by Calusa Waterkeeper | Aug 13, 2020 | Press
Originally published in The News-Press by Chad Gillis on August 13, 2020 The Everglades is looking at above-average rains this summer, but conditions are relatively dry in Lee and Collier counties. While the 16-county South Florida Water Management District is...
by Calusa Waterkeeper | Aug 12, 2020 | Press
Blue-Green Algae Found in Cape Coral Canal Originally published by WINK News on August 12, 2020 Going beneath the surface to figure out what’s going on with our water. “People are now seeing it in abundance in their canals,” said Calusa Waterkeeper, John Cassani....
by Calusa Waterkeeper | Jul 31, 2020 | Featured
Words from the Waterkeeper, Episode 17 Join Calusa Waterkeeper John Cassani with special guest Professor James Douglass from Florida Gulf Coast University on the Estero Bay tributaries as they talk water quality and...
by Calusa Waterkeeper | Jul 28, 2020 | Press
Originally published in The News-Press by Chad Gillis on July 28, 2020 Florida’s Blue-Green Algae Task Force is meeting again, after a several-month hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic. The group is made up of scientists from around the state who make...
by Calusa Waterkeeper | Jul 23, 2020 | Featured
Words from the Waterkeeper, Episode 16 Catch up with John Cassani and all things water quality in this episode of Words from the Waterkeeper. Updates on the significant Lake Okeechobee algae bloom along with fecal bacteria contamination in local waterways and...
by Calusa Waterkeeper | Jul 22, 2020 | Press, Science
Research Reveals how Red Tide and Blue-Green Algal Blooms could Affect your Health Originally published by WINK News on June 22, 2020 The sights and smells of the 2018 red tide and blue-green algae are hard to forget. Two years later, we’re getting more answers as to...
by Calusa Waterkeeper | Jul 21, 2020 | Press, Science
Originally published in The News-Press by Amy Bennett Williams on July 21, 2020 Those who lived through 2018’s summer knew Southwest Florida’s water was bad, but a new peer-reviewed scientific study helps clarify how bad. Just published in the journal Neurotoxicity...
by Calusa Waterkeeper | Jul 20, 2020 | Featured, Press
Originally published by EurekAlert! on July 20, 2020 In 2018, cyanobacteria from nutrient-rich waters in Lake Okeechobee were released down the Caloosahatchee river at the same time that red tides were gathering along the Florida west coast, potentially exposing...
by Calusa Waterkeeper | Jul 16, 2020 | Press
Originally published in The News-Press by Chad Gillis on July 16, 2020 An environmental network in Florida says Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Department of Health are not doing their jobs when it comes to informing the public about the health risks of toxic algae...
by Calusa Waterkeeper | Jul 13, 2020 | Featured, Science
Words from the Waterkeeper, Episode 15 Calusa Waterkeeper, John Cassani talks water temperatures in the mid to high 90s in back bays which is creating hypoxic conditions. Plus, an update on the Lake Okeechobee cyanobacteria bloom, and a massive trichodesmium bloom...
