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Beaches & Environment in Naples

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

  1. Naples

    Naples Botanical Garden hosts regional prescribed fire workshop for land managers

    About 80 land managers from roughly 20 organizations trained in prescribed burning at Naples Botanical Garden on Aug. 12, the Garden's second such workshop, the Garden said. Crews practiced responding to a simulated spot-over fire, compared brush trucks and equipment used by different agencies, and burned the Garden's bioswale. Controlled burns clear the brush that fuels wildfires and keep fire-adapted Florida habitats healthy.

    Source: Naples Botanical Garden

  2. Naples

    Naples Beach sand renourishment starts Monday along 3.5 miles of shoreline

    Collier County crews begin placing about 208,000 tons of sand on Naples Beach on Monday, Oct. 26, covering roughly 3.5 miles from Doctors Pass to just south of 21st Avenue South. The $8 million project replaces sand lost to Hurricanes Helene and Milton; trucks will run about 9,450 trips from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Saturday, with completion targeted for Christmas. The beach stays open, but short stretches will be closed while crews work there.

    Source: WINK News and 1 more