Destin Log, 4-2-03

*N. Charleston gets land at former Navy base
-Charleston Post and Courier, 4-2-03

*Sydney Lanier Bridge lights pose threat to turtles
*War hasn't affected Isles' tourism yet
-Brunswick News, 4-2-03

*Wave of boutiques expand to the beach
-Florida Times Union, 4-2-03

*Sick turtles wash ashore covered in barnacles
*Smalltooth sawfish added to federal endangered species list
-Daytona News Journal, 4-2-03

*BREAKING NEWS.......West End Beach restoration planned for later this year.....developing (no link yet)
-Dauphin Island Mullet Wrapper, 4-2-03

*Visit Florida says war having little effect on tourism so far
-Florida Times Union, 4-1-03

*The Last Great (Matanzas) Marsh
*Biologists concerned about beached whales in Keys
-Daytona News Journal, 4-1-03

*Seaside charts new course in public education
-Northwest Florida Daily News, 3-31-03

*Safety tip: Coast Guard: Boaters best be alert
-Savannah Morning News, 3-31-03

*Crews rescue 4 from capsized boat
*Big Escambia Creek waterway restoration project set to begin
-Pensacola News Journal, 3-31-03

*Thousands of people in Saturday's Cooper River Bridge Run and Walk will see up close the new bridge's massive structure emerging from the ground and harbor
-Charleston Post and Courier, 3-30-03

*Town council supports moving kayak docks
*Island approves Skull Creek land purchase
-Island Packet Online, 3-30-03

*Council approves moving Palmetto Bluff docks
-Carolina Morning News, Low Country Now, 3-30-03

*Preserving an island way of life (Sapelo)
-Savannah Morning News, 3-30-03

*Free ride on causeway almost here
-Brunswick News, 3-29-03

*Nassau County County to build ramp, remove dredge
-Fernandia Beach News-Leader, 3-30-03

*Port St Joe - Former mill town emerging as seacoast retreat for tourists
-Florida Times Union, 3-30-03

*Sun and fun reign for Black College Reunion despite giant traffic crush
*Ocean Center expansion tax unpopular in W. Volusia
-Daytona News Journal, 3-30-03

*New Gulf permit moratorium hits home for local charter boat fleet
-Walton Sun, 3-29-03

*Wider beach protects homes, dunes, revenue
-Destin Log, 3-29-03

*State approves Folly groin to save county park
*Anglers in state waters catch break from $22 shark permit
*Megadock on Ashley stirring up waves
-Charleston post and Courier, 3-28-03

*Hilton Head fishing dock plans get design cast
-Carolina Morning News, Low Country Now, 3-29-03

*House gives Glynn motorists free trips on St. Simons Bridge
-Savannah Morning News, 3-29-03

*Shorelines: Offshore search ongoing for suitable beach sand
-Florida Times Union, 3-29-03

*Drowning victim still missing
*Mark O'Brien: Take deep breaths, get mellow before resuming debate over waterfront
-Pensacola News Journal, 3-29-03

*Ideas for St Simons Casino abound
*Bridge closing creates longer commutes
-Brunswick News, 3-27-03

*Estimates suggest St. Johns RiverSt. Johns River project could exceed $650 million
-Florida Times Union, 3-28-03

*Officials pronounce surf safe for swimming
*Black College Reunion hits town today
-Daytona News Journal, 3-28-03

*Milton man drowns at Pensacola Beach
-Pensacola Beach News, 3-28-03

*Mosquito Control Asks For Help
*Students Safe and Sober for Spring Break
-Port St Joe Star, 3-27-03

*Supreme Court rules for Savannah salvage company
*Legislator calls effort to tax charter fishing captains 'impractical'
-Coast News, 3-27-03

*Brunswick: Georgia's last full-time bridge tender will soon lose his bridge.
-Florida Times Union, 3-27-03

-Officials lift Silver Beach swim advisory
-Daytona News Journal, 3-27-03

*Bayfront development uncertain
*Sturgeon ruling won't stop Yellow River dam study
-Pensacola Beach News, 3-27-03

*Rescue attempt questioned by visitor
*Spring break: Familiar problems surface in Destin
-Destin Log, 3-26-03

*Boat salvage case off the coast of Sapelo can be heard in state court
-Savannah Morning News, 3-26-03

*Coast Guard keeps port at high alert
-Brunswick News, 3-25-03

*Alabama youth injured in Panhandle in fall from balcony
-Florida Times Union, 3-26-03

*Developers fight to save Ponce Inlet condos
-Daytona News Journal, 3-26-03

*Trillian project waterfront plans go back to the drawing board
*State budget squeezing out waterway cleanup plans
-Pensacola News Journal, 3-26-03

*Leave Sea Pines Circle to the tourists
-Beaufort Gazette, 3-25-03

*Developers look to relocate PalmettoBluff docks
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 3-25-03

*Council closes deal on shell ring Web posted Tuesday: County, town to split $3.95 million purchase cost
-Carolina Morning News, Low Country Now, 3-25-03

-Savannah port proposes new road
-Savannah Morning news, 3-25-03

*Jacksonville beaches restoration put on hold
*Ship to test cruise market from Jacksonville waters
*River cleanup hot issue in Jacksonville race
-Florida Times Union, 3-25-03

*Beach restoration, sea turtles topic of Tuesday seminar at Gulf Shores
-Dauphin Island Mullet Wrapper, 3-24-03

*Fishermen caught in delays to Navarre Beach Fishing Pier repair project
-Northwest Florida Daily News, 3-25-03

*Dredge spoil subject of Web site
*Mariculture center sees best shrimp harvest yet
-Beaufort Gazette, 3-24-03

*Nation's Oldest City: Privateer's midnight raid convinced Spain to build the Castillo
-St Augustine Record, 3-24-03

*Web site tracks S.C. dredge spoil bill
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 3-23-03

*Critics take aim at A1A ordinance
*Taking the sting out of mosquitoes
-Fernandina Beach News Leader, 3-23-03

*Despite war concerns, Breakers jam beach, streets
*Red tide getting worse along Gulf Coast
-Daytona News Journal, 3-23-03

*Swimmers swept away by current, rescued
-Destin Log Online, 3-22-03

*Center harvests greenhouse shrimp, none of it came off a boat
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 3-22-03

