{"id":157591,"date":"2026-02-16T20:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T20:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/157591\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T20:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T20:40:08","slug":"blue-green-algae-blooms-spread-across-caloosahatchee-river-lee-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/157591\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue-green algae blooms spread across Caloosahatchee River | Lee County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">LEE COUNTY, Fla.\u2014Blobs of bright green algae are spreading across the Caloosahatchee River. Aerial images from the weekend revealed blue-green algae blooms spanning the waterway.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">At first glance, the scene may seem peaceful. However, the water below tells a different story with the presence of cyanobacteria, commonly known as blue-green algae.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This bloom isn&#8217;t confined to stagnant water or canals. It&#8217;s spreading through the main channel of the Caloosahatchee River.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Experts say these blooms need three main elements: warm water, sunlight, and nutrients. When runoff flows through a basin, these conditions can quickly come together.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The latest data from the Calusa Waterkeeper indicates that most nutrients in the Caloosahatchee come from agricultural lands. Other contributing factors include Lake Okeechobee releases and other local basins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LEE COUNTY, Fla.\u2014Blobs of bright green algae are spreading across the Caloosahatchee River. Aerial images from the weekend&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68396,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,3837,325],"class_list":{"0":"post-157591","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cape-coral","8":"tag-cape-coral","9":"tag-cape-coral-headlines","10":"tag-cape-coral-news","11":"tag-collaborator_gen_stories","12":"tag-lee"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}