The Florida Department of Environmental Protection will hold a public meeting before deciding on whether to issue a wetlands permit for a new town called Bellmar in rural Collier County.

A Florida Gulf Coast University professor is researching urban wetlands in Collier County to help stop flooding amid hurricane season. Areas like Freedom Park in Naples experienced a lot of ...

a wetland plant whose umbrella leaves shelters myriad species of wildlife. In this Collier County must-see stop, more than two miles of boardwalk wind through pines and wet prairies past a marsh ...

More than 1,000 permits to change wetlands have been submitted to a state agency since it took over Clean Water Act powers from the federal government in December. Collier County leads the state ...

In eastern Collier County, 180,000 acres of privately owned agricultural fields, forests, and critical wetlands are already zoned to be developed like sprawling Golden Gate Estates (Estates), with ...

Environmental groups oppose the proposed Winding Cypress development, saying its 2,300 homes and golf course would destroy wetlands because ... Housing boom in county Collier County is the second ...

“Voters see the need to protect wetlands that are important to our water resources. These are reasons Collier County residents vote time and again to tax themselves for Conservation Collier.