*Some Beaufort County shellfish beds reopen
-Carolina Morning News, Low Country Now, 3-22-03

*Architects find a mysterious well under Andrew Low House
-Savannah Morning News, 3-22-03

*Spring Breakers make cheap fun on a budget
*Health officials warn ocean swimmers
-Daytona News Journal, 3-22-03

*County bans bottles on beaches
-Apalachicola Times, 3-20-03

*Port of Savannah has overtaken the Port of Charleston as the nation's fourth-busiest shipping container terminal
*Hurricane evacuation rom Hilton Head would take 26 hours, emergency planner says
-Charleston Post and Courier, 3-21-03

*Suggested changes to dredging bill give regulators larger role
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 3-21-03

*Council approves sand-buying contract for South Beach, Hilton Head
*Shrimp harvests net local markets a fresh catch
-Carolina Morning News, 3-21-03

*Coffee Bluff Marina dispute heads back to MPC
-Savannah Morning News, 3-21-03

*Dates set for 2004 Savannah boat show
-Coast News, 3-21-03

*Brunswick is still looking for change at the Mary Ross Waterfront Park dock
-Brunswick News, 3-20-03

*Tourism not hurt much by war jitters
-St Augustine Record, 3-21-03

*Health officials warn ocean swimmers
-Daytona News Journal, 3-21-03

*Dauphin Island Council gives mayor OK to sign wetlands lease
*Crab-trap collection protects animals, boats
*High mercury levels are detected in bass from area rivers
-Dauphin Island Mullet Wrapper, 3-21-03

*Commissioners OK 30-foot buffer for wetlands
-Pensacola News Journal, 3-21-03

*Flounder's Restaurant is seeking a state permit "to construct a 20-slip docking facility" off shore in Santa Rosa Sound
*Pensacola Beach sand Nourishment Resumes
-Pensacola Beach News, 3-20-03

*Respiratory therapist studies the red tide
*Dig at harbor could turn up Indian ‘trash’
*Beach funds from state not certain
-Destin Log, 3-19-03

*Matching Community's Effort to Save Cape Lighthouse
-Port St Joe Star, 3-20-03

*Shrimpers will meet, discuss crisis, relief
*Architects say they share blame for public dislike of new buildings
-Charleston Post and Courier, 3-20-03

*Hinesville businesses work to stay afloat with troops gone
-Savannah Morning News, 3-20-03

*Run, ribbon-cutting to celebrate opening of Sydney Lanier Bridge
*The big question in Georgia this year is how a rain-induced surge in the mosquito population will affect the spread of West Nile virus
*Officials leaning toward razing St Simons Island Casino
-Brunswick News, 3-19-03

*St. Marys River cleanup Saturday
-Florida Times Union, 3-20-03

*Rescue squad: A 12-foot-long beached baby pilot whale they'd been helping back into the surf had flicked his tail and swam out to sea
-St Augustine Record, 3-20-03

*Deltona man’s rescue a safety reminder
*Federal judge orders continuation of manatee protection
*Waterways in four states named critical habitat for ancient fish: Gulf Sturgeon
-Daytona News Journal, 3-20-03

*Dauphin Island Council gives mayor OK to sign wetlands lease
-Dauphin Island Mullet Wrapper, 3-20-03

*Teenagers pulled from rough surf
-Pensacola News Journal, 3-20-03

*Inshore reef aims to lure fish, anglers
*Heavy rains close shellfish beds
-Charleston Post and Courier, 3-19-03

*Expect a mosquito swarming summer
-Brunswick News, 3-18-03

*Jacksonville Beach renourishment project nears restart
-Florida Times Union, 3-19-03

-Residents organize against city dock plan
-St Augustine Record, 3-18-03

*Crab-trap collection protects animals, boats
-Dauphin Island Mullet Wrapper, 3-18-03

*Wetlands law: Changes likely to be approved
*Ship returns to pumping sand onto Pensacola Beach
-Pensacola News Journal, 3-19-03

*Folly holds nose during City Hall cleanup
-Charleston Post and Courier, 1-18-03

*Hundreds of acres of marsh plants dying on coast
-Carolina Morning News, Low Country Now, 3-17-03

*Marineland: White sand along the Atlantic Ocean turns to coquina dabbled with sea water-etched coquina rocks
-Part of River to Sea Preserve plan is to provide home for scrub jays
-St Augustine Record, 3-16-03

*Fear not! These jellyfish won’t hurt you
-Daytona News Journal, 3-17-03

*Vote to four-lane beach main road heightens tension over Portofino
-Pensacola News Journal, 3-17-03

*A paradise changed: Grayton
-Northwest Florida Daily News, 3-16-03

*Scientists find evidence of red tide off Lee and Collier
-Florida Times Union, 3-16-03

*Another child struck by vehicle on beach
-Daytona News Journal, 3-16-03

*Recruiting pool gets deeper for new lifeguards
-Pensacola News Journal, 3-16-03

*St Joe firm's hand in development, politics
*St. Joe Co. brings growth, worries
-Tallahassee Democrat, 3-16-03

*Heads up for St. Pat's events
-Savannah Morning News, 3-15-03

*Bill would exempt charter fish captains from sales tax
-Coast News, 3-15-03

*Lifeguards already in demand
*Family worries over missing boater
-Brunswick News, 3-14-03

*Shorelines: Jacksonville Beach Fishing pier now slated for 2004 opening
*Officials search for boater, 18
-Florida Times Union, 3-15-03

*Water may taste different
-St Augustine Record, 3-15-03

*Child run over by van on beach
-Daytona News Journal, 3-15-03

*Mark O'Brien: People must find a happy median to end road rage on Pensacola Beach
-Pensacola News Journal, 3-15-03

*Fate of Broad River fishing pier remains undecided
-Beaufort Gazette, 3-14-03

*All Joy becomes a beach again
*Jasper port appeal heard in May
-Carolina Morning News, Low Country Now, 3-14-03

*Irish Naval Service ship arrives for St. Patrick's Day
-Savannah Morning News, 3-14-03

*Exactly one week shy of six years from its ground-breaking, the new Sidney Lanier Bridge will open to highway traffic following a community ceremony at 10 a.m. April 7
-Brunswick News, 3-13-03

