Judge orders a stop on septic tanks near North Indian River Lagoon until Florida comes up with better plans on how to save ...

The Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1983 to protect the Florida manatee, a subspecies of the West ...

The case centers on the regulation of discharges into the Indian River Lagoon and the possible demise of seagrass, a key food source for manatees.

A federal judge has ordered the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to take a series of steps aimed at protecting ...

A local conservation group, Bear Warriors United, told the court the state wasn’t doing enough to protect the Florida manatee ...

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has gone to a federal appeals court after a U.S. district judge last month ...

Four years ago, Florida saw a record number of manatee ... At the time of the record deaths, the Indian River Lagoon was rated “F” by the Marine Resources Council due to poor water quality ...

DeSantis' Florida Boater Freedom Initiative bans FWC vessel safety inspections that uncover BUI, boat safety and fishing ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ... St. Lucie County January 16: A male manatee (253 cm) in Indian River, Ft. Pierce, died due to cold stress. February 17: A male manatee (258 cm ...

“These results highlight a striking shift in the ecological health of the Indian River Lagoon,” McCoy said. “The ...