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Blue Green Algae coming down the Caloosahatchee, and the Army Corps isn t stopping releases
Blue Green Algae coming down the Caloosahatchee, and the Army Corps isn t stopping releases
and last updated 2021-05-14 21:13:10-04
LEE COUNTY â The Florida Health Department now has several health advisories for both blue green algae and red tide across Southwest Florida.
At the same time, the Army Corps of Engineers tells us it canât stop the releases from Lake Okeechobee that are causing it.
We got footage of tht algae on Friday at the Franklin Lock near Alva. James Evans at the Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation said, itâs coming from the Lake Okeechobee water releases.
New bird list features more species than ever
By SCCF - | May 14, 2021
AARON WHITE
Cape May warbler
The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation recently launched a new Sanibel-Captiva Bird List that includes all of the 298 bird species that have been observed on the barrier islands, officials reported.
The SCCF Sanibel-Captiva Bird List has been developed and vetted by a suite of local birders and ornithologists, and builds upon the 2013 bird list released by the J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge. It includes historical data and very rare observations, making it the first checklist of its kind.
The comprehensive bird species list has been formatted as a birdwatcher-friendly checklist so that residents and visitors can document the avian species they encounter on Sanibel and Captiva.
Zero-emission landscaping workshop set
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The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation and Committee of the Islands will co-host a free educational workshop, “Revolution in Sustainable Landscape Maintenance,” for local landscaping companies and their employees on June 3 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Bailey Homestead, at 1300 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel. Presented by the American Green Zone Alliance, it will focus on providing the knowledge and resources needed to make the transition from fuel-powered equipment to zero-emission, battery-powered electric equipment. The workshop will include a live demonstration of zero-emission landscape equipment and free lunch. A Spanish interpreter will be part of the presenting panel. To RSVP for the workshop, contact Luke Miller at Lmiller@sccf.org or 941-777-4803.
The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation reported that two weeks ago, there was a sudden influx of sick shorebirds on the east end of Sanibel, as well as on