*They're coming: '03 could be worst mosquito year
-Daytona News Journal, 3-14-03

*Some fear end of the road for 'old beach' Widening Via de Luna to four lanes is the last straw for residents like Simmons
-Pensacola News Journal, 3-14-03

 *Apalachicola/Carrabelle Times Purchased by Star Publishing
*St. Joseph Bay Cleanup and Kayak Day
*Thunderbirds to Perform at Gulf Coast Salute 2003 Saturday and Sunday, March 22 and 23
-Port St Joe Star, 3-13-03

*Refuges mark century of saving wild places
*Beaked whale found dead at Breach Inlet
-Charleston Post and Courier, 3-13-03

*Students collect data on dunes
-Hilton Head Island Packer Online, 3-13-03

*Woods Memorial Bridge walkway dedicated
-Carolina Morning News, Low Country, 3-13-03

*After ’miracle’ recovery, turtle returns to sea
*Officials skeptical that cross-inlet water taxi will work
-Daytona News Journal, 3-13-03

*Baytowne Wharf ready for visitors
*No Surprise: Capt. Cathi bags 1st Cobia
-Destin Log, 3-13-03

*A Beaufort man was injured Tuesday after crashing his boat into pilings beneath the Russell Bell Bridge in Port Royal.
-Carolina Morning News, Low Country Now, 3-12-03

*Slumping sales tarnish Ocean Walk glitter
-Daytona News Journal, 3-12-03

*Strike force on spring break patrol
-Pensacola News Journal, 3-12-03

*In tough times, Georgia shrimpers harvest lowly jellyfish for Asian market
-Savannah Morning News, 3-11-03

-Heavy rains stifling mosquito population
-Brunswick News, 3-10-03

*Panel proposed to study Georgia salt marsh problems
-Florida Times Union, 3-11-03

*Hospitality groups buzzed about Spring Breakers
-Daytona News Journal, 3-11-03

*Worries mounting over sewer tunnels
*Patriot's Point ferry gets big backing
*Silas Pearlman Bridge work will force tricky detour
-Charleston Post and Courier, 3-10-03

*Shrimpers to get federal aid
-Beaufort Gazette, 3-10-03

*Shrimp industry awaits aid
-Island Packet Onliine, 3-10-03

*Escambia sends 200 foreclosure notices for beach taxes
-Pensacola News Journal, 3-10-03

*Proposed 300 unit development angers Seagrove residents
-Walton Sun 3-8-03

*Isle of Palms throws itself a party
-Charleston Post and Courier, 3-9-03

*High tides hindering runoff of rain
*Commissioner wants to bail out of beach project
-Beaufort Gazette, 3-8-03

*Feral hogs' island days numbered on Cumberland
*Research for the shorebirds
-Florida Times Union, 3-9-03

*Two South Florida beaches pass bacteria test
*Officials say ocean bacteria levels lower
*Pelican Island threatened by erosion
*Merritt Island NWR is top wintering area
-Daytona News Journal, 3-9-03

*Destin waterfront landowners still full of questions about the city's beach-restoration plan
-Destin Log,  3-8-03

*The prospect of a U.S. war with Iraq has the tourism industry bracing for hard times
-Charleston Post and Courier, 3-8-03

*Resolution calls for shrimp restrictions
*Group offers private dock ideas
-Beaufort Gazette, 3-8-03

Council on Coastal Futures addresses permitting
-Island Packet Online, 3-8-03

*Hunley watch may have kept ticking after warship sank
-Carolina Morning News, Low Country Now, 3-8-03

*Man sentenced to 43 months in prison for selling turtle eggs
-Florida Times Union, 3-8-03

*A group of right whales frolicking near the shoreline offered a spectacular sight here Friday
-Daytona News Journal, 3-8-03

*Swimmers warned of health advisory
*Locals treated to rare sight of marine mammals
-Daytona News Journal, 3-7-03

*Navarre Beach leaseholders await tax ruling
-Pensacola New Journal, 3-7-03

*Port Planning Agreement in the Works
*Thunderbirds to Perform at Air Show Saturday and Sunday, March 22 and 23!
-Port St Joe Star, 3-6-03

*Dredging in Harbour Town nearly completed
-Beaufort Gazette, 3-6-03

*Officials moving to finish dredging Goal is to be done by tourist season
-Island Packet Online, 3-6-03

*War could slow port's car trade
-Brunswick News, 3-5-03

*Florida marine contractors plan to sue the federal government, claiming strict dock permitting rules formulated to protect manatees will ruin their industry
*Sidney Lanier span opens April 7
-Florida Times Union, 3-6-03

*Marine contractors file intent to sue feds over manatee rules
*Thief snatched gators from Clearwater miniature golf moat
*Erosion relief effort begins
-Daytona News, Journal, 3-6-03

*Some answers to questions about beaches
-Destin Log, 3-6-03

*A bill that would limit the number of private docks homeowners could build along the coast easily passed the Georgia Senate
-Savannah Morning News, 3-5-03

*A week of bikes, beaches, body art
*Marine contractors file intent to sue feds over manatee rules
-Florida Times Union, 3-5-03

*Residents relieved, worried at news of beach erosion relief
*Beachgoers find military flares
-Daytona News Journal, 3-5-03

*Glynn readies for mosquitoes
-Brunswick News, 3-4-03

*No news, 3-2-03

*Single house proposed on marsh island
-Charleston Post and Courier, 3-2-03

*City wants abandoned boat legislation
-Beaufort Gazette, 3-2-03

*As the new Sidney Lanier Bridge nears completion, preparations for dismantling of the old bridge are beginning
-Brunswick News, 3-1-03

*$400,000 for Fernandina Beach renourishment
*State purchases Martin's Island for ecotourism
-Fernandian Beach News Leader, 2-28-03

*Beach erosion study results washing in
-Daytona News Journal, 3-2-03

*Tourism bookings a bit light
-Destin Log, 3-1-03

*New $22 federal permit catches anglers by surprise
-Charleston Post and Courier, 3-1-03

*Piloting is all in family
-Brunswick News, 2-28-03

*Woman injured when boat hits land
*Their property: On the waterfront: 'Live-aboards' make boats pull double duty
-Florida Time Union, 3-1-03

