Over this last weekend, Engage Estero’s Adopt a Highway volunteers collected 700 pounds of bagged litter. This effort...
Environment Articles
The New Season for Cleaning Up Estero’s Roads Has Begun!
Since 2020, Engage Estero’s effort, headed by Julie Yellig and many volunteers, has kept our environment pristine and...
Are Cities Doing Enough to Combat the Urgent Threat of Climate Warming?
Our planet's climate is rapidly and urgently changing. With temperatures soaring, rainfall patterns shifting, and...
Pollution Notification: Right to Know
The ECCL believes residents have a right to know about pollutants in our waters. The Safe Waterways Act (SB 604 / HB 393) is designed to address this public health risk. We encourage our readers to learn more about this effort, and then contact legislators with your...
The Adopt a Highway program has been re-commenced to keep Estero looking beautiful. Want to help?
The ECCL has embarked on a new season working with the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) to help clean Hwy 41, between the Vines entrance (Breckenridge Road) north of Walmart and south to Coconut Road. In October, the team collected a total of 640 pounds of...
What We Know About the Quality of Southwest Florida Water – Isn’t Pretty
Water is essential to life, and in Florida, it is also an economic engine that fuels $94 billion in annual tourism spending and $12 billion in local and state sales, hotel, and excise taxes, according to Rockport Analytics LLC. When our waterways...
Microorganism’s Macro Impact
Corkscrew Road Wildlife Crossing Update
Work is planned to begin construction on a wildlife crossing across Corkscrew Road in October. It will be located approximately 1000 feet west of the entrance to Cypress Shadows Boulevard, which coincides with a regional flow-way that crosses under Corkscrew Road at...
Litter Harms the Environment
Litter is not just a land problem. Because storm drains empty into our local waterways with little to no filtering, any object tossed on the road, flying out of an open truck bed, or left in a yard can end up in our river, estuaries, and beaches.
Worth a Read: “Army Corps’ Choice of Plan CC for Lake O Presents Opportunity for Relief”
The Friends of the Everglades report that the Army Corps of Engineers has chosen a promising plan, but the need for advocacy is still urgent. “While we’re encouraged by the Army Corps’ selection of Plan CC, the new Lake O playbook won’t be successful unless it’s...
Worth a Read: “Is an Ounce of Red Tide Prevention Worth a Pound of Cure?”
In "The Bradenton Times", Glenn Compton writes about the need to study potential links between stormwater treatment facilities' regulated discharges and algal blooms. These discharges, he writes, are not monitored, and so their contribution to the overall water...
Masks effective against Red Tide
Florida Gulf Coast University's Water School has determined that the same masks the public has worn during the pandemic appear to filter airborne red tide droplets. People susceptible to respiratory illnesses, or who are exposed for long periods of time may find some...