Gasparilla Island

Lee commissioners approve parking changes on Boca Grande

An agreement was long time coming, but Gasparilla Island has new parking regulations.Sixty people signed up to speak and Lee County commissioners listened to more than an hour and 40 minutes of public comment before unanimously approving the parking ordinance with a few changes.

All of the sampling sites where Gulf waters were tested for red tide during the last ten days are grey, meaning the recent bloom that stretched from Tampa Bay to Key West has left Southwest Florida's coastal waters

Environment

Beach advisories cancelled as red tide from Tampa Bay to Key West fades

Tom Bayles

The Florida Department of Health in Lee County lifted nearly a dozen health alerts due to red tide

Mote Scientists Test New Tech to Fight Red Tide in Boca Grande

Rachel Iacovone

Marine life has all been wiped out in the waters surrounding Gasparilla Island. The inlet straddles Charlotte and Lee counties, but the residential part —…