Biologist Leif Johnson heading out to Keewaydin Island

Conservancy Media Update

June — August 2019

IN THE NEWS

BIG STORIES

Save Our Water Summit Explores Causes/Solutions to Area Water Woes

Editorial: One year after crisis, water quality summit reinforces much left to be done

The Snakes That Ate Florida

Turtle Power: Record nesting season expected in Southwest Florida

POLICY

Sold out ‘Save Our Water’ summit to focus on solutions, action

County hearing on Troyer Mine today

Editorial: We're challenging Florida to put public health at heart of environmental policy

Efforts to Change Rock Mining Permitting Process & Commercial Development on Wetlands in Lee County

Lee County Votes to Change the Rock Mining Permitting Process

New Blue-Green Algae Task Force looks to farm lands for ways to improve water quality

NOAA: Red tide still killing dolphins in Southwest Florida

Gov. DeSantis must act after legislators fail to protect Floridians from risks of fracking |…

Governor DeSantis signs Toll Road bill; environmentalists argue impact on wildlife

Join us: The region's biggest water quality summit of the year is Aug. 21

Endangered Florida Panther Killed By... Another Panther - Geek.com

CDC to study how inhaled algae toxins affect Lake Okeechobee fishing guides

Fertilizer ban impedes harmful nutrient runoff, takes effect in Cape Coral

Corkscrew Crossing project receives OK from Estero Planning and Zoning Board

Rooney pushes government to keep raising the Tamiami Trail to increase freshwater flow to the…

SCIENCE

Python wars: the snake epidemic eating away at Florida

The Snakes That Ate Florida

Snakes On A Plain: Invasive Species And How We Handle Them

Turtle Power: Record nesting season expected in Southwest Florida

DeSantis: state agencies plan to remove pythons from Glades

Can Burmese pythons be eradicated from the Everglades? Judas snake program shows promise

Wildlife Workers Have Clever Way to Find Florida Pythons

Program Shows Promise of Removing Pythons From Everglades

Burmese python caught while swimming in Naples Bay

WILDLIFE

Teens bring Red-Shouldered Hawk to safety on a jet ski

Naples man arrested for keeping illegal pets in his bedroom

Conservancy of SWFL holds baby shower for wildlife hospital

Four painted buntings rescued from poaching suspects, cared for and freed

Bobcat kitten rescued on Marco; taken to Conservancy wildlife hospital

Solar-powered trash compactors come to local beaches and marinas

EDUCATION & NATURE CENTER

WOW To Do List: 'Ocean Discoveries,' more

Wildlife expert: FL bear vs. vehicle crashes will increase

WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO | Naples Florida Weekly

VIDEOS & PICTURES

2019 interagency python management meeting

Laughing gull attempts to snack on bonnethead shark

Girls donate lemonade stand proceeds to von Arx Wildlife Hospital

Firefighters rescue baby duckling

Conservancy Blogs

Interactive Kemp’s ridley satellite tracking: Interactive article

The Conservancy’s Ripple Effect

Urge Governor DeSantis to Protect Our Wetlands from Overdevelopment

A brown pelican was among the 84 animals admitted to the von Arx Wildlife Hospital at the…

Wildlife Warrior: Sandy Goldstein

Mother opossum, five babies admitted to hospital

Conservancy Volunteer to join Mission to Antarctica to Save the Everglades

One Does Not Look Like the Other: The Red Rat Snakes of the Conservancy

Baby Eastern Cottontail Rabbits Found in Fire Pit During Backyard Fire

Harmful algal blooms: To remediate or not to remediate, that is the question

Juvenile Eastern Bluebird Admitted After Cat Attack; Swallow-Tail Kite Released

Gray Fox Kits Found Orphaned

City of Naples Passes Stringent Fertilizer Ordinance

Oppose Deletion of Mining Overlay in Southeast Lee County