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What's At Stake: Amendment to Remove Lee County Community Plans (opens the original)
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Matt and Allie of the SCCF Policy team break down the potential Lee County amendment that would remove long-standing community plans, including the Captiva Plan and those for 16 other unincorporated areas in Lee County. They discuss the amendment's full history, its current status, and how these sweeping changes could significantly affect Lee County if approved. Read proposed changes to Captiva Plan and changes to the other community plans .
Shorebird Nesting Season 2026 (opens the original)
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In this episode, SCCF Shorebird Biologist Audrey Albrecht and Environmental Policy Director Matt DePaolis discuss the 2026 shorebird nesting season and the importance of protected nesting zones. They review the season's interesting, unexpected, and record-breaking events and how we can all be better stewards to protect these species.
Rising All-Time Climate Records (opens the original)
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In this episode, the Policy team breaks down recent all-time records related to Earth's climate, including sea surface temperature, heat waves, and atmospheric emissions. They discuss the impacts of these events on the environment and human health, why these records keep rising, and what we can each do to help slow this trend.
What LaBelle's Sewage Spill Means for Our Waters (opens the original)
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Matt and Allie from SCCF's Policy team discuss the recent sewage spill in LaBelle, which released 2.5 times more sewage into the local environment than any other sewage spill in our region's history. They break down how disasters like this occur, what can be done to prevent them in the future, and how sanitation plays such a large role in protecting water quality. If you care about what's flowing into our waters, this is a conversation you'll want to hear.
Impacts of Industrial Fish Farm off SWFL Coast (opens the original)
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SCCF's Environmental Policy team breaks down the newly permitted industrial fish farm off the coast of Sarasota. They discuss the wide-ranging environmental impacts of industrial aquaculture in the Gulf ecosystem, the mechanism by which this permit was granted, and how we must fight to protect the Gulf from exploitation by extractive industries in the future.
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