Max Chesnes
@maxchesnes.bsky.social
Environment reporter, Tampa Bay Times
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Left: the newly proposed area that could be opened up to offshore oil drilling
Right: the known habitat of the critically endangered Rice’s whale, with fewer than 100 estimated left in the wild
Deepwater Horizon declined the species population by an estimated 22%
Right: the known habitat of the critically endangered Rice’s whale, with fewer than 100 estimated left in the wild
Deepwater Horizon declined the species population by an estimated 22%
November 21, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Left: the newly proposed area that could be opened up to offshore oil drilling
Right: the known habitat of the critically endangered Rice’s whale, with fewer than 100 estimated left in the wild
Deepwater Horizon declined the species population by an estimated 22%
Right: the known habitat of the critically endangered Rice’s whale, with fewer than 100 estimated left in the wild
Deepwater Horizon declined the species population by an estimated 22%
🚨 In today’s Tampa Bay Times: The Florida Cabinet votes Tuesday to buy 4 acres of Destin land for a steep price tag: $83M
The land
•is not on the state’s conservation priority list
•is owned by a large campaign donor
Read more here:
www.tampabay.com/news/environ...
The land
•is not on the state’s conservation priority list
•is owned by a large campaign donor
Read more here:
www.tampabay.com/news/environ...
September 27, 2025 at 1:47 PM
🚨 In today’s Tampa Bay Times: The Florida Cabinet votes Tuesday to buy 4 acres of Destin land for a steep price tag: $83M
The land
•is not on the state’s conservation priority list
•is owned by a large campaign donor
Read more here:
www.tampabay.com/news/environ...
The land
•is not on the state’s conservation priority list
•is owned by a large campaign donor
Read more here:
www.tampabay.com/news/environ...
In just four hours of marine debris cleanup in Tampa Bay:
•50+ abandoned crab traps
•Thousands of pounds of plastic
•Hundreds of feet of ropes and fishing line
•50+ abandoned crab traps
•Thousands of pounds of plastic
•Hundreds of feet of ropes and fishing line
July 20, 2025 at 1:38 PM
In just four hours of marine debris cleanup in Tampa Bay:
•50+ abandoned crab traps
•Thousands of pounds of plastic
•Hundreds of feet of ropes and fishing line
•50+ abandoned crab traps
•Thousands of pounds of plastic
•Hundreds of feet of ropes and fishing line
82-year-old Clyde Butcher, world-renowned photographer who last year earned a presidential medal for his life’s work documenting the Florida Everglades, joined protests yesterday against the state’s proposed “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration detention center
June 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
82-year-old Clyde Butcher, world-renowned photographer who last year earned a presidential medal for his life’s work documenting the Florida Everglades, joined protests yesterday against the state’s proposed “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration detention center
Florida’s natural history is etched by hurricanes pushing wildlife from one place to the next
I wrote about the most recent example: these land tortoises survived miles of open water in Hurricane Helene’s storm surge
They’re now thriving on a new island:
www.tampabay.com/news/environ...
I wrote about the most recent example: these land tortoises survived miles of open water in Hurricane Helene’s storm surge
They’re now thriving on a new island:
www.tampabay.com/news/environ...
April 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Florida’s natural history is etched by hurricanes pushing wildlife from one place to the next
I wrote about the most recent example: these land tortoises survived miles of open water in Hurricane Helene’s storm surge
They’re now thriving on a new island:
www.tampabay.com/news/environ...
I wrote about the most recent example: these land tortoises survived miles of open water in Hurricane Helene’s storm surge
They’re now thriving on a new island:
www.tampabay.com/news/environ...
Happy Independence Day
July 4, 2023 at 2:30 PM
Happy Independence Day