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Tag: Lee County
Remote sensing technique captures details of Hurricane Ian’s aftermath
FAU researchers used aerial imagery data and LiDAR to identify the hardest-hit areas of Southwest Florida’s Estero Island.
FEMA is making an example of this Florida boomtown. Locals call it ‘revenge politics’
As the Biden administration tries to punish Lee County for rebuilding flood-prone homes, Republican politicians are fighting back.
Developer proposes 10,000 homes in Lee County panther habitat; Miami-Dade continues shift to solar
Demonstrators protested a developer's plan to build homes in habitat critical to the Florida panther.
New study points to concerns of dangerous Vibrio bacteria in Florida’s coastal waters following Hurricane Ian
Vibrio bacteria can cause illness or death for people who eat raw or undercooked seafood or go in the ocean ...
While volunteers keep an ‘Eye on Seagrass,’ Florida Sea Grant launches new website for the citizen science program
Seagrasses stabilize shorelines, sequester carbon and act as a food source and a habitat for important fish species.
Everglades restoration enhances water quality and therefore benefits the state’s vital real estate industry
By Stephen Davis, Ph.D., Chief Science Officer, The Everglades Foundation America’s Everglades provides the drinking water for nine million Floridians, ...
Orange County’s Rights of Nature law is the legal tool other counties need
By Joseph Bonasia, Florida Rights of Nature Network There ought to be a law. This is the case in two ...
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