by Calusa Waterkeeper | Mar 29, 2019 | Featured, Policy
Florida’s 2019 Legislative Session is moving fast. Here are notes from Florida Waterkeeper’s weekly conference call: Florida Bills Discussed by Florida Waterkeepers on Friday, March 29. SB 7068 – Transportation Spending – OPPOSE Next Committee...
by Calusa Waterkeeper | Mar 27, 2019 | Press
As reported by Amy Bennett Williams of The News-Press on Mar 27, 2019. Chainsaws growling, workers have started taking big bites out of the tangle of exotic plants that have all but choked off Mullock Creek in south Lee County. With headwaters just east of U.S. 41...
by Calusa Waterkeeper | Mar 25, 2019 | Featured, Harmful Algal Blooms
As reported by Chad Gillis of the Naples Daily News on Mar 25, 2019. A toxic blue-green algae that choked the Fort Myers-Cape Coral area last summer has shown up in dolphins with brain disease. Researchers tested 14 stranded dolphins from Florida and Massachusetts,...
by Calusa Waterkeeper | Mar 21, 2019 | Harmful Algal Blooms
Originally reported by WINK News on Mar 21, 2019. Toxic blue-green algae hit it Southwest Florida hard in 2018. Dolphins washed up on our shores by the dozen. Research at UM is shining a light on what happened to these animals. Newly released research by scientists at...
by Calusa Waterkeeper | Mar 18, 2019 | Water Testing
Enterococci bacteria results from additional inland Lee County sites taken on 3-16-19.
by Calusa Waterkeeper | Mar 16, 2019 | Press
Originally published in The News-Press by Chad Gillis on March 16, 2019 Two algae blooms that strangled the Southwest Florida coast most of last year have subsided and may not return for a few months. Toxic red tide and blue-green algae outbreaks last year killed...
by Calusa Waterkeeper | Mar 16, 2019 | Bacteria Monitoring
Bacteria sampling results from Billy’s Creek in Fort Myers on 3-15-19. Serious contamination occurs, especially in the upper reaches. The result from station BC-9, near Ortiz Avenue is the highest we have seen since sampling began: 172 times the EPA Beach Action...
by Calusa Waterkeeper | Mar 13, 2019 | Policy
As reported by Roger Williams of Florida Weekly on Mar 13, 2019. Jason Pim, small business owner, Calusa Waterkeeper ranger and commodore of the Caloosahatchee Marching & Chowder Society sailing club on the Caloosahatchee River: “Gov. DeSantis has come out strong...
by Calusa Waterkeeper | Mar 13, 2019 | Planning
Originally reported by FOX4 News on Mar 13, 2019. Both of Florida’s Republican U.S. Senators say President Trump’s budget doesn’t include enough money for Everglades restoration. The initial budget proposal by the president includes 63 million...
by Calusa Waterkeeper | Mar 8, 2019 | Featured, Lake Okeechobee, Litigation, Press
As reported by Amy Bennett Williams of the News-Press on Mar 8, 2019. During the course of the hearing, the petitioners provided empirical evidence that the district’s level will not meet the needs of the river and estuary, said Calusa Waterkeeper John Cassani. Though...
