THIS IS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IN FOCUS.

COMING UP, A HIGH-PROFILE COURT CASE HAS PEOPLE ASKING QUESTIONS REGARDING POST PARTUM PSYCHOSIS.

WE EXAMINE THE SIGNS.

NEW MOTHERS AND FAMILY MEMBERS SHOULD LOOK FOR IN THE EVENT OF A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.

WELL, ONE WAR BETWEEN THE U.S.

AND IRAN IS HAPPENING IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

THERE'S ANOTHER TRADE WAR THAT'S NOW BETWEEN THE U.S.

AND CANADA.

HOW THIS CONFLICT COULD IMPACT YOUR WALLET?

AND THE RACE TO BE FLORIDA'S NEXT GOVERNOR IS HEATING UP AS A RECENT POLL SHOWS A NEW FRONT RUNNER FOR THE TOP SEAT IN TALLAHASSEE.

HELLO, I'M JENNIFER CRAWFORD.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

THE HIGH-PROFILE CASE OF LINDSAY CLANCY HAS PLACED THE MENTAL HEALTH OF NEW MOTHERS IN THE SPOTLIGHT.

CLANCY ADMITTED KILLING HER 3 YOUNG CHILDREN, BUT HER LAWYER SAYS SHE WAS SUFFERING FROM POSTPARTUM PSYCHOSIS.

A MISTRIAL WAS DECLARED ON FRIDAY LEAVING THE FATE OF CLANCY IN LEGAL LIMBO.

SHE IS STILL CHARGED, HOWEVER, WITH THE MURDERS OF HER CHILDREN, ACCORDING TO THE NONPROFIT POSTPARTUM SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL, ROUGHLY 0.2% OF NEW MOTHERS WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH POSTPARTUM PSYCHOSIS, BUT IT SHOULD BE TREATED LIKE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY AND REQUIRES IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.

>> JOINING ME NOW WITH MORE ON POST PARTUM, DEPRESSION.

>> KATHLEEN NEALON, SHE'S A MASTER'S LEVEL, LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER WITH THE DAVID LAWRENCE CENTER FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH IN NAPLES AND BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I WANT TO NOTE THAT THE DAVID LAWRENCE CENTERS, THEY ARE AN UNDERWRITER OF WTC.

YOU AND KATHLEEN, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US IN STUDIO TODAY.

THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH ATTENTION TO THE LINDSAY CLANCY TRAGEDY, THE MISTRIAL AND SO MUCH ATTENTION PAID AND IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, WE ARE NOT IMMUNE TO MOTHERS.

EXPERIENCE SEEING SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION.

AND EVEN PSYCHOSIS.

CAN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW COMMON THIS CANDY?

>> ACCORDING TO THE CDC, ABOUT ONE OUT OF EVERY 8 WOMEN REPORT HAVING AT LEAST SOME SYMPTOMS OF POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION.

SO HAVING AT LEAST SOME SYMPTOMS OF THAT IS QUITE COMMON.

ONE ON DEBATES KIND OF A LOT.

THE PSYCHOSIS, POSTPARTUM PSYCHOSIS IS MUCH MORE RARE.

ACCORDING TO NIH, IS PROBABLY WILL ONE TO 2.

INSTANCES OF THAT OUT OF EVERY 1000 WOMEN WHO GIVE BIRTH TO THE PSYCHOSIS PUSH FROM PSYCHOSIS IS QUITE RARE.

BUT DEPRESSION ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION IS FAIRLY COMMON AND IT MAY EVEN BE UNDERREPORTED FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.

AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE KEY SIGNS OR SYMPTOMS?

>> THAT LOVED ONE SHOULD BE AWARE WHEN THEY ARE HOME WITH A NEW MOTHER AND THEY MIGHT SEE THAT SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT.

>> IF SOMEBODY IS FEELING IN EXCEPTIONALLY TIRED EVEN AFTER THEY GET REST BECAUSE IT'S VERY COMMON TO BE.

TIRED AFTER HAVING A BABY OR IF THE BABY IS NOT SLEEPING.

WELL, TIM IS VERY TIRED.

LOW ENERGY.

IF SOMEBODY LACK OF OF THE VERY TYPICAL SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION, APPLIED A POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION.

