The Coastal & Heartland National Estuary Partnership is accepting photography submissions of nature in the CHNEP area. Its annual photo contest site is now unde
The Coastal & Heartland National Estuary Partnership will host the 2022 Southwest Florida Climate Summit on April 7-8 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with virtual and
Charlotte Harbor Aquatic Preserves environmental specialist Arielle Taylor-Manges was the guest speaker at the Matlacha Civic Association meeting March 16 at th
/ Karenia brevis, a.k.a. red tide
We are all connected by the environment we share. The Earth is our home. This is the space where we share the environmental stories that caught our attention this week, in Florida and beyond.
Governor Ron DeSantis met with Southwest Florida business leaders and Captains for Clean Water in Fort Myers, Wednesday, to discuss the growing threat from a toxic blue-green algae outbreak in Lake Okeechobee and red tide that continues to plague the region s Gulf coast. The
News-Press reports, DeSantis is urging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to create a new system operating manual for Lake Okeechobee with a focus on sending water south during the winter dry season in order to create more capacity during the rainy season.
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April 13, 2021 A. The entrance to a cypress tree den estimated to be about 40-50 feet above the ground. A female Florida black bear climbed this hollow tree and entered through the open top to den. She later gave birth inside the cavity that was near the ground level.
B. Two FWRI bear research biologists stand at the base of the tree den listening to the sounds of a female Florida black bear and at least one cub.
We are all connected by the environment we share. The Earth is our home. This is the space where we share the environmental stories that caught our attention this week, in Florida and beyond.