Who is in charge of cleaning it up?
The Beaches of Fort Myers & Sanibel cleans the beaches when needed. But area leaders are also dedicated to making the beaches as natural as possible, so they try to let nature run its course whenever possible. That sometimes means letting the tides wash the algae back out to sea rather than removing it immediately. Red drift algae is a relatively new phenomenon to our area, and area leaders are currently in the process of developing policies for algae removal that are harmonius with protection of the wildlife that inhabits our shores.
