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Florida seen from space at night. Photo by NASA Earth Observatory Noah Valenstein, secretary of Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection, announced his resignation Thursday, effective on Friday, June 4. Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office acknowledged late Thursday Valenstein submitted his letter of resignation on May 8 but did not make it public until he notified department employees earlier Thursday. He has worked at DEP since the administration of former Gov. Rick Scott and has served as s...

The FGCU Artificial Reef project will consist of a collage of large concrete structures that were donated by Cape Coral concrete company Old Castle.

The two aim to find to what degree dead fish actually feed the red tide.  The idea is that red tide moves into an area, fish are killed and then the dead fish decompose and provide even more nutrients for the red tide to feed from.  "(Were) looking at the decomposing fish and the idea that as they decompose they release nutrients that can go back and feed the red tide more," Parsons said. "Can that kill even more fish so you possibly have a positive feedback loop."  Red tide blooms are ini...

The Florida Senate has proposed setting up a state Office of Resiliency to consider climate change impacts as well as setting up a nine-member Sea-Level Rise Task Force to establish baseline projections on anticipated sea-level rise and flooding impacts along Florida’s coastlines.

An effort is back in the Senate to permanently set up a statewide office to consider climate change impacts, as environmentalists wait for a new chief resiliency officer to be appointed.

A similar proposal to form an Office of Resiliency failed to get through House committees during last year's legislative session.

An effort is back in the Senate to permanently set up a statewide office to consider climate change impacts, as environmentalists wait for a new chief resiliency officer to be appointed.

SCCF shares priorities with Lee County Legislative Delegation By SCCF - | Jan 6, 2021 SCCF SCCF Environmental Policy Director James Evans presents to the county delegation. On Dec. 16, Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation Environmental Policy Director James Evans presented the organization’s legislative priorities at the Lee County Legislative Delegation meeting at Florida Southwestern State College. The priorities for 2021 include: – Support for conservation through dedicated funding f...