Fort Myers Beach News
Expert panel encourages dune plantings on Fort Myers Beach
A panel of experts from Florida Gulf Coast University and Naples Botanical Garden urged Fort Myers Beach to plant more dunes and vegetation to protect its beach from another future hurricane, as part of a forum organized by the Fort Myers Beach Marine Resources and Environmental Task Force this past week. The forum on resiliency went over the impacts of Hurricane Ian on the island and what property owners and the town could help protect itself against the impacts of another hurricane. Chadd Washburn, Vice President of Conservation at Naples Botanical Garden, said millions of plantings ...