Bonita Beach ranked 7th healthiest in the Country

recently Health magazine ranked Bonita Springs as the seventh healthiest beach in the nation. A combination of sugar sand and many miles of area parks helped Bonita get the ranking. Bonita Beach really makes an effort to control the number one environmental issue, red tide. Lee County is making an effort to keep the water clean and reduce red tide through a recently passed fertilizer ordinance. The ordinance is aimed at Florida’s rainy season — June 1 to Sept. 30 — and affects homeowners, residents and professional landscapers in Lee County. Nitrogen and phosphorus from fertilized lawns runs into drains, canals, streams and eventually the Gulf of Mexico. The end result is red tide and fish kills along the beaches of the Gulf. And that effects the tourist that come to visit each year. A lot of tourism depends on the environment so we need to stress the importance of keeping the water clean, so our economy and raise.