Editor’s Note: This story was updated Friday, Oct. 17 to reflect comments from the Lee County Sheriff’s Office.
Signage related to the new parking ordinance is beginning to be installed across Ga…
An aerial view of the Wheeler Road recreation area. The old tennis courts have been removed at left of the parking area. The traffic circle will be the site of pickleball. The parking area for t…
The Gasparilla Island State Park at the south end of the island reopened early this week, including the public parking lot.
The park has been closed for renourishment since July. This particular…
BY RENEE WILSON, THE AUDUBON SOCIETY
While most Floridians slept, more than 30 million migrating birds crossed the Sunshine State last night as they made their way south to spend the winter in wa…
“It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.”
Ansel Adams, Feb. 20, 1902-April 22,1984
An American landscape visionary photographer, and environmentalis…
SUP Englewood’s “Coffee & Conservation” series will return on Tuesday, Oct. 21, with a program focused on the gopher tortoise, a keystone species threatened by habitat loss and environmental cha…
Adoptive ‘parents’ for nests across Gasparilla Island
BY ARLENE HALL, BGSTA SECRETARY
As of this week, the 2025 sea turtle nesting season for the BGSTA is down to single digits, with only six…
On the agenda for the Tuesday, Oct. 14 meeting of the Charlotte County Board of Commissioners is a recommendation to approve a contract to redesign the El Jobean Fishing Pier.
The item, if approv…
The Charlotte County Beaches and Shores Advisory Committee met Thursday, Oct. 2, focusing largely on clarifying its mission and strengthening communication with both the public and county commission…
Interlocal agreements with beach and shoreline funding recipients, including the Barrier Island Parks Society, were approved unanimously at the Tuesday, Oct. 7th Lee County Commissioners meeting…
