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The Department of Agriculture guidelines to help farmers and gardeners determine if they are growing in the right location as the planet warms and a new version shows Southwest Florida's zones are moving north
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Environmentalists remain perplexed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' recent veto of a wildly popular bipartisan bill to safeguard the state’s coastlines and protect the health of beachgoers because he believed it gave the Florida Department of Health too much power
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The 'Super' ghost orchid at Audubon's Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary was discovered in July 2007, and has been in the spotlight each summer since as it continues to produce many flowers year-after-year.
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A precautionary Boil Water Notice has been issued for the areas of Shannon Drive, Morningstar Drive and Caribbean Drive in Punta Gorda.
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The Vester Marine & Environmental Science Research Field Station, basically scoured by Hurricane Ian's storm surge, is once again taking middle school students on an environmental journey of discovery.
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Two encore Water Quality Report columns by Tom Bayles can help put global warming into perspective and some hints from the NYT can provide pointers on slowing climate change
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This year's sea turtle nesting season is going great, with a leatherback on Sanibel and early nesting throughout the region. But few turtle lovers forget last season when early signs were record-breaking but the season's results were heart-breaking
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Scientists urge divers, recreational charters, residents and visitors exploring the waters of South Florida to look for an invasive soft coral species that has been reported on the nearby surrounding shores of Cuba.The invasive pulse corals, a species within the Xeniidae family, are native to the Indo-Pacific and the Red seas. Several species of pulse corals have been discovered growing outside their native range into Hawaii, Venezuela, Cuba and Puerto Rico. Pulse corals reproduce rapidly, including asexually by fragmentation, and can overgrow coral reefs and seagrass meadows, with potentially devastating impacts.
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Officials said it's not likely that the bald eagle found hurt along a North Fort Myers road Sunday, that had to be euthanized due to the severe injury, was one of the eagles from the Southwest Florida Eagle Cam nest.
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Collier County's decision to lift a month-long-plus burn ban came following a review by the Collier County Bureau of Emergency Services, the Florida Forest Service, and the Collier County Fire Chiefs’ Association.