Friends of the Cape Coral Environment

04/14/2025

Great way to save water for plants and landscaping. With summer rains coming, the timing of this activity couldn’t be better!

11/14/2024

Sign me up! This looks like in a very worthwhile session!

Please support my important cause!

11/14/2024

This is cool!

On this , it’s snack time with the bottlenose dolphin! A jack-of-all-trades, bottlenose dolphins use a variety of methods to catch food…and they aren’t picky about what they find. This species hunts in groups and individually, using passive listening to gather information about their prey (e.g. size, amount, species) and echolocation to hunt down squid, crustaceans and fish.
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📸: David Boxell
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Image description: A bottlenose dolphin emerges from the water in pursuit of a fish.
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SPANISH TRANSLATION
En este , ¡es hora de un bocadillo con el delfín nariz de botella! Un todoterreno, los delfines nariz de botella utilizan una variedad de métodos para atrapar comida... y no son exigentes con lo que encuentran. Esta especie caza en grupos e individualmente, usando la escucha pasiva para recopilar información sobre su presa (por ejemplo, tamaño, cantidad, especie) y la ecolocalización para localizar calamares, crustáceos y peces.
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11/14/2024

I know the holidays are right around the corner and likely taking all of our attention, but here is a fun event at the beginning of the New Year (Feb 20, 2025) to look forward to! Join me and sign up now for this worthwhile event!

Beach Talk Radio presents the second annual Golfing “FORE” Keep Lee County Beautiful fundraiser at Top Golf! Join Keep Lee County Beautiful for an evening of FUNdraising, golf, prizes, …

02/03/2024

Cape Coral Earns 2023 Tree City USA Award
February 1, 2024

The City of Cape Coral was named a 2023 Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation for its commitment to effective urban forest management.

This is the 32nd year Cape Coral has achieved this designation by meeting the program's four requirements:

maintaining a tree board or department
having a tree care ordinance
dedicating an annual community forestry budget of at least $2 per capita
hosting an Arbor Day observance and proclamation
"The City of Cape Coral recognizes how important trees are to our community. They improve air quality, provide shade that reduces energy use, and positively impact personal health," said City Manager Michael Ilczyszyn. "I am proud of our staff for earning this award and ensuring a better quality of life for current and future residents."

In 2023, the City planted 250 trees as part of its reforestation efforts, with over 65 planted during volunteer events. Over 200 trees were given to residents as part of community tree distributions.

"We hope to continue planting more trees in 2024 with our partners at Future Forestry and Keep Lee County Beautiful," said City Arborist Omar Leon, " and we hope to continue our partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation as we grow our urban forest."

02/03/2024

🌱 The City of Cape Coral is planting mangroves at Coral Pointe Saturday, February 10, at 9 a.m. and is seeking volunteers.

City staff, alongside Lee County Conservation 20/20, Keep Lee County Beautiful, and the Four Mile Cove Neighborhood Group, are planting 160 red mangroves to enhance the disturbed shoreline at 2122 Coral Pointe Drive. Volunteers are encouraged to show up and assist with the mangrove planting.

This is the first phase of a multi-phase restoration effort in partnership with Lee County Conservation 20/20. There will be a future planting of 60 trees at this site in the summer to take advantage of the rainy season.

02/03/2024

02/03/2024

February 2nd is ! Within SWFL there are five primary types of wetlands: coastal marshes, mangrove swamps, freshwater marshes, cypress swamps and hardwood swamps. Each are essential to the natural environment🌊☀️🌳🦆🌎

02/03/2024

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Have you always wanted to get that perfect wildlife picture? Not sure how to get it? Here is a golden opportunity to learn from the best. Sign up now for CCFW’s photography tour held every year during the annual Burrowing Owl Festival. The first 20 sign ups get a free Vortex hat and t-shirt.

02/03/2024

Great Job by the Friends of the Cape Coral Environment and Southwest Cape Coral Action Committee (SWCCAC) to finally complete the median beautification project on Agualinda. This project was delayed by many months due to the presence of burrowing owls which, with help from FWC, have found a new home. Take a look at the photos below to see how beautifully this turned out. Many thanks for the generous donations by local residents, LCEC, and the Amato family that made this possible! If you would like to know more about the median beautification program taking place in both the NW and the SW Cape and how you can help, please send us a message. We would love to hear from you!