New development in Collier County means more golf courses and more stormwater runoff pollution and more encroachment on mangrove forest up and down our Collier County.
The area at the northeast point of Rookery Bay watershed is the area most at risk. This is our last real pristine mangrove forest. The Collier County Waterkeeper wants to maintain this mangrove forest and aims to prevent our coast from emulating the southeast coast of Florida. Development is creating a major water quality threat on Rookery Bay. Henderson Creek at the in the middle of the Rookery Bay Watershed has shown an increase in population, and the further development on Keewaydin is threatening the mangrove barrier that protects Rookery Bay.