IF THE ME CERTAINLY HAVING LIKE A LOT OF NEGATIVE THOUGHTS THAT COULD BE A SYMPTOM IF SOMEONE'S HAVING THOUGHTS OF WANTING TO DIE OR SUICIDAL THOUGHTS THAN IT DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY.

THAT'S WHY I MENTIONED SIGNS LOVED ONES LIKE THE THE HUSBANDS WERE THE FATHERS OR A PARTNER.

>> THEY NEED TO BE AWARE BECAUSE THE MOTHER MAY NOT BE ABLE TO LABEL WHICH HE'S GOING THROUGH, IF YOU USE A NEW MOM HIM, I JUST THINK IT'S NORMAL.

>> YEAH.

SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO BE CHECKING IN WITH ANY NEW MOTHER THAT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY CHECKING AT.

HOW ARE YOU DOING?

OFFERING SUPPORT HAVING SOME SOCIAL SUPPORT, PEOPLE CHECKING IN WITH THEM.

HAVING SOMEBODY YOU COME OVER AND WATCH THE BABY FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

SO THE NEW MOM CAN GET SOME SLEEP.

ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE PROTECTIVE FACTORS THAT CAN AT LEAST FOR MANY WOMEN HELP DECREASE THE CHANCES OF IT GETTING TO THE POINT OF HAVING POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION.

NOW, EVEN WITH ALL OF THAT, SOME PEOPLE BECAUSE OF FLUCTUATIONS IN HORMONES ARE FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.

EVEN WITH THE GREAT SUPPORT SYSTEM, SOME PEOPLE MAY STILL GET POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION.

IT CAN HAPPEN TO ANY NEW MOTHER.

THERE ARE RISK FACTORS THAT PUT PEOPLE AT GREATER RISK OF IT.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE RISK FACTORS, LACK OF SOCIAL SUPPORT?

IT BEING ISOLATED?

SOMETIMES A SENSE OF INADEQUACY.

I THINK IT CAN BE.

IT'S SUCH A MAJOR LIFE CHANGE FOR MANY WOMEN, ESPECIALLY WITH THEIR FIRST BABY THROUGH IF THEY WERE GOING TO WORK REGULARLY, THEY STOP WORKING NOW THEIR HOME WITH THE BABY MAY BE THEIR HOME HOURS A DAY BY THEMSELVES WITH THIS NEW BABY.

SO THEY'RE ISOLATED.

PEOPLE ARE GETTING MAYBE MORE ATTENTION TO THE BABY AND NOT.

AWARE OF THE MOTHERS MEANS SO MUCH IF THERE IS A FAMILY HISTORY OF DEPRESSION OR OTHER MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS.

SOMETIMES THAT IS ALSO A RISK FACTOR.

SOMEONE HAS PREVIOUS EPISODES OF DEPRESSION PRIOR TO PREGNANCY.

THEY'RE PROBABLY AT INCREASED RISK AS WELL OF HAVING POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION.

>> AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BARRIERS TO MOTHERS GETTING THE HELP THAT THEY NEED?

>> I THINK SOMETIMES MOTHERS ARE.

AFRAID TO ASK FOR HELP, WHICH IS TO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING DEPRESSION.

SOMETIMES THEY MAY BE JUDGING IF I CAN'T, IF I NEED HELP, I'M NOT ADEQUATE OR I'M NOT A GOOD MOTHER OR NOT BEING SURE WHERE TO GO FOR HELP OR JUST ADMITTING THAT.

YES, THIS IS A DEPRESSION OR THEY MIGHT HAS JUST GETTING USED TO THIS OR THEY MAY MINIMIZE THEIR OWN SYMPTOMS AND NOT RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS A MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION.

IT'S NOT MY FAULT AND I CAN GET SOME HELP FOR IT.

I DON'T HAVE TO SUFFER IN SILENCE WITH ALL OF THESE SYMPTOMS CAN GET BETTER.

IT'S TO PREP.

THE LACK OF AWARENESS IS ONE BIG BEAR AND YOUR ORGANIZATION ACTUALLY HAVE.

>> AS A CRISIS UNIT THAT I KNEW EVEN RECENTLY IT WENT OUT TO HELP OTHER IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF THIS.

WHY IS THIS A MOBILE CRISIS UNIT RESPONSE?

SO IMPORTANT?

