Tigertail Lagoon dredging helps maintain critical wildlife area, experts warn of impacts of foot traffic

Tigertail Lagoon dredging helps maintain critical wildlife area, experts warn of impacts of foot traffic

Marco Island residents who used Tigertail Lagoon as a shortcut to Tigertail Beach, may find that more difficult now. The city dredged the lagoon in February to help with water flow, making it deeper and harder to wade across, and officials say the crossing was never meant to be a path to the water in the first place.WATCH: Fox 4's Eric Lovelace spoke to an engineer about the lagoon being a "critical wildlife area" Tigertail lagoon dredging helps…