And we can add Hillsborough and Hernando counties, who were lucky enough to have some smart leaders who care more about the environment than pleasing our fascist governor.
The ban on summer fertilizer bans, a bill bullied through with no public input helps our the fertilizer and phosphate industry who has had among their lobbyists the IFAS group at the the University of Florida, much to its shame.
Requiring another unnecessary study of this such a tired and useless excuse that it fools absolutely no one.
Read the original article here at NBC News.
Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum.
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June 1 brings fertilizer ban to Lee, Charlotte, parts of Collier
CAPE CORAL, Fla. — Although fertilizers make your yard look great, they cause more harm than good during rainy season.
“The downside is that nitrogen doesn’t dissolve right away, is highly likely to be washed into the water from runoff,” the Calusa Waterkeeper Cody Pierce said.
Studies show they can cause harmful algae blooms, like red tide.
“As we are recovering from post-hurricane Ian, we had so many nutrients that were washed into the watershed, to begin with, that if they’re going to allow these high numbers of nitrate fertilizers to be used, we’re playing Russian roulette,” he said.
“Most people think that their actions are small, but when you magnify that by multiple people, not putting the fertilizers down, being conscious of their impact, can affect all the red tide in the blue-green algae dominant ecosystems,” Pierce said.
That is why the City of Cape Coral is asking the 400 miles of residents to take this fertilizer ordinance seriously.
That is unless a soil test has been performed in the past two years.
This ban starts now and goes until September 30.
