Area residents catch sea critters
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Jerry Stachler of Arcadia examines his net for specimens. He was one of about 20 people who went on a Charlotte Harbor Environmental Center wading expedition Thursday morning at Ponce de Leon Park in Punta Gorda.
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Monica Dorken, Charlotte Harbor Environmental Center educator/program coordinator, examines her catch.
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A blue crab was among the creatures found at the wading event Thursday morning.
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A group of about 20 people went on a Charlotte Harbor Environmental Center wading expedition Thursday morning at Ponce de Leon Park in Punta Gorda.
PUNTA GORDA — A group of about 20 people put on their rubber shoes and waded into Charlotte Harbor collecting specimens at Ponce de Leon Park Thursday morning. They pulled nets through manatee grass, collecting a variety of sea specimens, including blue crabs, pipefish, ghost shrimp and tiny flounder.
The event marked the kick-off of a Watershed Education Program, a series of more than 40 educational-outreach activities organized by the Charlotte Harbor Environmental Center, and sponsored by a grant from the Mosaic Company Foundation.
