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The Caloosahatchee project award was part of more than $13.6 million given for innovative technologies and short-term solutions to aid in the prevention, cleanup and mitigation of harmful algal blooms.
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Codty Pierce is the new leader of Calusa Waterkeeper
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In the mid-1800’s, the Caloosahatchee River served as the key to the economy in Fort Myers. It served as the main transportation route and it drove commerce. To honor the river’s role in the foundation of Fort Myers’ history, the city will pay tribute through a new art installment.
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The W.P. Franklin Lock on the Caloosahatchee River in Alva will be closed for one day to support maintenance on Jan. 18.
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John Cassani, the first person to be named Calusa Waterkeeper, is stepping down from the position he has held at the clean water environmental alliance for six years.Calusa Waterkeeper is among the most active environmental groups in Southwest Florida using a combination of staff scientist, experts, and a cadre of volunteers.One of Cassani’s priorities has been to keep the group focused on clean-water initiatives, whether for drinking, swimming, and fishing with a special emphasis on the Caloosahatchee River from Lake Okeechobee to the Gulf of Mexico.
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A washout near the Caloosahatchee Bridge on U.S. 41 to what FDOT called an "approach slab," and area of the roadway before the bridge actually begins, was noticed and drew concern from FDOT. IT was fixed Wednesday.
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Some washout near the Caloosahatchee Bridge on U.S. 41 to what FDOT called an "approach slab," and area of the roadway before the bridge actually begins, was noticed and drew concern from FDOT.
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The family survived the storm, and so did their house. Now they reckon with what they couldn't save.
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Tens of thousands of leaking septic systems are contributing to Southwest Florida’s water-quality woes, sending nutrient-rich fecal matter throughout the region’s shallow water table and porous soils to pollute groundwater, feed outbreaks of blue-green algae, and fuel more intense fish-killing red tides.
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The Florida Department of Health in Lee County issued a health advisory Friday warning people and their pets to stay away from the area due to “the presence of harmful blue-green algal toxins,” the agency wrote. “The public should exercise caution in and around Franklin Lock.”The tropical system was taking aim at Fort Myers on Friday evening, gaining strength, and was expected to become the first named tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season.The Army Corps was closing all its locks and dams on Lake Okeechobee to secure the 142-mile-long dike ringing the lake. The South Florida Water Management District was doing the same with the locks and dams it controls.