>> BECAUSE THAT CAN BRING SERVICES TO SOMEONE WHO MAY BE RELUCTANT TO GO TO.

DAVID LAWRENCE CENTERS FOR AN ASSESSMENT OR IF THERE'S A SITUATION THAT'S KIND OF QUITE, A CUTE E. THE SERVICES CAN GO.

THE MOBILE CRISIS TEAM CAN GO TO THEM AND KIND OF DO AN ASSESSMENT AND HELP FIGURE OUT WHAT DOES NEED TO HAPPEN HERE.

DOES THE PERSON NEED TO GO TO THE CRISIS UNIT WHERE THEY CAN STAY FOR A FEW DAYS TO BE CRISIS.

STABILIZATION UNIT.

DO THEY NEED TO AN ASSESSMENT THE CLINICAL ASSESSMENT SCHEDULED WHERE THEY CAN START THERAPY AND MAYBE TALK TO A PSYCHIATRIST OR PSYCHIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONER TO HELP DETERMINE IF MEDICATION, MAYBE AN EFFECTIVE TREATMENT FOR THE SYMPTOMS THAT THEY'RE EXPERIENCING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY IN STUDIO.

APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

AND FOR YOU FROM TALKING ABOUT THIS IMPORTANT TOPIC.

THANK YOU, PATTY INLAND, THANKS.

>> FOR MORE STORIES WITH A FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH.

PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WGCU DOT ORG.

COMING UP, A DEADLY DISEASE IS CARVING A PATH THROUGH CORAL THE WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST BETWEEN THE U.S.

AND IRAN HAS ESCALATED ONCE AGAIN AND HAS PUSHED BRENT CRUDE OIL PRICES OVER $100 A BARREL FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE JULY.

THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER WAR BREWING, A TRADE AND TARIFF WAR BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA.

THE LATEST ECONOMIC STRIKE CAME TUESDAY WHEN THE WHITE HOUSE SAID IT IS BANNING DAIRY PRODUCTS.

MOST ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND SO MOTORCYCLES FROM CANADA.

THIS IS SLATED TO GO INTO EFFECT AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER.

LOU, PARENTS OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HAS MORE.

>> CANADA HAS STRUCK BACK AT U.S.

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WITH TARIFFS ON ABOUT 20 BILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF U.S.

GOODS IN RESPONSE TO THE LATEST ROUND OF U.S.

TARIFFS ON CANADA.

THE LATEST HIRES BY KIND OF THAT COME OFF THE TRADE TALKS BETWEEN THE COUNTRIES COLLAPSED IN AUGUST.

TRUMP AND HIS ADMINISTRATION UNLEASHED A BARRAGE OF TERRORIST POSSIBLE ATTACKS AND REMAINS LAKEFRONT AREA TO MAKE AMERICA CHANGE, IGNORED AND RIDICULED BY KIND OF THAT IN RESPONSE, THE CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER MAKANI LAUNCHED HIS OWN TERRACE PROMISING THEY WOULD MUCH WASHINGTON'S ALL OF THAT.

ALL THE RATE FOR RIGHT THE TIMES TOOK EFFECT AT 12:00:01AM, ON TUESDAY AND COVER ROUGHLY 6% OF THE 333.6 BILLION.

THE U.S.

EXPORTED TO KIND OF THE LAST YEAR.

THE MEASURE IS HIT HUNDREDS OF AMERICAN PRODUCTS AT RATES OF 15.

25 OR 50%, INCLUDING STEEL, ALI AMINIAN CHEESE, APPLIANCES, CLOTHING, COSMETICS, AND FARM EQUIPMENT.

THEY TOOK PLACE A DAY OFF.

THE TRUMP THREATENED TO FINE THE SALE OF ACROSS FROM THE CANADIAN COMPANY ON THE D A UNLESS IT AGREED TO MANUFACTURE PLANES IN THE U.S.

BUT FALL FROM WEAKENING KIND OF THE TRUMP STRAIGHT ONE REPEATED FOR MAKING KIND OF THE 51ST STATE DOES NOT FIGHT FUELING AND RALLYING SUPPORT.

THE COUNTY IS HOME.

CANADIANS HAVE ALREADY SHARPLY CUT TRAVEL TO THE U.S.

AND WE CALL TO U.S.

GOODS.

