Red Tide is an ongoing problem Southwest Florida is experiencing and struggling with in the wake of Hurricane Ian. While Red Tide does bring a lousy stench and dead fish along, the problem is bigger than merely that. Captain Ozzie Fischer is a second-generation boat captain and has been showing people the way of the […]
A large seaweed blob known as “sargassum” is floating toward Florida. Southwest Florida has seen it happen nearly every year for the past decade, but this year it’s enormous. Scientists said the blob seen from satellite images is enough to fill 3,000 Olympic-sized pools. As of Monday evening, the sargassum is in the Caribbean Sea […]
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.