*Probe finds lagoon in Marineland safe for sea life
-Daytona News Journal, 3-1-03

*Timing of Navarre Beach boat ramp project could cause major problems
-Navarre Press, 3-1-03

*Restrictions eased on untamed Ossabaw Island
-Coast News, 2-28-03

*Officials assess new Sydney Lanier Bridge's terrorism vulnerability
-Brunswick News, 2-27-03

*Bikes converge, police brace
*Amelia Island Plantation to donate rare dune site
-Florida Times Union, 2-28-03

*Bike Week partiers wary of ill winds, ill will
*New county plan changes marina fees again
-Daytona News Journal, 2-28-03

*Reef dredging proposal angers oyster tongers
-Dauphin Island Mullet Wrapper, 2-28-03

*Gulf Coast Parkway Update
-Port St Joe Star, 2-27-03

*Officials see 2005 Cooper River Bridge completion
-Charleston Post and Courier, 2-27-03

*The Georgia Department of Natural Resources is taking applications for day and weekend trips to the barrier island
-Savannah Morning News, 2-27-03

*The state's oldest plantation house, remnants of rice fields and old cemeteries now comprise a historic district six times larger than peninsular Charleston
*Port, eager to grow, faces lengthy study
-Charleston Post and Courier, 2-26-03

*County OKs pursuit of shell ring land buy
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 2-26-03

*St. Marys to showboat its city for Mardi Gras
-Florida Times Union, 2-26-03

*Decision to extend state waters may pose a gamble for casino ship industry
*Manatee washes up on shore in New Smyrna Beach
-Daytona News Journal, 2-26-03

*Sparks bans some foreign crabmeat
*State funds reach Fort Morgan
-Dauphin Island Mullet Wrapper, 2-26-03

*Residents concerned about marina move
-Beaufort Gazette, 2-25-03

*Daytona dreams of recreating Main Street Pier’s heydays
*Woman arrested after putting alligator in car, crashing as it thrashed around
*Woman loses part of arm in alligator attack
*Investigation: Marineland action not threatening oysters
-Daytona News Journal, 2-25-03

*Folly Beach builds on an eclectic style
-Charleston Post and Courier, 2-24-03

*Voices of Carolina: Dredge bill could be sinking
-Carolina Morning News, Low Country Now, 2-24-03

*Port St. Joe, companies debating what to do with mill site
-Florida Times Union, 2-24-03

*Storm rips up island hotels
-Northwest Florida Daily News, 2-23-03

*Legislation to aid crab industry moves ahead
*Parrot Pt. gets dock permits
-Charleston Post and Courier, 2-23-03

*DNR aims to replenish dwindling crab supply
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 2-23-03

*Container vessels calling on Savannah's port are getting larger
-Savannah Morning News, 2-23-03

*New TED rules to cost shrimpers
*Parrot Pt. gets dock permits
*Legislation to aid crab industry moves ahead
-Charleston Post and Courier, 2-22-03

*Ship returns to Wando leaking oil again
*Shrimpers likely to net $5.5 million
*Former Navy base acreage appraised at $9.6 M
-Charleston Post and Courier, 2-21-03

-State Sen. Scott Richardson said Thursday that he wants his name taken off a bill that would remove state hurdles to dumping dredge spoil in Calibogue Sound, a move that probably kills the bill.
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 2-22-03

*Port Royal boat storage operation under fire again
*Voices of Carolina: Ports authority needs new managment
-Carolina Morning News, Low Country Now, 2-22-03

*Shrimpers snagged: Economic problems threaten industry
-Florida Times Union, 2-21-03

*Atlantic Beach may consider licensing rental properties
-Ponte Vedra Beaches Leader, 2-22-03

*Walkovers to be only paths to beach
*New rules to protect sea turtles frustrate gulf shrimpers
-Daytona News Journal, 2-22-03

*Island beach accessibility plan aired
-Dauphin Island Mullet Wrapper, 2-22-03

*Broad River fishing pier, off S.C. 170 closed for inspection
*Giving drivers of vehicles registered in Glynn County free passage to St. Simons Island may spell the end for one of Georgia's two toll roads
-Carolina Morning News, Low Country Now, 2-21-03

*Port of Brunswick dredging scheduled for early summer
-Brunswick News, 2-20-03

*The Schooner Freedom is centerpiece of this weekend's Menendez Birthday Festival
-St Augustine Record, 2-21-03

*Federal shrimp aid bill shortchanges Alabama
-Dauphin Island Mullet Wrapper, 2-21-03

*Big Plans for Marina
*Zoning Ordinance Leads to Port Questions
*More Than 60 Reefs in Five Years and Still Going for Mexico Beach Artificial Reef Association
-Port St Joe Star, 2-20-02

*Agency works to open dredge site
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 2-20-03

*Sydney Lanier Bridge work lingers
*State unlikely to decide on development of mash hammocks
-Brunswick News, 2-19-03

*St Simons bridge toll end seen for residents
-Florida Times Union, 2-20-03

*Blue crabbers say crabbing on the Caloosahatchee River is dead
-Daytona News Journal, 2-20-03

*Commission OKs sketchy sand solution
-Northwest Florida Daily News, 2-20-03

*High-tech night-vision specs help save deckhand
-Charleston Post and Courier, 2-19-03

*Dredging hearing delayed
-Carolina Morning News, Low Country Now, 2-19-03

*Sidney Lanier Bridge could be open by mid-March
-Florida Times Union, 2-19-03

*Cold-stressed manatees let go
*Bones of 33-foot-long beached whale may go on display in Brevard
-Daytona News Journal, 2-19-03

*Restoration puts Pensacola Beach in the shell game
-Pensacola News Journal, 2-19-03

*Settlement reached in freshwater wetlands dispute
-Island Packet Online, 2-18-03

*New Savannah River ferries expected to set sail in mid-March
*Legislation would pave way to build docks without a home
-Savannah Morning News, 2-18-03

*Port in showdown - Meeting will try to jump-start progress
-Brunswick News, 2-17-03

*Crabbers hoping drought is over
*Shrimpers' nets, profits come up short
*More condos slated for Beach and Hodges
-Florida Times Union, 2-18-03

