There’s also a unique old Florida place to spend the night, the Tarpon Lodge, with 22 overnight rooms and cottages, many with views of the Pine Island Sound. The property was vacant when the ...

Florida's Gulf Coast is dotted with famed ... grouper, and more. The Pine Island Sound Aquatic Preserve, designated in 1970, ...

Southwest Florida’s famed vacation spots — Naples, Captiva and Sanibel Islands, Fort Myers Beach, Pine Island Sound — have long been escapes from Florida’s more bustling east coast.

Finally, a couple of days of much-needed soaking rain. Of course, the rains interrupted fishing, but by mid-week skies were ...

It left such an impression that I decided to make a return trip on my recent tour through Southwest Florida. The island’s main business is its restaurant, open for breakfast, lunch and dinner ...

In southwestern Florida, where the Caloosahatchee River empties into Pine Island Sound and Gulf of Mexico, three citizen advocates for clean water face crippling retaliatory financial penalties ...

In Southwest Florida, where the Caloosahatchee River empties into Pine Island Sound and ultimately the Gulf of Mexico, three citizen advocates for clean water are facing crippling retaliatory ...

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection ... Separated from the mainland by Charlotte Harbor and Pine Island Sound, Gasparilla Island is part of a chain of Gulf Coast barrier islands.