Celebrating a Cleaner, Greener Estero! Julie Yellig’s team of volunteers, comprising residents from Rapallo, Pelican...
Environment Articles
Your Efforts Do Not Go Unnoticed!
Your Efforts Do Not Go Unnoticed! The February Adopt a Highway team of Volunteers has been hard at work keeping the...
The Engage Estero management, board members, and the volunteers who keep Estero looking beautiful wish you all a Happy and Enjoyable 2025.
The Engage Estero management, board members, and the volunteers who keep Estero looking beautiful wish you all a Happy...
The DR/GR – What is it and why you should care about it
DR/GR stands for density reduction – groundwater resource. It is a large area of land (over 80,000 acres) just east of Estero that was established jointly in 1990 by the State of Florida and Lee County with the specific purpose of protecting the principal water supply...
The DR/GR is being attacked – AGAIN – Your water supply is at risk
What's at Stake: New mines within the DR/GR water and habitat protection area;Reduced accountability for future mine proposals in Lee County and especially in the DR/GR of Southeast Lee County What You Can Do: Attend the Local Planning Agency Meeting and oppose the...
Damage to the Big Cypress Preserve
ECCL is supporting the efforts of four environmental organizations in their effort to reduce damage being done to the Big Cypress Preserve just a few miles from Estero by the Burnett Oil, Inc in its activities exploring there for oil. You can, too. We ask that you...
Old Corkscrew Mine Application Being Reviewed by County
The rezoning application for this proposed limerock mine is currently before the Lee County Zoning Examiner and has again been extended to April 24 at 9 AM. The Examiner is hearing testimony as to whether zoning for this 4,205 acre parcel should be changed from...
Lee County Commissioners approve purchase of Edison Farms conservation land
The Lee Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously on September 19, 2017 to purchase about 4,000 acres in southeast Lee County – commonly known as Edison Farms – as a Conservation 20/20 preservation site. County commissioners have made preserving Edison Farms a...
Why Should We Care about the DR/GR
Density Reduction…
Groundwater Resource…area
The name tells it all.