Tag: Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Beach parking may change renourishment funding

BY MARCY SHORTUSE Gasparilla Island is scheduled for a Lee County and federal beach renourishment this fall. It is unclear, however, how much a potential change in parking or public access for...

State Beach renourishment begins this week

Florida’s beach sand replenishment project for the south end of Gasparilla Island at Gasparilla Island State Park has begun. Last summer, the state solicited bids for the renourishment of the...

State: Cabinet approves agricultural acreage for critical land conservation

December 19, 2024
Staff Report
News, Sports & Outdoors

This week, Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet approved significant investments to protect Florida’s natural resources and agricultural lands. Through the Florida Forever Program, $111...

Fish farm in federal waters off of Englewood would be first in Gulf

In the midst of worries about red tide and multiple hurricanes, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reopened public comment on a proposed fish farm in federal waters off the Englewood’s...

Renourishment in Lee County funded

September 26, 2024
Staff Report
News, Sports & Outdoors

ee coThe Lee Board of County Commissioners voted last week to award a nearly $39.2 contract to nourish beaches on Lovers Key and Bonita Beach to address chronic erosion and damage caused by...

State Park ideas withdrawn; input still needed on future plan

A state-wide Great Outdoors Initiative by Florida Department of Environmental Protection, which aims to add amenities like golf and pickleball to several Florida State Parks, does not affect our...

Blue-Green Algae Task Force Meeting on Tuesday, June 4

The Florida Department of Environment Protection is hosting a meeting of the Blue-Green Algae Task Force at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, June 4. Members of the public are invited to join in person at...

New sign at state park boasts new logo

August 16, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ BY SUE ERWIN The Florida Department of Environmental Protection launched a new Florida Park Service website in 2018, and this year they launched a new logo to help promote the 175 state parks,...

Algal bloom dashboard will give even more info on water quality

May 31, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
News

■ STAFF REPORT Furthering the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s commitment to making water-quality information more readily available and understandable to the public, the...

Become a volunteer water quality monitor

To the Editor: The health of Lemon Bay is important to us all and each month volunteers monitor the water quality at sites from Alligator Creek in Venice to Bull Bay in Placida to see that it stays...