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Collier fisherman helps lead push to remove 2-inch mesh limit on gill nets

florida guide — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:20:02 +0000

Florida fishermen are now pushing a new grassroots effort to lift a net mesh size restriction, and Collier County is on its leading edge.

Study: Pythons linked to decline of Everglades’ mammals

florida guide — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:20:02 +0000

Burmese pythons are eating their way through the Everglades, leaving a dramatic decline in mammal populations in their slithering wake in just a decade, according to a study published today.

Naples candidates don’t all agree city is doing what it can to fix Naples Bay

florida guide — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:20:03 +0000

This year's crop of Naples council candidates say they too have the will to improve the bay's water quality and restore seagrass, mangroves and oysters, but they differ on whether the city is moving quickly enough to fix the city's No. 1 environmental challenge.

Florida water pollution legislation on fast track

florida guide — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:20:03 +0000

Water pollution rules supported by business, agriculture and utility interests but opposed by environmentalists, who say they are too weak, appear headed for quick passage in the Florida Legislature.

A bill (HB 7051) approving the Department of Environmental Protection’s rules is headed for a floor vote in the House after sailing through a final committee Thursday.

A similar Senate bill (SB 2060) is scheduled to get its first and only committee hearing in that chamber on Monday. The two rules also need approval from the Environmental Protection Agency and are being challenged in an administrative law case.

Cousteau: mangrove restoration ‘about saving ourselves’

florida guide — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:20:04 +0000

“If we invest in nature, nature will invest in us,” said Cousteau, 44, an ocean explorer, activist and documentary filmmaker in Southwest Florida speaking to the annual meeting of the Conservancy of Southwes