by Calusa Waterkeeper | Feb 26, 2025 | Policy, Press
Originally published by Roger Williams in Florida Weekly on February 26, 2025 “In 2024 the state reported a total water area of 3,668,875 acres statewide for estuary segments identified as impaired for various pollutants.” Those waters no longer fully serve recreation...
by Calusa Waterkeeper | Feb 20, 2025 | Events, Featured
Advocates Cassani, Goss, Parsons, Capece and Brookes to Address Water Policy and Pollution Concerns Water is essential to life, but it’s under severe threat, negatively impacting our quality of life, our health, our economy and our future. From polluted waterways to...
by Calusa Waterkeeper | Feb 19, 2025 | Cape Coral Spreader Canals, Press
Originally published on WGCU by Sam Brucker on February 19, 2025 Anderson said Cape Coral is demanding he and two other people pay $2 million of the city’s legal fees in the battle over removing the Chiquita Lock. According to the Calusa Waterkeeper, the proposed...
by Calusa Waterkeeper | Feb 16, 2025 | Featured, Policy, Press
Originally published by John Cassani in the News-Press on February 16, 2025 Florida’s coastal waters composed of marshes and tidal estuaries, fed by iconic rivers, represent the very essence of natural Florida. It is hard to imagine any significant historical event...
by Calusa Waterkeeper | Feb 16, 2025 | Harmful Algal Blooms, Press
Originally published in the WGCU News on February 16, 2025 The normal blue and green waters of The Gulf have been stained a burnt orange thanks to a massive bloom of Red Tide. The imminent cause is unknown, but environmental and human factors are believed to be part...
by Calusa Waterkeeper | Feb 6, 2025 | Featured, Harmful Algal Blooms, Press
Originally published in the News-Press by Chad Gillis on February 5, 2025 The bloom has at times stretches from Tampa Bay to the Florida Keys. “Over 20 million a cells per liter off Sanibel, and that’s the high kill-zone level,” said Calusa...
by Calusa Waterkeeper | Feb 2, 2025 | Cape Coral Spreader Canals, Featured, Press
Originally published in the Orlando Sentinel by Mary Kay Robbins-Kralapp and Howard Simon on February 2, 2025 We write to ask for Floridians’ help to protect both our water and environment, as well as our right to participate in the civic affairs of our communities...
by Calusa Waterkeeper | Jan 30, 2025 | Featured, Press
Originally published in Florida Weekly by Roger Williams on January 30, 2025 The long-ago day he set out in his 16-foot Carolina skiff with a girlfriend to fish Matlacha Pass, his old man, Bill Pierce, played the parent roll. Bill Pierce warned his son not to go, as...
by Calusa Waterkeeper | Jan 28, 2025 | Featured, Harmful Algal Blooms, Press
Originally published on NBC-2 by Ryan Arbogast on January 28, 2025 A large-scale red tide bloom, roughly 100 square miles in size, is floating in the Gulf of Mexico about 25 miles off the Southwest Florida coastline, stretching from Charlotte Harbor to beyond Marco...
by Calusa Waterkeeper | Jan 23, 2025 | Featured
Celebration of Life for Calusa Waterkeeper, Captain Codty Pierce Calusa Waterkeeper and the family of Captain Codty Pierce invite the community to join them in a Celebration of Life for Codty, a beloved local fly-fishing guide turned environmental advocate. The event...
