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Fecal Bacteria is the New Water Crisis in Southwest Florida

Fecal Bacteria is the New Water Crisis in Southwest Florida

by Calusa Waterkeeper | Apr 23, 2019 | Featured, Water Testing

Originally published by WINK News on March 29, 2019 Bacteria is contaminating water all along our coast. There is a new water crisis in Southwest Florida. It is not algae or red tide, but bacteria and fecal matter where we kayak and fish. John Cassani, Calusa...
Calusa Waterkeeper Encourages Year-round Cleanups, not Just on Earth Day

Calusa Waterkeeper Encourages Year-round Cleanups, not Just on Earth Day

by Calusa Waterkeeper | Apr 23, 2019 | Press

ABC-7.com WZVN News for Fort Myers, Cape Coral & Naples, Florida Originally published by ABC7 News on April 22, 2019 A local organization wants to keep the Earth Day clean-ups going. Calusa Waterkeeper, a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting some of the...
Estero River Teeming with Bacteria but Lack Warnings for Danger

Estero River Teeming with Bacteria but Lack Warnings for Danger

by Calusa Waterkeeper | Apr 22, 2019 | Water Testing

Originally published by WINK News on April 22, 2019 The Estero River has around 26 times the level of bacteria than the Florida Department of Health said is safe. Lurking beneath the surface is the problem preventing cleaner waters. John Casani, a Calusa waterkeeper,...
Celebrating Earth Day on Location at the Collaboratory

Celebrating Earth Day on Location at the Collaboratory

by Calusa Waterkeeper | Apr 22, 2019 | Press

Originally published by WJCT News on April 22, 2019 First celebrated in 1970, Earth Day marks the anniversary of the beginning of the modern environmental movement in 1970, when on April 22 an estimated 20-million Americans demonstrated for a healthy, sustainable...
Feds Urged to Speed Up Fix of Lake Okeechobee Toxic Discharges

Feds Urged to Speed Up Fix of Lake Okeechobee Toxic Discharges

by Calusa Waterkeeper | Apr 22, 2019 | Press

Originally published by Jaclyn Lopez of the Center for Biological Diversity on April 22, 2019 Five conservation groups urged the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today to expedite efforts to curb releases of toxic, nutrient-rich waters from Lake Okeechobee that help drive...
Florida Legislature Must get Serious About Nutrient Pollution in the Water

Florida Legislature Must get Serious About Nutrient Pollution in the Water

by Calusa Waterkeeper | Apr 10, 2019 | Harmful Algal Blooms, Policy, Press, Water Testing

As seen in a News-Press OpEd submitted by John Cassani, Calusa Waterkeeper, April 10, 2019 So far, the Florida legislative session has not adequately addressed the nutrient pollution time bomb that leads to harmful algal blooms (HABs). Great sums of public dollars...
Oil Drilling Discussion has Trump Supporters Worried

Oil Drilling Discussion has Trump Supporters Worried

by Calusa Waterkeeper | Apr 10, 2019 | Policy

Originally published by FOX4 News on April 10, 2019 The website Politico reports President Trump’s interior department is considering leasing waters in the Gulf of Mexico for oil drilling. The plan could pick up steam once the President’s choice for Interior Secretary...
Earth Day Kicks off Week-long Festival of Events & Cleanups

Earth Day Kicks off Week-long Festival of Events & Cleanups

by Calusa Waterkeeper | Apr 10, 2019 | Press

Originally published in the Florida Weekly on April 10, 2019 A nonprofit clean water advocacy group, Calusa Waterkeeper, has created The Big Calusa, a week-long festival and cleanup. “All year long, we at Calusa Waterkeeper find ourselves talking about the...
Chiquita Lock Removal Set for Hearing that Pits Cape Coral Against Conservationists

Chiquita Lock Removal Set for Hearing that Pits Cape Coral Against Conservationists

by Calusa Waterkeeper | Apr 10, 2019 | Cape Coral Spreader Canals, Featured, Press

Originally published in The News-Press by Chad Gillis on April 10, 2019 A water control structure in southwest Cape Coral will be the focus of a hearing this week as some environmental and civic groups aim to keep the City of Cape Coral from completely removing the...
Florida Department of Health Emails Show Agency Struggled to Manage Algae Crisis

Florida Department of Health Emails Show Agency Struggled to Manage Algae Crisis

by Calusa Waterkeeper | Apr 7, 2019 | Featured, Press

Originally published in The News-Press by Amy Bennett williams on April 7, 2019 With toxic algae fouling Southwest Florida’s inland waterways and coastline last year, state health officials faced a flood of worried questions as people turned to them for crisis...
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