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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | Chad Gillis
I could hear the surf pounding the shore of Lovers Key State Park before I even got out of my car. It was daybreak, and I was anxious because a strong winter front out of the northwest had brought sloppy 3-footers to Southwest Florida, and the waves were breaking over the sandbar at the south end of the main island. I launched my standup paddleboard and quickly shot out through the waters of Estero Bay, into New Pass and then the Gulf itself.
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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | Chad Gillis
Lee County has joined rest of Southwest Florida by enacting a burn ban. Conditions here are drought-like, and the rainy season is at least a month away. Collier, Charlotte, Glades and Hendry Counties have had burn bans in places for up to several weeks. Lee became the first county this year to reach the 600-mark on the Florida Forestry Service's Keetch Bryam Drought Index, which ranges from 0 for saturated conditions to 800 for especially dry times.
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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | Chad Gillis
Lee County Sheriff's Office marine patrol deputies rescued two boaters last week after the craft they were fishing from sank in Matlacha Pass. Body camera footage shows the marine patrol officers pulling up to the two men, who are standing about knee-deep in water with about 80% of the boat submerged in the shallow waters. No report was filed, but the sheriff's office says the two men were taken to shore and examined by emergency medical technicians.
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1 week ago |
naplesnews.com | Chad Gillis
Lee County Sheriff's Office marine patrol deputies rescued two boaters last week after the craft they were fishing from sank in Matlacha Pass. Body camera footage shows the marine patrol officers pulling up to the two men, who are standing about knee-deep in water with about 80% of the boat submerged in the shallow waters. No report was filed, but the sheriff's office says the two men were taken to shore and examined by emergency medical technicians.
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1 week ago |
naplesnews.com | Chad Gillis
Florida's Amendment 2, passed in 2024, prioritized hunting as a wildlife management tool. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is considering a black bear hunt in December. Critics question the necessity of the hunt, citing healthy bear populations. Remember Amendment 2, which promised to enshrine the values of fishing and hunting into state law? You may have voted for it, as did about 67% of Florida voters in 2024.
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