SWFL Water Crisis

Red tide is taking a toll on Southwest Florida, but many people in town are trying to enjoy the beach anyway.

While red tide invades our shoreline, there’s a lot of debate over how Lake Okeechobee contributes to the outbreak.

Naples Botanical Garden is doing its part to help clean up our waterways by making a massive swale filled with plant life for filtering parking lot runoff.

Someone trying to clean up Fort Myers Beach has been tossing dead fish behind Town Hall with garbage and debris, and neighbors are complaining.

Collier County is experiencing medium to high concentrations of Red Tide, causing an unwelcoming sight for some beaches.

It’s that time of the year when many people come to Southwest Florida to go to the beach, but those beaches smell pretty bad from all the Red Tide and dead fish.

A new international treaty paves the way toward establishing large marine protected areas and setting global standards for environmental impacts on our oceans.

The sight and smell of the dead fish left piled up on the sand by red tide are enough to keep a lot of people away from places that are usually crowded, like Bonita Beach Park.

A fish kill is filling up the water in Southwest Florida. As more people start to pile into the area, and beaches reopen, the fish kill will become a bigger problem. In Naples, city council authorized the city manager to spend up to $100,000 to expedite the cleanup of dead fish within the city waterways […]

On Wednesday afternoon, a new tool was put in the Gulf of Mexico to monitor the water and support Red Tide research, human health, and the ecosystem. Ten miles offshore and 30 feet underwater, giant cement blocks will help scientists better understand what’s happening in the water. “So the importance of Kimberley’s reef is it’s […]