Bound By Water: A spiritual reckoning in the Keys

“Bound By Water” is a monthly column focused on all things water in the state of Florida from fisheries to conservation to the people who affect it. C…

Bound By Water: How anglers care for catch-and-release species

”Bound By Water” is a monthly column focused on all things water in the state of Florida from fisheries to conservation to the people who affect it. Co…

Bound By Water: How Jacksonville altered the arc of my life on and off the water

When I arrived in Jacksonville back in 2010, I couldn’t gain admission to a state school. I’d barely made it through high school with a passing grade l…

Bound By Water: Rauschenberg’s 35-acre sub-tropical haunt

When I was growing up in Sarasota, Florida, encircled by the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, there was no notion of capital A art. I don’t think I went t…

Bound by Water: Florida’s Got a Thing for Boat Parades

Since Western colonization, aquatic cavalcades have skirted the coast of Florida. First, the Timucuan traversed the state in dugouts that few records b…