*Coastline boasts unique seascapes
-Daytona News Journal, 2-18-03

*No news today??!!
-2-17-03

*City's identity at stake in debate over architecture
-Charleston Post and Courier, 2-16-03

*Glynn County got the state's permission Friday to nourish the St. Simons Island beach, along with a condition for construction that could potentially double the cost of the project
-Brunswick News, 2-15-03

*Ensuring safe seafood: Do toxins imperil harvests from region's waterways?
-Pensacola News Journal, 2-16-03

*Grayton Grand project intensifies conflict of interest debates
-Walton Sun, 2-15-03

*Scientist says shell rings weren't prehistoric trash
-Charleston Post and Courier, 2-15-03

*Woods Memorial Bridge walkway a hit with users
-Beaufort Gazette, 2-15-03

*Building boom hits Hilton Head's North End
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 2-15-03

*The Georgia Shore Protection Committee approved a beach renourishment permit for St. Simons Island yesterday, but with restrictions that may make the project unfeasible.
*Shorelines: Tighter national security slowing Mayport traffic
-Florida Times Union, 2-15-03

*Birders mean business at Sanford fish camp
*Ponce de Leon Inlet may become safer to navigate and easier to cross thanks to two projects Congress decided to fund this year
-Daytona News Journal, 2-15-03

*Repairs put beach renourishment plan on track for June completion
-Pensacola News Journal, 2-15-03

*Supporters of a state Senate bill aimed at letting Sea Pines marinas dump muck into Calibogue Sound say they're worried that a federal offshore dumping site will be closed to them, putting at risk future dredging
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 2-14-03

*Waterways users, illness link studied
*Guide's tales verses of Jekyll Island lore
-Florida Times Union, 2-14-03

*Leaseholders may get option to own beach properties
-Navarre Press, 2-14-03

*FWC Seeks Funding for Gator Trappers
*Stop Mosquitoes Before They Start
-Port St Joe Star, 2-14-03

*Three state senators, including Scott Richardson of Hilton Head Island, have asked the state's coastal regulatory agency to reconsider its opposition to dumping muck from marinas in Sea Pines directly into Calibogue Sound
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 2-13-03

*Work on HarborWalk Village begins
-Destin Log, 2-12-03

*Hallman wants Mount Pleasant's Hunley offer pulled
*Folly votes down bar closing
-Charleston Post and Courier, 2-12-03

*The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers still is deciding whether to issue a permit to the All Joy Beach Preservation Committee for nourishing Brighton Beach in greater Bluffton
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 2-12-03

*The federal government will require trawlers fishing for rock shrimp in deep waters off Georgia and Florida to install satellite-linked vessel monitoring systems
-Beaufort Gazette, 2-11-03

*Boaters told to stay clear of Navy ships
-Beaufort Gazette, 2-12-03

*According to a spokesperson for the Santa Rosa Island Authority, beach nourishment is expected to resume as early as sometime Valentine's Day weekend
-Pensacola Beach News, 2-11-03

*A Senate bill would remove any state hurdles to dumping dredge spoil from Harbour Town and South Beach marinas directly into Calibogue Sound.
-Beaufort Gazette, 2-11-03

*Bill revisits dredging debate
*-Hilton Head Island Packet Onliine, 2-11-03

*Navarre Beach sand to cost $9.4 million
-Pensacola News Journal, 2-11-03

*Cargo ship spills oil in Wando
*From Great Cypress Swamp's murky past, tale of plantation emerges
-Charleston Post and Courier, 2-10-03

*Littlejohn: A trip to the beach, Part 1
-Carolina Morning News, Low Country Now, 2-10-03

*Permit snafu hinders effort to expand Vilano Boat Ramp parking
-St Augustine Record, 2-10-03

*Ferry area could benefit from deal
-Dauphin Island Mullet Wrapper, 2-10-03

*All Joy beach renourishment approved
-Carolina Morning News, Low Country Now, 2-9-03

*Protections lower for isolated wetlands
-Florida Times Union, 2-9-03

*Legacy by the ocean Former St. Augustine Beach mayor saluted for years of service
-St Augustine Record, 2-9-03

*Pier idea gets Battery storm brewing
-Charleston Post and Courier, 2-8-03

*Coastal council outlines goals
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 2-8-03

*Savannah sets sights on mega-yacht yard
-Coast News, 2-8-03

*Law deters growth: Flood insurance problems come ashore on Jekyll
*Alliance gives shrimpers muscle to survive
-Brunswick News, 2-7-03

*A committee for a federal waterways initiative took two steps yesterday toward a multibillion-dollar environmental restoration of the St. Johns River
*Georgia's history comes alive History came alive yesterday for about 1,000 students who gathered at Fort King George Historic Site in Darien
-Florida Times Union, 2-8-03

*Shark attacks decline globally, stay same in area
*Future of springs rests with locals
-Daytona News Journal, 2-7-03

*Gumbo Cookoff Looking for Best Tasting Gumbo in Area
*Turtles Returned to the Sea
-Port St Joe Star, 2-6-03

*Meetings focus on future of Sullivan's Island
-Charleston Post and Courier, 2-6-03

*Beachgoers take advantage of perks of winter
-Beaufort Gazette, 2-5-03

*Official: Give island residents title to land
-Pensacola News Journal, 2-6-03

*Get money for beach project now, city urges
-Destin Log, 2-6-03

*Many leaseholders on Navarre Beach argue that they wouldn’t mind paying property taxes if they owned the land. They might get their wish
-Northwest Florida Daily News, 2-5-03

*Charleston's traditional downtown cityscape is under attack from the forces of modern architecture, and the Board of Architectural Review is to blame, a downtown group charged Tuesday
-Charleston Post and Courier, 2-5-03

*Harbor pilots - overturned boat is a hazard
-Brunswick News, 2-5-03

*Beach restoration work on hold
-Florida Times Union, 2-5-03

*Third and final count for the year finds more than 3,000 manatees
-Daytona News Journal, 2-5-03

*The state tried to sell the old Cooper River bridges, but no one wanted to buy them
-Charleston Post and Courier, 2-4-03

*New Lemon Island boat ramp open
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 2-4-03

*The owner of a private fishing boat died Sunday after he and four others jumped into the ocean following an explosion and fire that ripped through the 25-foot Bertram as the Jacksonville men were fishing more than 60 miles offshore
-Florida Times Union, 2-4-03