BUT THE QUESTION OF WHAT THE CANDIDATE COULD WIN, THIS TRADE WAR UP FOR DEBATE.

KIND OF THIS ECONOMY IS ROUGHLY 13 TIMES SMALLER THAN THE U.S.

AND IT SENDS MORE THAN 70% OF ITS EXPORTS TO AMERICA.

BUT WASHINGTON HAS VULNERABILITIES TO U.S.

REFINERIES RELY ON 4 MILLION BARRELS OF OIL A DAY FROM CANADA.

AND AMERICAN FARMERS DEPEND HIGHLY ON CANADIAN FIRST ELISA.

>> THE ROLE OF TARIFFS WILL HAVE A ROLE IN THE UPCOMING MIDTERM ELECTIONS.

ACCORDING TO NPR POLLING AVERAGES SHOW IT IS BECOMING POSSIBLE THAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY TAKES CONTROL OF THE U.S.

HOUSE.

A RECENT UPDATE OF A NUMBER OF POLITICAL POLLS COMPILED BY STATISTICIAN NATE SILVER SHOWS THAT THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR FLORIDA GOVERNOR BYRON DONALDS HAS A 3.8% LEAD OVER DEMOCRAT DAVID JOLLY.

THIS IS A CONSENSUS FROM MULTIPLE NATIONAL POLLS AND INDICATE FLORIDA'S GOVERNOR'S RACE COULD BE TIGHTER THAN EXPECTED.

FOR MORE ON THE UPCOMING GENERAL ELECTION, I AM JOINED BY SANDY PARKER, THE COLLIER COUNTY RESIDENT BEHIND US SPARKER'S SOAPBOX, WHICH IS A NON-PARTISAN INFORMATION RESOURCE FOR VOTERS.

HOW DID YOU START CREATING THIS IMPORTANT SOURCE?

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

JENNIFER.

I'VE BEEN DOING SPARKERS SOAPBOX SINCE 2010.

IT'S GROWN A LOT SINCE THEN.

BUT IT'S REALLY JUST ABOUT HELPING PEOPLE BE INFORMED VOTERS.

I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT FLORIDA OR COLLIER COUNTY WHEN I MOVED HERE AND AND I'M FINDING THAT AS PEOPLE MOVE HERE FROM OTHER STATES ARE LOOKING FOR A WAY TO BE INFORMED.

AND I LIKE TO BE ABLE TO FILL THAT NEED.

>> FREE AND NON-PARTISAN.

ABSOLUTELY FREE AND NON-PARTISAN.

>> ALL RIGHT.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO FILL US IN.

>> ON THE GUBERNATORIAL RACE, IT'S OBVIOUSLY HEATING UP.

WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT >> THE MAJOR CANDIDATES, RIGHT?

SO THE REPUBLICAN IS A CURRENT CONGRESSMAN, BYRON DONALDS.

HE'S BEING CHALLENGED BY DEMOCRAT DAVID JOLLY.

THEY BOTH HAVE VERY INTERESTING BACKGROUNDS.

THEY'VE BOTH BEEN INVOLVED IN THE POLITICAL WORLD FOR SOME TIME.

OF COURSE, BYRON DONALDS WAS FIRST ELECTED TO THE FLORIDA HOUSE IN 2016 REPRESENTING EASTERN COLLIER COUNTY AND HENDRY.

HE THEN WAS ELECTED TO CONGRESS IN 2020 AND HE'S NOW SERVING HIS 3RD TERM.

>> AND HE HAS BEEN ENDORSED BY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.

HE HAS BEEN ENDORSED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP.

IN FACT.

>> PRESIDENT TRUMP ENDORSED HIM BEFORE HE ACTUALLY OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCE THAT HE WAS GOING TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR.

AND HOW DO YOU SEE THAT IMPACTING VOTERS?

THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION BECAUSE AS WE HAVE BEEN HEARING IN THE NEWS, PRESIDENT TRUMP'S APPROVAL RATINGS HAVE FALLEN.

AND I THINK WE'RE HEARING THAT'S A QUESTION ABOUT RACES ALL OVER.

NOT ONLY FLORIDA BUT AROUND THE COUNTRY.

WHAT IMPACT IS THE TRUMP ENDORSEMENT GOING TO HAVE ON CANDIDATES?

SO WE ARE WE JUST HAVE TO SEE HOW THAT PLAYS IN FLORIDA.

