Creekshed: City Wilds
Creekshed: City Wilds is a curated collection of human and natural stories about waters that drain into Tampa Bay. Each of the narratives in this collection originally appeared as the City Wilds column series published by Creative Loafing Tampa Bay.
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Submissions from 2024
Plumbing the depths and remembering the history of St. Petersburg’s Round Lake, Ray Roa and Amanda Hagood
St. Pete’s Little Bayou, mangroves, and the ‘Howdy Doody’ roots of our current catastrophe, Thomas Hallock
Submissions from 2023
Draining Paradise: A Tour of Salt Creek in St. Petersburg, Florida (Southern Spaces), Thomas Hallock
We Didn't Find the Springs at St. Pete's Frenchman's Creek, But We Did See a Miracle in a Marginal Place, Amanda Hagood
Submissions from 2022
A creek with no name: Boyd Hill Nature Preserve captures the true paradox of Florida, Thomas Hallock
Article, A Creek with No Name: Boyd Hill Nature Preserve Captures the True Paradox of Florida, March 21, 2022, Thomas B. Hallock
Article, Booker Creek's Slot Canyon is a Monument to St. Pete's Outdated Water Management Policies, August 4, 2022, Thomas B. Hallock
Booker Creek's slot canyon is a monument to St. Pete's outdated water management policies, Thomas Hallock
Creekshed Project Introduction Video, 2022, University of South Florida
St. Pete's 'Fountain of Youth' is a familiar lesson about the challenges for Florida's urban springs, Amanda Hagood
Tampa's Purity Springs is up for a $1.2 million revival, Amanda Hagood
Submissions from 2021
A new Kerouac bike trail shows St. Petersburg on a human scale, Amanda Hagood
Article, Florida Summers Make Me Nervous and not just for the Normal Reasons, August 26, 2021, Amanda Hagood
Article, New Creekshed Project Will Look for the Headwaters of Tampa Bay’s Polluted Gulf, September 23, 2021, Thomas B. Hallock
Article, Sulphur Springs’ Past Reminds Us that Sustainability and Justice are Deeply Entwined, November 23, 2021, Amanda Hagood
Article, Tampa’s Ulele Springs Is a Symbol of Hope When It Comes to Restoring Florida’s Natural Water Sources, June 24, 2021, Amanda Hagood
Gulfport’s Capt. Barney Waterbury wonders about the future of Florida’s tree canopy, Amanda Hagood
Submissions from 2020
Article, John Nolen Gave St. Pete a Chance to Embrace Nature, but the City Passed, September 10, 2020, Thomas B. Hallock
Tampa Bay was built on Native land, so say ‘Ysaco niquosonihaue nimantela’ this Thanksgiving, Thomas Hallock
Submissions from 2017
A classic Florida storm story, c. 1542, Thomas Hallock
Article, Paddling toward Reparations, August 4, 2017, Thomas B. Hallock
Article, Trespassing, Crystal Springs, April 18, 2017, Thomas B. Hallock
Crossing Tampa Bay, courtesy of the Deepwater Horizon, Thomas Hallock
Gas Plant — imagining a lost neighborhood, Thomas Hallock
Spiderwort, the Pocahontas flower, Thomas Hallock
Submissions from 2016
Article, An Interstate Runs through It, November 8, 2016, Thomas B. Hallock
Article, Paddle across Pinellas, May 26, 2016, Thomas B. Hallock
Men's Style: Runway on the river, Thomas Hallock
Walking and talking Florida nature with Jeff Klinkenberg, Thomas Hallock
