SWFL Water Crisis

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 […]

The dog beach officially reopened for the first time since Hurricane Ian on Wednesday.

From Sarasota down to Marco Island, every coastal community in the WINK News viewing area is seeing red tide.

There are medium to high concentrations in almost every part of Southwest Florida.

From St. Petersburg all the way down to Naples, red tide is ramping up. In fact, Lee and Collier counties have issued red tide advisories, warning people to expect some respiratory issues at the beaches.

The biggest resovoir in all of the Everglades restoration projects and another place for the water in Lake Okeechobee to go.

From fecal bacteria to blue-green algae to red tide, degrading water quality is a prevalent issue in Southwest Florida. Recent research links many of Lee County’s water quality woes to its septic systems.