Tag: algal bloom

County cleans up fish kill at Port Charlotte Beach Park

Written by Marco Island Mortgage Syndicated User on April 20, 2021. Posted in Marco Island Mortgage, Mortgage Marco Island.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla.– Tommy Scott, the community service director for Charlotte County saw just how bad things were at Port Charlotte Beach Park on Monday. His staff got right to work cleaning it up. “They were able to cleanup all the dead fish her at Port Charlotte Beach. They also cleaned up the Bayshore Park, another beach property that we have,” said Scott. He said crews used heavy equipment to haul away the piles of dead fish littering the beach, but by the time we got there, even more had washed in. “This typically isn’t a one and done...

Algae is growing on Lake Okeechobee

Written by Marco Island Mortgage Syndicated User on April 14, 2021. Posted in Marco Island Mortgage, Mortgage Marco Island.

Algae is starting to grow on Lake Okeechobee. Army Corps of Engineer leaders say it’s normal to start seeing the green strands in the water around this time of year. Reporter Michael Raimondi and photographer Shayne Nelson started to notice it while on a tour of the Herbert Hoover Dike Wednesday. Corps’ leaders were taking reporters on the dike to get an update on construction. Down below, water hugging the banks of the lake had a green tint to it. Col. Kelly said they have the Florida Department of Environmental Protection testing the water right now. So...