/ Karenia brevis, a.k.a. red tide
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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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On May 27, 2016 this white-tailed deer mother and fawn were photographed at one of our game camera sites in the Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge. We received a quarterly update from researchers involved in the South Florida Deer Research Project, and from April to June the team collared three deer (1 male and 2 females) at the refuge using rocket-nets and darting.
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.
It s Mother s Day weekend, and if you re looking for something special to do with mom, Southwest Florida s beautiful parks, refuges, gardens, and sanctuaries are waiting for you.
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