Sanibel may be best known for its beaches, but its history is rooted in conservation. After recent hurricanes took so much of that away, the city says a new plan will plant roots again, literally.
Fox 4’s Sanibel Community Correspondent Austin Schargorodski works on the island every day so knows how much this means to his community, so he went to see what people think about the plan.Watch to hear what’s in the plan and what Sanibel neighbors think about it:
TAKING ROOT: Sanibel launches plan to restore vegetation lost to hurricanes
First impressions matter, and on Sanibel, the greenery, like a tree canopy, is the first thing you would see.
“The canopy used to just be so inviting and enchanting when you drove out here,” said Jeff Wheeler.
Wheeler lives on the island and said losing that foliage to Hurricane Ian hit hard. But now, the city says it’s working to bring it back. The city shared renderings of what Causeway Boulevard will look like soon with native trees and vegetation lining the road…