“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…
Along with the daytime construction activities, the causeway armoring contractor will be performing nighttime paving operations the week of October 13, 2025.
To ensure the safety of the crew, dri…
Sunset at South Beach Bar & Grille on Gulf Boulevard was different one evening this past week as crews were staging sand for seawall area repair. The “mountain” has been moved and the colorful A…
By the middle of this week, crews were winding up the Florida-funded beach renourishment at Gasparilla Island State Park, at the south end of the island.
Tuesday, crews had removed most pipes fro…
Above, a 2020 photo of the temporary Bayou bridge used for GIWA operations. The old bridge is portable and is now in place, but it will be permanently removed this month. It had been used because th…