*Boat explodes off St. Augustine coast
-St Augustine Record, 2-4-03

*Blue Spring hits record on year’s last manatee count
-Daytona News Journal, 2-4-03

*Oyster fest shells to be recycled
-Charleston Post and Courier, 2-3-03

*Plan for Stoney's (the first sliver of real estate all tourists, workers and residents speed through as they come on or off Hilton Head Island) future emerges
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 2-3-03

*Sullivan's Island hires help to ponder its future
-Charleston Post and Courier, 2-2-03

*Bill would help area shrimpers
-Beaufort Gazette, 2-2-03

*Johnson Creek Bridge construction to begin this summer
*Bill would give shrimping $5M boost
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 2-2-03

*Festival highlights Gullah culture
*Gullah events
-Carolina Morning News, Low Country Now, 2-2-03

*Waterfront needs a nip and a tuck
*Fernandina Beach News Leader, 2-2-03

*Buried town on Santa Rosa Island awaits rediscovery
-Pensacola News Journal, 3-2-03

*Officials hope to provide more Daufuskie ferry trips
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 2-1-03

*Cold weather a threat to fish, shrimp
-Carolina Morning News, Low Country Now, 2-1-03

*A cost-cutting measure to use material dredged from the St. Johns River bottom as sand for Jacksonville's beach renourishment project has left thousands of oyster shells and softball-sized globs of clay on the beaches
-Florida Times Union, 2-1-03

*Construction of the Jacksonville Beach fishing pier expected to begin this month is at least two months from beginning
-Ponte Vedra Beaches Leader, 2-1-03

*Group pleads for street markers at beach approaches
*Tolls don't pay the freight for beach services
*Beachgoers discover constellations of starfish washed ashore
-Daytona News Journal, 2-1-03

*Middle Bay lighthouse restoration work passes muster with inspectors
-Dauphin Island Mullet Wrapper, 2-1-03

*2002 Common Snook Stock Assessment
*2002 Florida Silver Mullet Stock Assessment
*Commercial Landings
*Facts About Horseshoe Crabs
-Florida Marine Research Institute, 1-31-03

*Cold water threatens fish, shrimp
-Charleston Post and Courier, 1-31-03

*Residents of Fripp Island have rejected a proposal to fund the construction of a new sewer system and water treatment plant through a $10 million bond.
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 1-31-03

*The state has imposed new restrictions on water withdrawals from the Lower Floridan aquifer
-Brunswick News, 1-30-03

*Committee works to protect the St. Marys River
-Camden County News and Georgian, 1-31-03

*Effort planned to pull whale plane from sea
-Florida Times, 1-31-03

*Volusia sets goal to ban beach driving
*Beachgoers discover constellations of starfish washed ashore
-Daytona News Journal, 1-31-03

*Daufuskie Island Club and Resort's new owners have refurbished and expanded their marina facilities to make the once-private docks open to the public
-Charleston Post and Courier, 1-30-03

*Gulf Islands may reconsider personal watercraft ban
-Daytona News Journal, 1-30-03

*Crab-trap cleanup is planned for March 15
-Dauphin Island Mullet Wrapper, 1-30-03

*Aircraft carrier Yorktown visitors could get an elevator
-Charleston Post and Courier, 1-29-03

*Blimp tracks right whales
-Florida Times Union, 1-29-03

*City to hire seawall engineer
-St Augustine Record, 1-29-03

*Cold snap kills 12 sea turtles in Florida Panhandle
-Daytona News Journal, 1-29-03

*A pilot and three researchers involved in a whale-monitoring mission were still missing Monday after the twin-engine Cessna they were flying in crashed into the sea
*Program wants residents to help monitor areas of dying grasses
-Brunswick News, 1-27-03

*A marine researcher died when the plane she was in disappeared over the Atlantic, while two other scientists and the pilot remain missing
-Florida Times Union, 1-28-03

*Coast Guard finds wreckage of plane
-St Augustine Record, 1-28-03

*Florida manatee count second highest in last decade
-Daytona News Journal, 1-28-03

*Wanna know a seafood secret?
-Pensacola News Journal, 1-28-03

*Bomb-sniffing canine joins port police
-Charleston Post and Courier, 1-27-03

*Local shrimpers may catch state relief
-Fernandina Beach News Leader, 1-27-03

*Louisiana to stay in shrimp alliance
-Dauphin Island Mullet Wrapper, 1-27-03

*Mt. Pleasant steps toward harbor walk
-Charleston Post and Courier, 1-26-03

*South end dredging delayed
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 1-26-03

*Wounded pelicans flock to Pelican Harbor Seabird Station
-Daytona News Journal, 1-26-03

*Protection of wetlands drying up
-Northwest Florida Daily News, 1-26-03

*Rescued whale weathering Florida cold in resort's heated pool
*Manatee protectors, feds agree on speed zones in four rivers
*Boating rules proposal would help end manatee lawsuit
-Florida Times Union, 1-25-03

*Boat traffic may slow in Volusia manatee zones
*Group says tax money for Boardwalk smells like pork
-Daytona News Journal, 1-25-03

*State cuts bait on shrimping industry
-Northwest Florida, Daily News, 1-25-03

*Shrimpers to battle imports
-Charleston Post and Courier, 1-24-03

*Mill shut-down leaves real estate market in question
-Camden County Tribune and Georgian, 1-24-03

*For now, manatees remain officially endangered
-Daytona News Journal, 1-24-03

*La. shrimpers may leave alliance
-Dauphin Island Mullet Wrapper, 1-24-03

*Pensacola council shelves port lease notices
-Pensacola News Journal, 1-24-03

*Turnout dips at aquarium Dollar Days
*Hunley technology impresses Marlin
-Charleston Post and Courier, 1-23-03

*Mayport shrimpers facing tough times
-Beaches Leader, 1-22-03

*Ordinance bans beach parking access along Ponte Vedra Blvd.
*The notion of beach driving in St. Johns County recently received a blow at the hands of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, an agency determined to protect endangered species on the county's coastline
-St Augustine Record, 1-23-03

*State to buy 20 acres of Dauphin Island wetlands
*Some see quotas as snapper savior
-Dauphin Island Mullet Wrapper, 1-23-03

