Posts Tagged ‘environmental policy’
Support Expanded Manatee Critical Habitat
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is accepting comments regarding the proposed expansion of 12 manatee zones around coastal Florida, including one that would encompass Venice to Estero Bay (View Existing Critical Habitat).…
Read MoreSCCF Announces 2025 Legislative Priorities
As a nonprofit, science-based organization, SCCF is dedicated to the conservation and preservation of Sanibel and Captiva Islands, our watersheds, and surrounding waters. Each year during Florida’s legislative session, SCCF’s environmental…
Read MoreUse Sustainable Gift Wrap & Protect Ecosystems
The holidays are a time that allows us to thoughtfully show how much our friends and family mean to us, whether through sharing a meal, attending a gathering, or exchanging…
Read MoreRed Tide Detected Offshore of Sanibel
Recent sampling from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has detected medium to high concentrations of Karenia brevis, the dinoflagellate that forms red tide, offshore of Sanibel. Elevated K.…
Read MoreCelebrating Our First-Ever Preserving Paradise Graduates
Twenty-three new powerful voices for Florida’s clean water-driven economy have emerged out of our first Preserving Paradise leadership program — a partnership between SCCF, Captains for Clean Water, the Everglades Foundation, and the Sanibel Captiva Chamber of…
Read MoreSCCF Discusses Climate Change at Engage Estero
On Nov. 12, Environmental Policy Director Matt DePaolis joined a panel organized by ‘Engage Estero’ to discuss the pressures facing southwest Florida due to climate change, as well as potential…
Read MoreSCCF Submits Comments to Protect Manatees & Water Quality
This week, SCCF submitted comments to protect wildlife habitat and water quality around Southwest Florida. Critical Habitat for Florida and Antillean Manatees The first comments were submitted to the U.S.…
Read MoreBig Sugar’s Lawsuit Against EAA Reservoir Continues
Oral arguments in Big Sugar’s lawsuit against the Army Corps regarding the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) Reservoir were presented to an appellate judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Atlanta.
Read MoreRecovery Operations to Begin for Lake Okeechobee
At the Rivers Coalition meeting on Nov. 21 in Stuart, Florida, Maj. Cory J. Bell of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced that the Corps will be starting Recovery…
Read MoreJames Evans Honored as a SWFL Man of the Year
Last night, SCCF CEO James Evans was celebrated at the Gulfshore Life Men & Women of the Year Awards in Naples for his success in spreading the “coastal conservation message…
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