Facing the Pain of Global Warming:“Partnering for a Stronger, Safer Estero”Global warming is no longer a distant...
Environment Articles
What Is Resilience? Why Should Greater Estero Be Concerned?
What Is Resilience? Why Should Greater Estero Be Concerned?What Is Being Done and What More Should Be Considered to...
Preserving Florida’s Future: Safeguarding Our Communities’ Health, Stability, And Prosperity
Preserving Florida's Future: Safeguarding Our Communities' Health, Stability, and ProsperityFlorida has long been...
Adopt-a-Highway Program Re-Commences for the Season
The Adopt A Highway Program Has Been Re-Commenced Keeping Estero Looking Beautiful. Want to help? Engage Estero’s Adopt a Highway group of volunteers has embarked on a new season working with the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) to help clean Hwy 41 between...
Right to Clean Water
Engage Estero needs your help supporting the Right to Clean Water Florida constitutional amendment before time runs out.How do I Help?In order to be on the ballot, the amendment must receive a set number of signatures from Florida registered voters. Click for petition...
Engage Estero’s “Adopt A Highway Program” Reaches A Milestone in Rubbish and Debris Collection
Engage Estero’s “Adopt A Highway Program” Reaches A Milestone in Rubbish and Debris CollectionEngage Estero has been collaborating with the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) since October 2020 to help clean Hwy 41, between the Vines entrance (Breckenridge...
How You Can Protect Wildlife in Lee County
How You Can Protect Wildlife in Lee CountyMost people are familiar with the looming climate change crisis in the form of extreme weather events and natural disasters. However, human lives aren't the only thing at stake when discussing the need for climate action. As...
Adopt a Highway March 2023
Congratulations To Our Adopt A Highway Team And All Volunteers Keeping Estero's Roads Clean! The Engage Estero's team of volunteers collected 780 pounds of bagged litter and debris during the weekend of March 11th. Since early November, this season has amounted to...
Environmental Changes and Dangers to Our Water: GECR Quarter 1, 2023
Environmental Changes and Dangers to Our Water Engage Estero Is pleased to provide you with the first of four special reports we prepare each year. The environment and water quality remain at the top of greater Estero's residents' concerns. Many residents attended the...
The Dangers Associated with Septic Systems
The Dangers Associated with Septic SystemsEstero has changed dramatically since the first inhabitants settled in the early 1900s. These early settlement areas did not have sanitary sewer systems, and homes relied on wells and septic systems. Some of those holdover...
Estero’s Volunteers Recognized at Awards Ceremony
Estero's Volunteers Recognized at Awards Ceremony for Keeping Our Roads Clean On March 2, at the Keep Lee County Beautiful (KLBC) Environmental Stewardship Awards Ceremony, Estero volunteers were recognized as "Outstanding Adoption Groups" for removing tons of litter...
Volunteers Continue to Keep Hwy 41 in Estero Looking Pristine!
Volunteers Continue to Keep Hwy 41 in Estero Looking Pristine! The ECCL will, on February 1st, officially become "Engage Estero." Since October 2020, we have collaborated with the Florida Department of Transportation's Adopt-A-Highway Program to help...