Since early this summer, WGCU has been covering the blossoming algae crisis along southwest Florida coasts, canals and rivers. Social media is filled with citizen journalists documenting what they’re seeing, hearing, and fearing. There are so many angles to these stories, and so many overlapping issues that a chorus of questions surround every discussion. So, for the past week we’ve asked our listeners for their questions, comments, and proposed solutions, and the response has been overwhelming.
We’ve been inundated with comments and questions, and today we’re going to try to answer as many of them as possible with our panel of guests. We're joined in studio by Rae Ann Wessel, Natural Resource Policy Director at the Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation; Amy Bennett Williams, environmental reporter and storyteller for the News Press; Dr. Patrick Reidy with Florida Gulf Coast Ear, Nose & Throat; and Dr. Vince Lovko, Staff Scientist and Program Manager of the Phytoplankton Ecology program at Mote Marine Laboratory.
