Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation

The Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation and Players Circle Theater are once again teaming up to bring Southwest Florida into a world-wide festival of short plays called Climate Change Theatre Action. The festival, which coincides with the United Nation’s Climate Change Conference, aims to use theater as a tool to translate the climate crisis into personal, emotional and collective stories. We take deeper dive into the initiative in a conversation with Players Circle Theater’s Carrie Lund Cacioppo and Jenny Evans and Matt DePaolis with the SCCF.

Protect Captiva has been fighting against ending decades-long regulations on growth on the northern tip of Captiva Island. In spite of its loss, the fight continues in court.

Help from the Sanibel-based Hammerhead Technology has enabled the Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation to launch a website that tracks satellite-tagged sea turtles.

A team from the Sanibel Captive Conservation Foundation is relocating sea turtle nests on Captiva in preparation for the island’s upcoming beach renourishment. Sea turtle nests are being moved to suitable beach habitat outside of the project area on Captiva or to Sanibel within 12 hours of being laid to minimize damage to eggs caused by movement.

The orbiters that might link to the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation's marine reporting system, can categorize environmental hazards and help scientists see patterns caused by climate change.

The Lake Okeechobee System Operating Manual — LOSOM , a set of guidelines on how, when, and where water will be released from Lake Okeechobee — was made official this week

As of Tuesday this week, the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation has documented 554 loggerhead nests and 1 leatherback nest on Sanibel and Captiva Islands this year -- 422 nests on Sanibel and 133 nests on Captiva.

Florida’s environmental groups have petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to use its authority under the Clean Water Act to step in and set water-quality standards to protect Florida’s residents, and visitors from the health dangers posed by harmful algae blooms