>> AND DEMOCRATS ARE BEHIND FORMER U.S.

REPRESENTATIVE DAVID JOLLY.

WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT MR.

JOLLY.

>> SO DAVID JOLLEY IS INTERESTING BECAUSE HE WAS A REPUBLICAN.

HE WAS ELECTED TO CONGRESS TO SERVICE A REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE TAMPA BAY AREA BACK IN 2014, HE LOST HIS BID FOR REELECTION IN 2016 TO REMEMBER THEN DEMOCRAT CHARLIE CRIST.

AND SO AT THAT POINT, JOLLY LEFT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND BECAME AN INDEPENDENT.

HE SORT OF EVOLVED SINCE THAT.

AND HOW DO YOU THINK HIM SWITCHING PARTIES?

HOW DOES THAT IMPACT VOTERS?

IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT EFFECT THAT HAS BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN READING THAT MANY REPUBLICAN VOTERS HAVE BECOME DISENCHANTED.

AND THE NUMBER OF NO PARKING ON PARTY AFFILIATION.

VOTERS HAS ACTUALLY CONTINUED TO GROW, WHICH MIGHT BE ANOTHER SIGN OF THAT.

SO I THINK THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE FOR JOLLY IS NOT GOING TO BE HE'S HAVING SWITCH PARTIES SO MUCH AS IT'S GOING TO BE THE MONEY.

>> WHAT DO YOU FORESEE IS JUST THE THE KEY ISSUES THAT VOTERS CAN EXPECT TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT REGARDING THIS RACE?

DATA CENTERS ARE CERTAINLY YEAH, TOP OF MIND FOR SO MANY.

>> DATA CENTERS IS A BIG ISSUE INITIALLY.

BYRON DONALDS CAME OUT VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF DATA CENTERS.

HE SAW THAT AS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE VERY GOOD FOR THE STATE.

AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, DATA CENTERS ARE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS IN OUR I IS GOING TO BE IN OUR FUTURE.

WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT.

FLORIDA SHOULD BE IN THE LEAD SINCE THEN.

AS YOU KNOW, THE MOOD OF THE COUNTRY HAS BEEN CHANGING QUITE CONSIDERABLY.

IT'S A LOT OF WHAT THEY CALL THAT NIMBY MENTALITY.

PEOPLE DON'T WANT DATA CENTERS IN THEIR BACKYARD AND RECENTLY, I THINK THAT CONGRESSMAN DONALDS HAS SAID HE IS GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

SO WE'LL HAVE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS THERE AS WELL.

>> IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU'D LIKE VOTERS TO KNOW ABOUT?

THESE 2 CANDIDATES?

>> WELL, I THINK THAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS.

THAT MONEY HAS TO REALLY COME TO PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN OUR RACES.

FLORIDA IS A HUGE STATE.

THESE ARE STATEWIDE ELECTIONS AND IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE TO BUY TV TIME RADIO TIME.

SOCIAL MEDIA TIME.

CONGRESSMAN DONALDS HAS RAISED THROUGH A FRIENDS OF BYRON DONALDS PACK TO 100 MILLION DOLLARS OF WHICH 50 MILLION IS STILL STILL LEFT TO BE SPENT.

WHEREAS JOLLY HAS RAISED 2 MILLION ON HIS OWN AND UPLIFT.

THERE'S A POLITICAL COMMITTEE THAT'S RAISED ABOUT 4 MILLION FOR HIM.

DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A MILLION LEFT.

SO THAT HUGE DISPARITY IN MONEY AVAILABLE.

50 MILLION DOLLARS THAT THE DONALDS CAMPAIGN HAS TO SPEND IS JUST HUGE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY.

SANDY, THANK YOU.

>> FOR MORE INFORMATION ON CANDIDATES AND BALLOT MEASURES.

YOU CAN CHECK OUT SANDY'S WEBSITE A SPARK OR STASH SOAPBOX DOT COM.

FLORIDA'S CORAL REEFS ARE UNDER ATTACK, ACCORDING TO NOAA, OVER 90% OF LIVE CORAL HAS BEEN LOST OFF THE COAST OF FLORIDA.