*As shrimpers struggle, state tries to offer help
-Pensacola News Journal, 1-23-03

*Pro and con: Should Destin beach be restored?
-Destin Log Online, 1-22-03

*TDC OKs beach restoration plan No one at Wednesday’s Okaloosa County Tourist Development Council meeting is against beach restoration.
-Northwest Florida Daily News, 1-23-03

*Council votes on dredging, speed limits
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 1-22-03

*Hilton Head Council to buy sand for South Beach
-Carolina Morning News, Low Country Now, 1-22-03

*TDC, commission to decide on beach renourishment plan
-Northwest Fl;orida Daily News, 1-21-03

*Some neighbors fear port expansion plans
-Charleston Post and Courier, 1-21-03

*St. Marys works to boost tourism
-Brunswick News, 1-20-03

*Officials debate effect of dredging
*Scientist says the St. Johns River dredging project could have indirectly contributed to a steep rise in manatee deaths
-Florida Times Union, 1-21-03

*Daytona clashes with business owners over Bike Week rules
*Planned Bike Week events
*State may change manatees' status from endangered to threatened
*Pool (room) shark from Michigan set free off Florida Keys
-Daytona News Journal, 1-21-03

*Pensacola Beach Gulf Pier plans festival to reel in visitors
-Pensacola News Journal, 1-21-03

*Rescue workers were called upon three times Sunday when boaters became lost or stranded in Lowcountry waterways.
-Charleston Post and Courier, 1-20-03

*Proposed law gives state more power in supervising wetlands
-Beaufort Gazette, 1-20-03

*Wetlands on the edge
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 1-20-03

*Ferry cross the Bay
*Sand Island beacon move would be major task
-Dauphin Island Mullet Wrapper, 1-19-03

*Budget woes sinking Navarre park plans
*Record number of sea turtles dying along coast
-Pensacola News Journal, 1-20-03

*Williams: Feuding while the fish flicker out
-Carolina Morning News, 1-18-03

*Ports begin using secure-container system
-Savannah Morning News, 1-18-03

*Field officer monitors dredging project
-Beaches Leader, 1-17-03

*Family rescued from stricken vessel
-St Augustine Record, 1-18-03

*Shrimpers scratching for state help to survive
*Soggy winter expected as El Nino takes toll on Gulf
-Pensacola News Journal, 1-18-03

*NOAA ship to get new commanding officer
-Charleston Post and Courier, 1-17-03

*Lives of Coastal Natives, artifacts now on display
-Savannah News Journal, 1-17-03

*Survival skills save boaters
*Marsh disease baffles
*Shrimping season to close Saturday
-Beaufort Gazette. 1-16-03

*Sagging shrimp season to close
*Georgia Public Radio extends coastal reach
-Florida Times Union, 1-17-03

*Bear deaths on roads set record
-Daytona News Record, 1-17-03

*Fisherman drowns in Gulf surf
-Dauphin Island Mullet Wrapper, 1-16-03

*Gulf Breeze won't budge: Limit new bridge to 4 lanes
-Pensacola News Journal, 1-17-03

*Mt. Pleasant OKs higher buildings
-Charleston Post and Courier, 1-16-03

*St Augustine Beach building moratorium proposal defeated
*Fishing Headlines: Weather or not, catches have been good
-St Augustine Record, 1-16-03

*Rising tide of expenses swamping beach tolls
*Beach toll revenues flat, but costs continue to swell
*Metered parking may be on the way
*Government gets more time to reach manatee protection settlement
*Good weather makes good count for manatees
-Daytona News Journal, 1-16-03

*Governor OKs funds to study Sand Island Lighthouse
*There's more than one way to serve oysters
-Dauphin Island Mullet Wrapper, 1-16-03

*SRIA pushes more safety ideas for Pensacola Beach  - Lifeguard office, leadership post may be in works
-Pensacola News Journal, 1-16-03

*Fire burns Mattie Kelly Park boardwalk
*Preparing for tomorrow’s fishing trip
-Destin Log Online, 1-15-03

*Fripp property owners head back to court
-Beaufort Gazette, 1-15-03

*Subway cars join artificial reef
*Unleashed: Best Friends Dog Park opens to public
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 1-15-03

*Ships tote war cargo as part of rapid sealift
*River strategy still evolving
-Florida Times Union, 1-15-03

*A new age in whale hunting will hover in the St. Augustine skies during the next three weeks
*St Augustine Beach to consider building moratorium
*Some Ponte Vedra Beach residents want to keep parking off Ponte Vedra Boulevard while others in the county disagree because they believe a ban would hinder beach access
-St Augustine Record, 1-15-03

*River watchers vow to restore St. Johns, warn of water crisis
-Daytona News Journal, 1-15-03

*Conference seeks cure for St. Johns River's ills
*City's new 8-lane Fuller Warren Bridge dedicated
-Florida Times Union, 1-14-03

*City dedicates police boat in vet's memory
*Summit focuses on how to restore St. Johns River
-St Augustine Record, 1-14-03

*Historic lighthouse lenses brought back to service
*St. Johns backers push river agenda
-Daytona News Journal, 1-14-03

*Maritime museum proposed downtown
-Pensacola News Journal, 1-14-03

*Study says more boat storage, landings needed
-Beaufort Gazette, 1-13-03

*Littlejohn: Robert E. Lee's defense of the Carolina coast
-Carolina Morning News, Low Country Now, 1-13-03

*Georgia revenue department sets sights on state's fishermen
-Coast News, 1-13-03

*Beach vendors may have to face the music
*Pelicans, people gather to greet Ponce fishing fleet
-Daytona News Journal, 1-13-03

*Wetlands fight reverberates in Panhandle
-Pensacola News Journal, 1-13-03

*Weather contributed to rough season for commercial shrimpers and shrimp baiters
-Carolina Morning News, Low Country Now, 1-12-03

*Marsh die-off
-Savannah Morning News, 1-12-03

*Man sees energy source in nonstop Gulf Stream
-Florida Times Union, 1-12-03

*Homeless count rises at Beaches
-Ponte Vedra Beaches Leader, 1-11-03

*Nation's Oldest City: Beeson contributed to our understanding of colony at New Smyrna
-St Augustine Record, 1-12-03

