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Beaches & Environment in Collier County

The Southwest Florida stories that are too local, too early or too ongoing for the evening news.

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Beaches & Environment
33m agoCollier County
Nonprofit's new artificial reef off Collier County adds habitat as corals struggle
The nonprofit Florida Coastal Corridor dropped 50 triangular concrete reef structures about 13 miles off Collier County in early September, the first in a planned chain of reefs along Florida's Gulf Coast. Artificial reefs give fish and coral more places to live as warming water stresses natural reefs. The group placed a second reef off Fort Walton Beach a few weeks later.
Source: WGCU and 1 more
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Beaches & Environment
Oct 27Collier County
Another Florida panther killed on a Collier County road, the 15th death of 2026
Wildlife officials announced Monday that a 2-year-old male Florida panther was found dead along Randall Boulevard, about a quarter mile west of Everglades Boulevard, likely hit by a vehicle. It is the 15th panther death recorded in Florida this year, and nine of them have been in Collier County.
Source: WGCU (citing FWC) and 1 more