ONE OF THE MORE SERIOUS THREATS, A DESTRUCTIVE DISEASE WITH THAT 90% MORTALITY RATE WGCUS PAM JAMES SHARES HOW KIMBERLY'S REEF AN UNDERWATER LIVING LABORATORY IS LEARNING HOW TO FIGHT THE ILLNESS AND PROTECT LOCAL CORAL.

HERE'S THE LATEST DISPATCH.

CORALS ARE HAVING A ROUGH GO OF IT.

ACCORDING TO DR.

SARAH WILLIAMS WITH MOTE MARINE LABORATORY.

>> AND IT'S ARE FACING A LOT OF DIFFERENT STRESSORS THE STATE AS A WHOLE MULTITUDE OF CHALLENGES.

ONE OF THE MAJOR ONES IS INCREASING TEMPERATURES FROM OCEAN WARMING AS WELL AS LOWER PH FROM OCEAN ACIDIFICATION.

ZARA OCEANS ARE BECOMING MORE ACIDIC.

THEY ALSO FACE DISEASE OUTBREAKS SO CORAL REEFS ARE MADE UP OF ALL THESE ANIMALS.

AND SO JUST LIKE HUMANS, THEY GET SICK.

SO THEY'RE FACING DISEASE OUTBREAKS ON MAJOR SCALES.

>> DR WILLIAMS KNOWS WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT.

SHE DOES RESEARCH AT MOST CORAL HEALTH AND DISEASE RESEARCH PROGRAM.

LATELY.

SHE AND SCIENTISTS FROM COLLABORATING INSTITUTIONS LIKE THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI IN STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY IN NEW YORK.

I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING MOUNTAIN, A STAR CORALS BECAUSE THEY FIRST ARE AN ESSENTIAL SPECIES FOR BUILDING REEFS.

AND SECOND, THEY HAPPEN TO BE HIGHLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO WHAT IS CALLED STONY CORAL TISSUE LOSS DISEASE.

>> THIS DISEASE HAS BEEN DEVASTATING THROUGHOUT FLORIDA AND MUCH OF THE CARIBBEAN AND EFFECTS OVER HALF OF THE CORAL SPECIES WE SEE ON FLORIDA'S CORAL REEFS AND WHAT WE DID BACK IN 2022, WAS WE TOOK DISEASE CORALS FROM THE REEF BROUGHT THEM BACK TO THE LAB, CHOPPED THEM UP.

BUT THE NEW LAW TAKES AN EXPOSE HEALTHY CORALS TO THAT DISEASE.

CORAL TO SEE WHICH OF THE HEALTHY CORALS WOULD GET THE DISEASE IF THEY GOT IT HELP FAST, DID THEY GET THE DISEASE HELPED LEAD TO THE DYE?

MOST FIRST EXPERIMENT SHOWED THAT OF 154 GENETIC SAMPLES.

>> 12, 4 FULLY RESISTANT TO THE STONY CORAL TISSUE LOSS DISEASE AND THEY SAW SOMETHING ELSE.

>> WE ALSO SAW A LITTLE BIT OF A SLIDING SCALE OF RESISTANCE.

SO THERE WERE SOME INTERMEDIATE RESISTANT CORALS WHERE MAYBE ONE OR 2 OF THE REPLICA, IT STAYED HEALTHY THROUGHOUT THE EXPERIMENTS.

AND THEN MAYBE OF THOSE THAT DID GET DISEASE.

THEY DIDN'T GET IT AS QUICKLY AS THE REST OF THE CORALS OR THAT TOOK LONGER FOR THEM TO DIE.

>> WILLIAMS SAID THE MOUNTAIN STAR CORAL IS A PRIORITY FOR RESTORATION EFFORTS FOR MODE SO THEY CAN CONTINUE TO PLANT THE DISEASE RESISTANT CORALS ON TO FLORIDA'S REEFS.

SCIENTISTS FROM THE PARTNERING INSTITUTIONS THEN USED OVER 2500 HEALTHY SAMPLES FROM MOTE TO STUDY THE GENETICS OF THE STAR CORAL.

>> AND FROM THAT, WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT TRAITS ARE BIOMARKERS MAKE THE CORAL RESISTANCE AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS.

NASA EXPERIMENTS WHERE WE END UP, YOU KNOW, KILLING QUITE A FEW CORALS TO SAVE THE REEF.

WE CAN JUST TAKE A SMALL SAMPLE FROM NEW CORALS.

