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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 ...

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When you know better, do better

To the editor: Are you kidding me? Gov. DeSantis now blames “activists” for “hijacking” the process of banning books. He is now in support of a proposal that will limit book bans in schools. He even argues that the idea that he enabled book bans is a “hoax” and “fraud” stating ...

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Help ‘end the stigma’

Unless you are one of the very lucky ones, addiction has touched your life or that of someone you know. A neighbor. A co-worker. A family member or someone else you love. Addicts — those with what is now called substance abuse disorder — are not limited to that “druggie,” ...

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