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Despite Objection by Cape Coral, Challenge to Remove Chiquita Boat Lock Advances

Despite Objection by Cape Coral, Challenge to Remove Chiquita Boat Lock Advances

by Calusa Waterkeeper | Nov 2, 2023 | Featured, Press

Originally published by The News-Press on November 2, 2023 by Luis Zambrano After a startling dropout by several high-profile Southwest nonprofits, the challenge to keep Cape Coral’s Chiquita Boat Lock, a nearly 50-year-old manmade barrier, in operation moves...
Tampa Bay Waterkeeper and Businesses Send Support to Neighbors Impacted by Hurricane Ian

Tampa Bay Waterkeeper and Businesses Send Support to Neighbors Impacted by Hurricane Ian

by Calusa Waterkeeper | Oct 12, 2023 | Featured

Pictured from left to right: Calusa Waterkeeper Codty Pierce, Tampa Bay Waterkeeper Justin Tramble, and Waterkeeper Alliance representative Patience Burke The Calusa Waterkeeper organization wishes to thank our friends and partners at Tampa Bay Waterkeeper for...
Calusa Waterkeepers Create Oyster Gardens to Aid Water Quality

Calusa Waterkeepers Create Oyster Gardens to Aid Water Quality

by Calusa Waterkeeper | Oct 9, 2023 | Featured, Press

Calusa Waterkeepers Create Oyster Gardens to Aid Water Quality Originally published by FOX4 News on October 9, 2023 You may be keeping our waterways cleaner the next time you order oysters at dinner. The Calusa Waterkeepers, a non-profit organization, has been...
High Fecal Bacteria at Lee County Beaches Trigger Warnings

High Fecal Bacteria at Lee County Beaches Trigger Warnings

by Calusa Waterkeeper | Sep 29, 2023 | Bacteria Monitoring, Press

Originally published by The News-Press on September 29, 2023 by Amy Bennett Williams Don’t go in the water warns Lee County’s health department: There’s too much fecal bacteria and it might make you sick. According to routine tests Thursday, Bowditch...
Blue-Green Algae Toxins are a Human Health Risk

Blue-Green Algae Toxins are a Human Health Risk

by Calusa Waterkeeper | Sep 17, 2023 | Featured, Harmful Algal Blooms, Press

A recent News-Press article (“Well-known FGCU professor accused of downplaying blue-green algae by water advocate”) overlooks the principal barrier to public understanding of Florida’s persistent blue-green algae – the calibration of exposure to risk....
Quiet Disaster: Dapis Algae in Matlacha Aquatic Preserve and Charlotte Harbor

Quiet Disaster: Dapis Algae in Matlacha Aquatic Preserve and Charlotte Harbor

by Calusa Waterkeeper | Sep 14, 2023 | Featured, Press

Originally published by Conservancy of Southwest Florida on September 14, 2023. Our nearshore waters are crying for help, but are we listening? In Lee County, many are familiar with the impact that Lake Okeechobee discharges and basin runoff have on the Caloosahatchee...
Using Chemicals to Treat Florida’s Algae Bloom Problem is like taking Aspirin for a Brain Tumor

Using Chemicals to Treat Florida’s Algae Bloom Problem is like taking Aspirin for a Brain Tumor

by Calusa Waterkeeper | Sep 14, 2023 | Featured, Press

Originally published by Florida Phoenix on September 14, 2023 and written by Craig Pittman. Blooms of pollution-fueled blue-green algae — known among scientists as “cyanobacteria” — have become a perpetual problem all over Florida. It’s gotten to the point where we’ve...
Clean Water Issues, Solutions and Actions Subject of League of Women Voters’ Educational Event

Clean Water Issues, Solutions and Actions Subject of League of Women Voters’ Educational Event

by Calusa Waterkeeper | Sep 7, 2023 | Events, Press

Originally published by Cape Coral Daily Breeze on September 7, 2023 The League of Women Voters of Lee County will be holding a LWVLee Educational Event called Clean Water in Lee County: Issues, Solutions and Actions on Saturday, Oct. 7, from 9 to 11 a.m. The event...
Here’s What Montana can Teach Florida About a Clean Future

Here’s What Montana can Teach Florida About a Clean Future

by Calusa Waterkeeper | Sep 1, 2023 | Press

Op-Ed column originally published by Tampa Bay Times on September 1, 2023 and written by Joseph Bonasia Some good climate news for a change: A Montana judge has ruled as unconstitutional a Montana law that prohibited state agencies from considering environmental...
Nonprofits Cite Intimidation from Cape Coral over Chiquita Boat Lock

Nonprofits Cite Intimidation from Cape Coral over Chiquita Boat Lock

by Calusa Waterkeeper | Aug 27, 2023 | Cape Coral Spreader Canals, Featured, Press

Originally published by The News-Press on August 27, 2023 by Luis Zambrano Several high-profile groups and nonprofits bowed out of a legal challenge to keep Cape Coral’s Chiquita Boat Lock, a nearly 50-year-old manmade barrier, in operation, citing fears of...
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