ARE YOU USING TO FIGURE OUT OH, YES, THE SQUIRREL'S GOING TO BE RESISTANT TO A SEAT LT.

SO WE SHOULD USE THIS ONE AND PRIORITIZE CAUTIONS THAT THEIR RESEARCH DOESN'T GUARANTEE LONG-TERM RESTORATION SUCCESS.

>> BUT IT IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

WITH WGCU, I'M PAM JAMES.

>> WGCU PUBLIC MEDIA'S LATEST DOCUMENTARY KIMBERLY'S REEF, AN UNDERWATER LIVING LABORATORY CHRONICLES THE ORIGINS AND EFFORTS BEING MADE BY THIS TRULY REMARKABLE SUBMERGED RESEARCH FACILITY.

IT PREMIERES THURSDAY, OCTOBER FIRST AT 8:00PM ON WGCU TV.

COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, WE'RE TAKING A DRIVE THROUGH THE HISTORY OF COLLIER COUNTY.

>> FROM SPRAWLING PEACHES TO INCREDIBLE TOURIST ATTRACTIONS.

FLORIDA IS THE PERFECT PLACE TO GET LOST IN THE LOCAL ACTIVITIES, BUT FALLING BETWEEN THE CRACKS ARE SOME OF THE MORE CURIOUS AND AMAZING TRAVEL DESTINATIONS.

SCOTT FEIS SHOWS OFF SOME OF THE THINGS HE FOUND IN COLLIER COUNTY AS PART OF THIS EXCERPT FROM FLORIDA ROAD TRIP.

>> ALTHOUGH EVERGLADE CITY MAY BE SMALL IN SIZE, THE COMMUNITY PLAYED A LARGE ROLE IN THE STORY OF COLLIER COUNTY.

>> EVEN PEOPLE FOR RESIDENTS OF COLLIER COUNTY ARE SURPRISED TO DISCOVER THAT THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL COUNTY SEAT THAT ARE NEOCLASSICAL STYLE CITY HALL BUILDING WAS THE COUNTY >> IT ALL BEGAN WITH ONE MAN, BARRON COLLIER.

>> HE DROPPED OF A ROAD STRETCHING ACROSS THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES AND THE COUNTY ALL HIS OWN.

>> VERY HOLLER HEARD THIS VERY SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS, BRINGING TOURISTS AND BUT IT WAS ALSO AT THE EXACT SAME TIME.

>> THAT THE AUTOMOBILE IS BEING POPULARIZED.

>> IN FLORIDA'S PROMOTING ITSELF AS A DESTINATION FOR YOU CAN AND SHOULD DRIVE TO YOU COULD NOT DRIVE TO EVERGLADES CITY.

THEY NEED A ROAD.

COLLIER KNEW A LOT OF INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE, BUT HE WAS UNABLE TO CONVINCE ANYBODY THAT THEY NEEDED TO SPEND TAXPAYER MONEY BUILDING THIS ROAD.

MOST PEOPLE THOUGHT IT COULDN'T BE DONE.

HE ULTIMATELY OFFERS TO PUT UP THE MONEY TO TO SECURE THE BONDS, TO BUILD THE TRAIL.

BUT IN EXCHANGE FOR THAT, WHAT HE WANTS IS OF LARGE PORTION OF HIS MILLION ACRES OF PROPERTY THAT HE OWNS BEING NAMED COLLIER COUNTY.

THE FLORIDA STATE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR SIGNED AWAY AND COLLIER COUNTY WAS 4.

>> EVERGLADES CITY BECAME ITS BASE OF OPERATION DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TAMIAMI TRAIL AND HIS MODEL TOWN.

COLLIER INVESTED IN BUILDING RAILROAD LINES, DREDGING CHANNELS AND EXPANDING WHAT IS NOW THE ICONIC ROD AND GUN CLUB IT BECAME KNOWN AS A FIVE-STAR LUXURY HOTEL, EVERGLADES STYLE.

>> AND THAT'S THE KIND OF TOP NOTCH HOSPITALITY.

THE COLLIER WANTED TO BE KNOWN FOR.

AND AND IT REALLY BUILT THIS TOWN.

>> THE COUNTY SEAT STATE IN EVERGLADES CITY UNTIL AFTER HURRICANE DONNA HIT THE AREA.

