by Calusa Waterkeeper | Jun 25, 2019 | Events, Featured, Press
Originally published in The News-Press by Amy Bennett Williams on June 25, 2019 After months of uphill battle, a recent Calusa Waterkeeper public health town hall started with a victory. As he took the stage at Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre in Fort Myers on Monday...
by Calusa Waterkeeper | Jun 24, 2019 | Events, Press
Originally published by WINK News on June 24, 2019 Experts gathered at a Florida water quality summit to speak about harmful blue-green algal blooms in our waterways regarding health hazards and other dangers the green muck poses in our area. Scientists who spoke at...
by Calusa Waterkeeper | Jun 24, 2019 | Featured, Science
Calusa Waterkeeper John Cassani’s update on upcoming events, Caloosahatchee conditions reports, and information on cyanobacteria...
by Calusa Waterkeeper | Jun 22, 2019 | Press
Originally published by FOX4 News on June 22, 2019 Toxic blue-green algae is slowly creeping back in to our waterway. And although we aren’t see thick green mattes like last summer, people in the community are still doing their part to educate others on the impacts....
by Calusa Waterkeeper | Jun 20, 2019 | Featured, Harmful Algal Blooms, Uncategorized
Florida’s DEP urged to include cyanotoxins in water quality standards Cyanobacteria, harmful algal blooms (HABs), and their root causes have been well-known problems in Florida’s waters for quite some time. The state’s first Harmful Algal Bloom Task...
by Calusa Waterkeeper | Jun 19, 2019 | Press
Originally published in The News-Press by Chad Gillis on June 19, 2019 The beginning of the rainy season brings with it a concentrated blast of nutrient-rich waters to rivers, lakes and bays as heavy rains wash off months of built-up pollution. It’s called the...
by Calusa Waterkeeper | Jun 18, 2019 | Press
An Op-Ed written by Jaclyn Lopez and originally published in The Orlando Sentinel on June 18, 2019 Like a summer rerun of “The Return of Swamp Thing,” Floridians re-awakened in recent days to our own annual horror show: The return of highly toxic blue-green algae. But...
by Calusa Waterkeeper | Jun 17, 2019 | Litigation, Press
Originally published by WGCU Media by Mike Kiniry & Julie Glenn on June 17, 2019 High volume releases of nutrient-rich, and blue-green algae laden water from Lake Okeechobee last summer led to massive algae blooms along the Caloosahatchee River, in Cape Coral...
by Calusa Waterkeeper | Jun 15, 2019 | Press
Originally published in The News-Press by Chad Gillis on June 15, 2019 A government watchdog organization says the state is purposely misrepresenting information about drinking water facility violations, reporting a high rate of compliance while the numbers are...
by Calusa Waterkeeper | Jun 13, 2019 | Events, Featured, Press
Op-Ed submitted by K.C. Schulberg, Executive Director of Calusa Waterkeeper and published by Florida Weekly on June 12, 2019. What is going on with our water, and what is the potential risk to human health? The summer of 2018 brought historic, unprecedented and...
