Muck — an oozy, viscous blanket the consistency of black mayonnaise — smothers the majority of the 730-square-mile floor of Lake Okeechobee. What is done about the muck — if anything is done ...

Elevated levels of arsenic as well as a soup of pesticides and other chemicals were among contaminants found in thousands of truckloads of muck recently cleaned out of Lake Okeechobee’s drought ...

Tracking muck from Lake Okeechobee as its waters flow east and west to the St. Lucie and Caloosahatchee rivers can shed light on a much-hated Florida problem: harmful algae blooms. The South ...

PAHOKEE, Fla. — It's the weekend and the Muck Tavern on Lake Okeechobee is typically a busy place. But lately business has been a bit slow and there's a reason for it. "It's not typical it's ...

Powerful storms can churn up Lake Okeechobee and all the muck and nutrients that lie at the bottom of the system. Called legacy nutrients, those pollutants become suspended in the water and can fe ...

Scientists have found elevated levels of arsenic and other pesticides in thousands of truckloads of muck scooped from the bottom of Lake Okeechobee. Taking advantage of a drought, state water and ...

It's allowing the sunlight to dry up that soil and burn off that muck that and bring back the natural, hard, vibrant lake bottom that we used to have," added Martin. But with Lake Okeechobee you ...

Wade into the rich soil of Pahokee, Florida, a town on the banks of Lake Okeechobee ... winning documentary The Throwaways. Outta The Muck tells the story of his family roots in Pahokee, Florida ...

Jacksonville District reported on June 4 that it would reduce target releases from Lake Okeechobee through the S-79 into the ...