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Sarasota Bay Watch Uses Cautionary Tale to Create Change

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Tara Slusher - WEDU-TV - Tampa, FL

Entry Date: July 14, 2011
Total Time: 00:03:39

Description: As the oil spill headlines fade away, Sarasota Bay Watch continues to remind and educate its community about the importance of the ecological health of Longboat Key, Florida. For them it’s much more than an environmental issue. Sarasota Bay Watch uses the Deepwater Horizon oil spill as a cautionary tale to local residents about the vulnerability of Longboat Key should an ecological disaster hit its shores. Rusty Chinnis, president of Sarasota Bay Watch, explains how they've been able to leverage the community's response to the oil spill into real change for one local island.

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