*Lifeguard pay boost likely to swell staffing
-Pensacola News Journal, 1-12-03

*Watchdogs ensure dredging is done right
-Destin Log, 1-11-03

*Folly Beach woman denied sea wall permit
*Cutting of trees in town dunes prompts Sullivan's investigation
-Charleston Post and Courier, 1-11-03

*County to begin improvements on Bluffton Oyster Co. property
*Senate OKs flood insurance
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 1-11-03

*Coastal Living Idea House will showcase design ideas on on St. Simons
-Savannah Morning News, 1-11-03

*Florida Red Tide - Current Status Information
-Florida Marine Research Institute, 1-10-03

*Moratorium urged in crab crisis
*Charleston bars lose 2 a.m. fight
-Charleston Post and Courier, 1-10-03

*Crabbers may have say in license limit
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 1-10-03

*SRIA Raises Lifeguard Pay
*Waverunner Meetings Set
-Pensacola Beach News, 1-9-03

*Offer Made to Purchase Marina Outparcel--Port Update
-Port St Joe Star, 1-9-03

*Stone crab program
-Apalachicola Times, 1-9-03

*Crews complete $4m cleanup of local oil spill
*Season nets little for local shrimpers
-Charleston Post and Courier, 1-9-03

*House revives flood insurance program
*New dog park should open by next week
-Island Packet Online, 1-9-03

*River's 'rescuers' seek plan
*Riverkeeper keeps an eye out for runoff
*Osceola's animals stock Okefenokee, study shows
-Florida Times Union, 1-9-03

*It's a rough time to be in fishing business
-St Augustine Record, 1-9-03

*Manatee boat fatalities hit record in 2002
*Termites are king of all home-repair annoyances
-Daytona News Journal, 1-9-03

*Carcass of 11-foot alligator found on Dauphin Island beach
-Dauphin Island Mullet Wrapper, 1-9-03

*Pay raise ahead for lifeguards
-Pensacola News Journal, 1-9-03

*Temporary ban could hurt crabbers in S.C.
-Island Packet Online 1-8-03

*Panel backs South Beach sand plan
-Carolina Morning News, Low Country Now, 1-8-03

*Casino plan brings hopes, concerns
-Brunswick News, 1-7-03

*Ice Age sent people, animals off to Florida
-Daytona News Journal, 1-8-03

*Crabbers, feeling pinch at harvest, weigh moratorium on license sales
*Fight over opening Hunley records stalls
*Group seeks change in Charleston building-height plan
-Charleston Post and Courier, 1-7-03

*Dredging issue before town
*State calls dismal shrimping season to a close this week
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 1-7-03

*Dredging group renews request for town funds
-Carolina Morning News, Island Packet Online, 1-7-03

*Biologists say more fish pose mercury risk
-Daytona News Journal, 1-7-03

*'Hurricanes' chronicles history of area's battle with mother nature
-Pensacola News Journal, 1-7-03

*Dogs to run free in Hilton Head park
-Beaufort Gazette, 1-6-03

*Beaufort County to buy picturesque oyster factory
-Coast News, 1-6-03

*Water quality back to normal at area beaches
-Fernandia Beach News Leader, 1-6-03

*Leaving winter behind
-St Augustine Record, 1-6-03

*Marine Science Center making a splash
*Telltale termite tubes mean wood damage is done
-Daytona News Journal, 1-6-03

*Beach-bound traffic gets new pass
-Pensacola News Journal, 1-6-03

*A lawsuit brought by BB&T to foreclose on property owned by The Fripp Co. won't affect operations on the gated island
-Beaufort Gazette, 1-5-03

*Gopher tortoise disease sparks national scrutiny
*State, county ready to preserve historic Poinsett Bridge in northern Greenville County
-Savannah Morning News, 1-5-03

*Coast finds partner in claims to water
-Brunswick News, 1-4-03

*The saga of the Tolomato people, from Georgia to Florida to Cuba
-St Augustine Record, 1-5-03

*Status in limbo for sea cows
-Daytona News Journal, 1-5-03

*Santa Rosa grapples with boom of business on U.S. 98
*Trillium Trillium waterfront festival park fate likely up to voters
-Pensacola News Journal, 1-5-03

*Homeowner fights battle of the (Folly) beach
*Web site gets bridge information across
*Chicago troupe researches Hunley for play
-Charleston Post and Courier, 1-4-03

*Committee's changes would reduce the maximum allowable height of buildings in some areas of the Historic District
-Savannah Morning News, 1-4-03

*New Santa Rosa rules may bring 'town center' for Navarre Beach
-Pensacola News Journal, 1-4-03

*Grayton Grand back on table
-Walton Sun, 1-4-03

*Money bedevils Destin's beach plans
-Destin Log Online, 1-4-03

*FWC BIOLOGISTS REPORT LOGGERHEAD NESTING DOWN, SEA TURTLE MORTALITY UP
-Florida Marine Research Institute, 1-3-02

*Shrimp booster faces big irony
-Brunswick News, 1-2-03

*Tortoise disease scrutinized
-Florida Times Union, 1-3-03

*Party-busting deputies on patrol in Ponte Vedra
-Ponte Vedra Beaches Leader, 1-3-02

*Loggerhead turtle nest decline troubles biologists
-Daytona News Journal, 1-3-03

*Standard for canal cleanup criticized
*Polar bears chill for a cause
-Charleston Post and Courier, 1-2-03

*Study identifies water problems
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 1-2-03

*Tourism down from 2001
-Carolina Morning News, Low Country Now, 1-2-03

*2003 Economic Outlook: Tourism
*Coastal Bass Anglers
*Long-term drought is nearly over
-Savannah Morning News, 1-2-03

*Bridge delay keeps out huge ships
*The famous Cloister hotel on Sea Island, Ga., eyes the wrecking ball
*Full speed ahead for Savannah boat show
-Coast News, 1-2-03

*St. Simons Island Casino to dodge wrecking ball
*Shipping stabilizing economy
-Brunswick News, 1-2-03

*Trouble on American Beach Overlay district may allow property owners to shadow beach view
*American Beach residents worried by retention pond buffer at nearby Summer Beach
-Fernandia Beach News Leader, 1-3-03

*Polar Plungers dip into '03
-Florida Times Union, 1-2-03

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