You never know when the next crisis will hit. They show up without much notice. That’s what makes them hard to deal with and prepare for. It’s not until high-speed winds start ripping shingles off your roof or toxic green sludge infiltrates your backyard or you’re quarantined indoors with your family 24 hours a day,...
Hurricanes. Toxic blue-green algae blooms. Red tide. Herbicide spraying. And now, Coronavirus. Guides in Florida and around the globe are being impacted by yet another disaster at the height of their season; the few months they rely on to provide for their families the rest of the year. Captains For Clean Water launched “On...
GUIDING FLOW TV SEASON PREMIER Episode 1: Featuring Chris Wittman Check out Episode 1 Co-hosted by Capt. Chris Wittman of Captains For Clean Water in search of a Charlotte Harbor Slam About the Show: Join Captain Benny Blanco on a journey to the vulnerable pristine waters across Florida and the world, as he chases wild,...
Photo Credit: Governor’s Press Office By MIL OSI – ForeignAffairs.co.nz / April 5, 2019 Source: US State of Florida Fort Walton Beach, Fla. – Today, Governor Ron DeSantis, joined by First Lady Casey DeSantis, spoke at the Captains for Clean Water Skiff Challenge kickoff. The Captains for Clean Water Skiff Challenge is an annual test of...
Red tide is natural but the current event has lasted more than a year. Stephanie Ebbs Dec 9, 2018 8:30 AM ET For months Gill has been documenting the effects of the red tide, specifically dozens and dozens of dead fish, eel and dolphins that have washed up on the beach. “The entire food chain...
Anderson Cooper Full Circle July 2018 Source: Facebook.com/AndersonCooperFullCircle In this interview, Capt. Chris Wittman, Program Director of Captains for Clear Water, takes Anderson Cooper on the water to show how ‘catastrophic’ the effects are on marine life. FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT: Facebook.com/AndersonCooperFullCircle
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah 10/30/2018 Source: CC.com Roy Wood Jr. and Michael Kosta go into “Miami Vice” mode to investigate a toxic algae epidemic threatening South Florida’s beaches. FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT: The Daily Show with Trevor Noah CC.com
Meet Captains for Clean Water, the non-profit that’s charting a new course for South Florida’s ecosystem—and the fisheries it supports by T. Edward Nickens October/November 2018 “This is what’s at risk,” Captain Chris Wittman tells me. “This is what we are fighting for.” He doesn’t need to point to what he’s referring to. Open waters...
The Governing Board of the South Florida Water Management District voted unanimously to grant Florida Crystals an eight-year lease extension to grow sugarcane on 15,440 acres of state-owned land. That parcel located south of Lake Okeechobee is also slated to be the site for a new reservoir critical to Everglades restoration. The EAA Reservoir has...
Just weeks after the U.S. Senate passed the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) by a landslide vote of 99 to 1, the President has signed this critical bill into law. This legislation authorizes the EAA Reservoir, but we still need to get the federal funding for construction to begin. This victory comes as a collective...
