Celery Fields

Dozens of speakers told the planning commission Thursday night about fears of flooding, that wildlife would be harmed and residents' quality of life would suffer.

Planners will meet to discuss the proposal, which seeks to rezone farmland so that 170 homes could be built in an area where only five residential units are now allowed.

Planning work is underway for 170 homes adjacent to the wetland restoration project.

New conservation easements on three parcels adjacent to Celery Fields will keep development from encroaching on the reserve.

With the exception of the time he served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War, Willie Charles Shaw has lived his entire life in Sarasota, much of…

Sarasota County commissioners decided on Wednesday to side with residents and prevent the industrial rezoning of an area adjacent to the 400-acre Celery…

Fresh Start for the Celery Fields, a group concerned about having development coexist with one of the birding areas in Sarasota County, chose four options…

A coalition of 50 homeowners presented a report to Sarasota County Commissioners on Wednesday suggesting potential land-uses surrounding Celery Fields,…

The national president of the Audubon Society will be speaking at its Sarasota chapter Monday (March 12). WUSF's Steve Newborn talks with David Yarnold…

A scrap recycling center won't be built next to popular Sarasota bird sanctuary after all.After a public hearing that took nearly eight hours, Sarasota…

A cleanup of one of the most urban - and polluted - streams running through Sarasota began Saturday. We visit one condominium, whose residents not only…

Thousands of people drive by one of the best birding areas in Sarasota County every day without even knowing it. Celery Fields - so named for its former…