Southwest Florida Red Tide

09/05/2025

PROTECTING FLORIDA'S WILD LANDS: Over 2,300 acres of land off of Lake Kissimmee, known as "Eagle Haven Ranch," will now be permanently conserved — keeping open fields, native trees, and even wild horses free from developers. https://bit.ly/464rjQV

09/03/2025

12/11/2024

12/10/2024

This is critical for the future of our waterways - these decisions in high courts become precedents for future rulings. Here we see the smoke-filled backrooms of our legislative representatives in action; pledging to support the environment, but accepting money from large chemical agriculture.

12/04/2024

The onshore wind phenomenon will bring respiratory irritation from this summer and fall's red tide blooms. We forget it's out there, with the prevailing trade winds blowing into the Gulf.

Multiple beaches along Florida's Gulf Coast are facing a risk of red tide that could cause respiratory irritation.

11/26/2024

More analysis of Lake O level drop for "environmental reasons".

Environmentalists say a new federal playbook for managing Lake Okeechobee’s water levels could reduce the size and frequency of red tide incidents off Naples, Marco Island and other Gulf Coast communities.

11/25/2024

I would say it's going big sugar's way... Unrestrained burns creating a large smoke plume. Contributes to red tide.

11/22/2024

Sadly, the prevailing winds are pushing the algal blooms right towards us. I was hoping that the combination of cooler weather and offshore wind would allow us to escape the worst of this, but reports of fishkills are now coming in. AND we are introducing nutrient rich river water into the equation with the increased discharges from Lake O. ...

11/22/2024

As much as I wish they wouldn't dump the water down the river, but if it helps improve the ecology of the lake by bringing aquatic flora back to life, I'm for this...

Today at the Rivers Coalition meeting in Stuart, Florida, Maj. Cory J. Bell of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced that the Corps will be starting Recovery Operations for Lake Okeechobee. Recovery Operations are a strategy to lower the lake for the benefit of the lake’s ecology, including t...

11/11/2024

Yep green lawns, red water

11/05/2024

The tests show a better than apparent tests... Better than I could have hoped. But the Harmful Algae chlorophyll image from yesterday tells a different story.