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Weather Stations Update

Published: Feb 17 2023

Originally deployed in 2012, thanks to funding from the West Coast Inland Navigation District (WCIND) through a grant from Lee County, the RECON weather stations became the first weather stations in this area located directly over the water. Designed to give researchers and boaters near real-time information on the current over water weather conditions, they quickly became the go to weather source for the local boating community. &nbsp;</span...

Hurricane Ian Damage

Published: Oct 01 2022

Hurricane Ian caused significant damage when it made landfall in Southwest Florida on September 28th 2022. Several of the pilings where RECON sensors are located were completely lost and others had extensive damage. We also experienced nearly four feet of flooding from the storm surge on the first floor of the Marine Laboratory where the RECON workshop is located, causing us to loose many of the tools and specialty equipment&nbsp;needed to maintain RECON. We are working with the compo...

RECON 2.0 Coming Soon !

Published: Oct 13 2021

Despite ongoing environmental and regulatory challenges, advocates for Southwest Florida&rsquo;s water quality have good reason to breathe a sigh of relief. Thanks to the commitment of Lee County and the City of Sanibel and the generosity of a few concerned, longstanding donors, SCCF is proud to announce its RECON sensor network is being fully replaced and upgraded for the first time since its launch in 2007. RECON &ndash; short for River, Estuary, and Coastal Observing Network &ndash...

Gulf of Mexico Piling

Published: Feb 20 2020

February 2020 On February 19th, 2020 between 2:00 and 3:00 in the afternoon the piling the Gulf of Mexico RECON sensor is located on was struck by a boat and damaged. The piling was push over 15 - 20 degrees. The piling cap was dislodged and knocked into the water.&nbsp; All of the RECON components on the top of the piling were destroyed. This included the solar panel, power system, modem, and all the meteorological sensors.&nbsp;<img style="float: right;" src="http:/...

ROV Survey of Wave Buoy

Published: May 20 2019

Check out this video of our inspection of the wave buoy mooring system using our Remotely Operated&nbsp;Vehicle. &nbsp; Click the link to view the video on YouTube.&nbsp; ROV VIDEO...

New Wave Buoy Deployed

Published: Sep 04 2018

Thanks to a grant from the West Coast Inland Navigation District, through Lee County, we were able to acquire a new and improved wave buoy.&nbsp; The buoy was deployed on September 4th 2018. The new buoy is a more rugged design which should translate to a much higher online time.&nbsp;&nbsp; <p sty...

Behind the scenes, and field work keeps RECON going strong

Published: Aug 30 2017

Shortly after 9:30 last Tuesday morning, Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation Research Assistants A.J. Martignette and Jeff Siwicke departed from Tarpon Bay to check on two RECON sites. <span ...

RECON Sensor Network’s 10th Anniversary

Published: Jun 09 2017

Celebrating the RECON Sensor Network&rsquo;s 10th Anniversary of Service&nbsp; &nbsp; Ten years ago today, on June 12, 2007, in response to deteriorating water quality, the Marine ...

Welcome to the New RECON Website

Published: Dec 19 2016

Welcome to the new RECON website! The River, Estuary and Coastal Observing Network (RECON), is the only source of Real-time data about the condition of waters surrounding Sanibel and Captiva Islands. The network was established to provide scientific validation of the estuary's changing conditions and to b...

Algae Blooms, Our Estuary, and RECON

Published: Aug 01 2016

On Friday, July 29, at 2 pm, SCCF hosted a presentation to discuss SCCF's RECON and Florida Atlantic University's IRLON, which both provide real-time monitoring of water quality conditions. In the past, samples were collected manually and analyzed in a lab. It was virtually impossible to capture events as they were happening. SCCF's RECON, the River, Estuary, and Ocean Observing Network &nbsp;and IRLON, the Indian River Lagoon Observatory Network of Environmental Sensors, provide real-time da...

SCCF Among 10 Gulf of Mexico Marine Laboratories to Receive NOAA GCOOS Grant

Published: Jun 24 2016

The Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System Regional Association (GCOOS-RA) has been awarded $1.8 million a year for the next five years to support data collection and distribution in the Gulf of Mexico.</...

Environmental Monitor Article: Q&A Sanibel Captiva buoy minders on new data for boaters and red tides

Published: Jan 28 2015

The Environmental Monitor is a journal covering products, projects and trends in the environmental monitoring industry. Published by Fondriest Environmental, the print and online versions of the Environmental Monitor aim to help professionals stay informed about developments in their industry. In this&nbsp;article SCCF Marine L...

Environmental Monitor Article: Florida estuary water too fresh for seagrass after historic rains

Published: Sep 25 2013

The Environmental Monitor is a journal covering products, projects and trends in the environmental monitoring industry. Published by Fondriest Environmental, the print and online versions of the Environmental Monitor aim to help professionals stay informed about developments in their industry. This article on RECON discuses how rec...

GCOOS Member Highlight: Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation

Published: Jul 24 2013

GCOOS Highlights RECON The Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System (GCOOS) provides timely information about the environment of the United States portion of the Gulf of Mexico and its estuaries for use by decision-makers, including researchers, government manage...

Environmental Monitor Article: Running RECON with the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation

Published: May 31 2013

The Environmental Monitor is a journal covering products, projects and trends in the environmental monitoring industry. Published by Fondriest Environmental, the print and online versions of the Environmental Monitor aim to help professionals stay informed about developments in their industry. This article discuses some of the...

RECON Adds Meteorological Sensors to Network

Published: Sep 01 2011

Thanks to a grant from the&nbsp;West Coast Inland Navigation District (WCIND)&nbsp;we will be adding meteorological sensors to three of the RECON sites, starting in late 2011. Once installed these sensors will be the first meteorological sensors in the count...

Record Low Temperatures

Published: Jan 15 2010

Record low air temperatures during the first part of January 2010 have caused the water temperature to drop the coldest temperatures observed since RECON's establishment in July 2007. &nbsp;Click Here For Details...