by Calusa Waterkeeper | Jan 7, 2026 | Bacteria Monitoring, Featured, Press, Water Testing
Originally published in Gulfshore Business by Evan Williams on January 7, 2026 Elevated fecal indicator bacteria is a longstanding issue in Fort Myers and in urban waterways across Florida. Manuel’s Branch and Billy’s Creek, another urban tributary, have been...
by Calusa Waterkeeper | Jan 6, 2026 | Bacteria Monitoring, Featured, Press, Water Testing
Originally published on Fox 4 by Austin Schargorodski on January 6, 2026 Manuel’s Branch had been an issue since at least 2021, when the Department of Environmental Protection found that the city failed to address long-term elevated levels of bacteria. City council...
by Calusa Waterkeeper | Dec 29, 2025 | Bacteria Monitoring, Featured, Press, Water Testing
Originally published in the News-Press by Amy Bennett Williams on December 29, 2025 For years, Manuel’s Branch has failed Florida’s most basic test for public waterways: that they be safe for people to touch. There’s too much human poop in the creek, which flows...
by Calusa Waterkeeper | Dec 16, 2025 | Featured, Press
Gregg Poulakis, Ph.D. of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will present “The Last Stronghold: Endangered Smalltooth Sawfish in Florida.” Calusa Waterkeeper Joe Cavanaugh will highlight potential development impacts to sawfish habitat in the...
by Calusa Waterkeeper | Dec 2, 2025 | Bacteria Monitoring, Featured, Press, Water Testing
Originally published on Fox 4 by Miyoshi Price on December 2, 2025 Calusa Waterkeeper is calling on the city of Fort Myers to take immediate action after their independent testing revealed persistent human fecal contamination in Manuel’s Branch, a popular...
by Calusa Waterkeeper | Nov 21, 2025 | Bacteria Monitoring, Featured, Press, Water Testing
Originally published on Fox 4 by Andrew Shipley on November 21, 2025 A two-year investigation by local environmental group Calusa Waterkeeper has found evidence of human-source fecal contamination in Manuel’s Branch, a small urban creek located just south of Lee...
by Calusa Waterkeeper | Nov 19, 2025 | Bacteria Monitoring, Events, Featured, Policy, Water Testing
Calusa Waterkeeper volunteers and staff have collected evidence of persistent human sources of fecal contamination to Manuel’s Branch. The full report is available at CalusaWaterkeeper.org and the group will be presenting to the City of Fort Myers Environmental...
by Calusa Waterkeeper | Nov 17, 2025 | Featured, Policy, Press
Originally published by Waterkeeper Alliance on November 17, 2025 Waterkeeper Alliance is sounding the alarm about the newly announced draft rule from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of the Army to revise the definition of the “waters...
by Calusa Waterkeeper | Oct 30, 2025 | Featured, Harmful Algal Blooms, Press
Originally published by VoteWater on October 30, 2025 According to a story in the June 16, 2021, Fort Myers News Press under the headline “$750,000 and six tons of algaecide later, toxin warning signs are still up along the Caloosahatchee in Olga,” cyanobacteria...
by Calusa Waterkeeper | Oct 22, 2025 | Featured, Science
If you’ve ever watched young children at the beach making sandcastles while fighting against occasional waves breaking over their hard-won efforts, you can appreciate the futility of beach nourishments. Although a necessary part of coastal living in Florida, the...
