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Sarasota News Leader January 10, 2014 Page 101 Siesta Seen That pool — consisting "of several acres and at least three feet in depth," Worms wrote, "developed on the north end last fall and has been providing both a plentiful and diversified array of shorebird feeding opportunities since October — until [Dec. 30]." Audubon volunteer, notified Sarasota County environmental staff and Commissioner Nora Patterson — who lives on Siesta —as well as officers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, suggesting the activity might have been "the illegal modification of naturally occurring shoreline regulated by [the Florida Department of Environmental Protection] and the Sarasota County Comprehensive Plan." After the man completed his project, Worms continued, "The pool drained through a rapidly widening channel. Also, disappointingly, a large number of shorebirds left the pool site and associated feeding area as the pool Luckner requested a response from the drained." county and state employees in time for the Catherine Luckner, president of the Siesta SKA's Jan. 9 meeting. (It was held after the Key Association (SKA) and herself a Sarasota News Leader's deadline for this issue.) Sarasota Audubon volunteers have alerted county and state environmental staff about a potential violation involving a tidal pool on the northern part of Siesta beach. Photo by Rachel Hackney