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Hurricane

Pine Island calls for volunteers to help with damage from Helene

Cary Barbor

Greater Pine Island Alliance is in need of skilled and unskilled volunteers.

Forty tons of recycled oyster shells being transported to Turtle Bay in Charlotte Harbor were later scooped into the water along an existing oyster reef restoration project that has benefits to the marine environment far beyond that to the oyster population

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Recycled oyster shells placed in Charlotte's Turtle Bay: Clean water, larger oyster reef among the goals

Tom Bayles

Collecting, cleaning, and recycling clam and oyster shells to restore and create new reefs is a growing volunteer movement in Florida to enhance and protect coastal ecosystems, improve water quality, and protect shorelines from erosion

Environment

Clean-water advocacy group adds Capt. C.A. Richardson to the board of directors

Tom Bayles

Captains for Clean Water has added Captain C.A. Richardson to the nonprofit’s board of directors. Richardson has been a professional fisherman and television guide

A family of volunteers plant Coontie, the larval host plant for the Atala butterfly, which is listed as endangered by the State of Florida.

Environment

Volunteers invited to plant native flowers at W.P. Franklin South area

WGCU Staff

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers inviting volunteers to plant native flowers at W.P. Franklin South Recreation Area on June 24 during National Pollinator Week.

More than 150 volunteers from Team Depot, The Home Depot’s associate volunteer force, and another 30 to 50 volunteers from Team Rubicon, a veterans volunteer organization, arrived early Thursday to help residents in a Port Charlotte neighborhood clean out their homes, removing flooring and drywall, and working with chainsaw teams to remove debris from the area.

Veteran and business volunteers help clean up Port Charlotte neighborhood wracked by Ian

Michael Braun

More than 150 volunteers from Team Depot, The Home Depot’s associate volunteer force, and another 30 to 50 volunteers from Team Rubicon, a veterans volunteer organization, arrived early Thursday to help residents in a Port Charlotte neighborhood clean out their homes, removing flooring and drywall, and working with chainsaw teams to remove debris from the area.

Volunteers from Floodgate Medical in Tampa put tarps on a hurricane-damaged roof of a home in Suncoast Estates, North Fort Myers. People from the recruiting company in Tampa have devoted several days of work in Suncoast since Ian hit in late September.

Tampa company's workers help Ian-ravaged community recover

Mike Walcher

FloodGate Medical, a recruiting company headquartered in Tampa, has adopted a hurricane-ravaged community 120 miles away. Volunteers from FloodGate are helping Suncoast Estates, often called the world's largest trailer park, come back from Ian's damage and destruction.

Volunteering at a nature preserve or other environmentally focused place this summer can easily turn into a fun, enjoyable, and educational time spent helping worthwhile causes

Volunteer the natural way at region's environmental museums and attractions

Tom Bayles

Southwest Florida has a plethora of opportunities to volunteer with environmental attractions, whether it be for a retiree with lots of time and a bunch of skills to offer or a high schooler with little time and experience but with enthusiasm to donate some time during summer break.