by Calusa Waterkeeper | Apr 3, 2019 | Press
Originally published in Gulfshore Business on April 3, 2019 Calusa Waterkeeper has created The Big Calusa, a family-friendly, recreational, educational and cultural week-long festival and clean-up to reconnect the community in a positive way with local waterways. The...
by Gene Gibson | Apr 2, 2019 | Featured, Planning
The ill-conceived Eden Oaks development moves forward with a Lee County zoning hearing scheduled for April 23rd. Calusa Waterkeeper (CWK) has opposed this development located in mangrove wetlands along Shell Point Boulevard in South Fort Myers. This is the type of...
by Calusa Waterkeeper | Apr 1, 2019 | Press
Originally published in The News-Press by Amy Bennett williams on April 1, 2019 U.S. Rep. Francis Rooney, R-Naples, is pressing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to share what it knows about the short- and long-term health effects of the toxic algae that...
by KC Schulberg | Apr 1, 2019 | Featured, Press
Calusa Waterkeeper shines positive light on region’s top asset with a week-long celebration and clean-up of our waterways Southwest Florida’s water is worth fighting for — and celebrating. So, leading non-profit clean water advocacy group, Calusa Waterkeeper, has...
by Calusa Waterkeeper | Apr 1, 2019 | Featured, Planning, Policy
Please support Florida Senate Bill 1344 by Senator Janet Cruz, Statewide Environmental Permitting Rules. SB 1344 Background: Design and permitting criteria for non-point stormwater treatment in Florida have not been updated and codified since 2007 despite new criteria...
by Calusa Waterkeeper | Mar 29, 2019 | Press
Originally published by WINK News on March 29, 2019 Thursday night, President Donald Trump landed in Florida ahead of his highly anticipated visit to Lake Okeechobee and the Herbert Hoover Dike. Trump toured both the dike and the lake by helicopter Friday, where he...
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...
