Fort Myers Beach News
Marine Task Force Committee recommends ban on artificial chemical herbicide
The Marine Resource Task Force advisory board has proposed a prohibition on the use of glyphosate in the town’s environmentally critical (EC) zone in order to prevent the “degradation of the beach environment, the pollution of our waterways and remove any health risks to the beachgoing public.” Marine Resources Task Force Chair Steve Johnson recently communicated to the town the board's desire and also noted that it was stated as part of a letter to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) regarding the Carlos Beach Temporary Refuge Stewarship Plan. In a letter sent to the FWC, the committee also opposed a Carlos Beach Temporary Refuge Stewardship Plan over the use of artificial chemical herbicide treatments (glyphosate) for vegetation management on the Carlos Beach Temporary Refuge. “As an advisory board, we attempted to pursue the elimination of ...