>> WHEN HURRICANE DONNA HITS COLLIER COUNTY AREAS IN SEPTEMBER OF 1960, IT HAS WINDS OF 160 MILES PER HOUR.

THERE WAS ACTUALLY A REPORT ON AFTER THAT.

DESCRIBE THE IMPACT OF HURRICANE DONNA AS BEING A HYDROGEN BOMB BLAST.

EVERY MINUTES.

SO IT HAD A LOT OF DEVASTATING EFFECTS ON COLLIER COUNTY, ESPECIALLY IN EVERGLADES CITY.

>> EVEN SO EVERGLADE CITY NEVER LOST ITS ROOTS.

>> WERE ITS TASTE FOR SEAFOOD?

EVERGLADE CITY IS STONE CRAB CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.

IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD STONE CRAB, IT IS A UNIQUE CULINARY TREAT.

SOME OF THE ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS THAT I FOUND IN NEWSPAPERS IN THE PREVIOUS CENTURY DESCRIBE IT AS BEING A CROSS BETWEEN CRAB AND LOBSTER >> AND THE STORY OF THE CITY IS STILL TOLD INSIDE A BUILDING WHERE LUXURY GUESTS ONE CENT.

THEY'RE LINENS.

>> THE MUSEUM OF THE EVERGLADES WAS THE MODEL STEAM LAUNDRY WAS COMMERCIAL LAUNDRY.

BUT YOU CAN IMAGINE THE HOSPITALITY THAT HE'S OFFERING INCLUDES THE FACT THAT THEIR WAITER WILL SAY, SIR, LET THEM JUST LEAVE YOUR DRESS IN YOUR SUIT OUTSIDE YOUR ROOM.

WE'LL BRING THEM DOWN TO THE CLEANERS WILL BE READY IN TIME FOR DINNER TOMORROW.

>> TODAY THAT FORMER LAUNDRY FACILITY IS ONE OF 5 FREE MUSEUMS IN COLLIER COUNTY.

EACH DEDICATED TO PRESERVING A DIFFERENT PIECE OF THE PAST.

AT THE MUSEUM OF THE EVERGLADES.

GUESTS WALK THROUGH MORE THAN 2000 YEARS OF GREAT HISTORY FROM ANCIENT PEOPLES AND PIONEERS TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE TAMIAMI TRAIL AND THE EXPLOSIVE GROWTH THAT FOLLOWED IN MARCO ISLAND HISTORICAL MUSEUM SHOWCASES THE ISLAND'S HISTORY FROM THE ANCIENT CALUSA PEOPLE THROUGH THE PIONEER ERA TO THE MODERN DEVELOPMENT SPEARHEADED BY THE MEDICAL BROTHERS.

THE COLLIER MUSEUM OF GOVERNMENT CENTER OFFERS A DEEP EXPLORATION OF REGIONAL HISTORY.

FEATURING EXHIBITS OF PREHISTORIC MASTODONS PIONEER ERA TOOLS IN OUTDOOR DISPLAYS SUCH AS A STEAM LOCOMOTIVE SWAMP BUGGY, RESTORED NAPLES COTTAGE.

AND I RECREATED VILLAGE.

THE PIONEER MUSEUM AT ROBERTS RANCH IN IMMOKALEE.

IT REALLY BRINGS THE FRONTIER TO LIFE WITH EXHIBITS LIKE CATTLE PENS AND BUNK HOUSES.

IT ALSO HIGHLIGHTS THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE SEMINOLES BECAUSE SUU KYI AND MIGRANT WORKERS WHO WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN BUILDING THE COMMUNITY.

IN EACH MUSEUM REVEALS A UNIQUE PART OF COLLIER COUNTY.

AND TOGETHER, THEY CREATE AN UNFORGETTABLE JOURNEY TO FLORIDA'S WILD AND STORIED PAST.

>> ON OUR NEXT PROGRAM, A LOCAL GYM IS PROVIDING MORE THAN A WORKOUT BUDDY.

IT'S A SANCTUARY FOR VETERANS LOOKING FOR A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND BETTER MENTAL HEALTH.

AFTER LEAVING THE SERVICE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

MAKE SURE YOU HAD TO WTC YOU DOT ORG, WHERE YOU'LL FIND ALL OF OUR STORIES AND MUCH MORE.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN RIGHT HERE ON SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IN FOCUS.