Medications are ending up in water supplies, and scientists and regulators have yet to understand the effects of these so-called emerging substances of concern — 14 million, mostly unregulated, chemical compounds in use in the United States. That’s just what Bonita Springs Councilman Richard Ferreira is afraid of.
A public negotiation session Friday did not resolve a dispute over navigation in Clam Bay, but two North Naples communities have not closed the door completely. The Pelican Bay Foundation, a master association for that community, plans to send its neighbors in Seagate a proposal by early next week to end the dispute. Seagate representatives [...]
The Naples Sailing and Yacht Club has been unable to settle a dispute over the club’s plans to add 20 slips to its marina on Naples Bay.
A female wild dolphin monitored for 38 years by the Sarasota Dolphin Research Program based at Mote Marine Laboratory died May 22, leaving behind two documented generations of offspring to continue her legacy. Waterfront residents found the 46-year-old dolphin — known as “FB5″ by Program scientists — on a sandbar near Longboat Key. Mote staff [...]
Lake Okeechobee’s Loggerhead Club & Marina has received Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection Clean Marina designation, ensuring that the state’s permier bass-fishing destination will have clean water for generations to come.
In order to receive the coveted Clean Marina certification, marinas must adopt stringent environmental regulations that keep solvents, sewage and fuel out of the water. Okeechobee’s Loggerhead Club & Marina has 104 new wet slips that can [...]
