BRADENTON, Fla. — Horse riding in Palma Sola Bay has been paused for a month.
The announcement was made earlier this month by Bradenton Mayor Gene Brown, who said that it was the horseback riding companies that presented the idea as part of an effort to get to the root of a bacterial issue in the water.
What You Need To Know
- Horse riding in Palma Sola Bay has been paused for a month
- The announcement was made earlier this month by Bradenton Mayor Gene Brown
- Officials with the Sarasota Bay Estuary Program say they plan to test the water samples during the month the horses are gone and the month after the horses come back
Abbey Tyrna, the executive director for Suncoast Waterkeeper, says her organization has been testing the water every week at Palma Sola Bay since 2022. The testing is taking place in the area residents call the “Little Palma Sola Bay,” which Tyrna says is unsafe to swim in due to high levels of bacteria…