THE NEWLY RELEASED STATEMENT LOOKS TO OUTLINE THE RELEASE OF WATER FROM LAKE OKEECHOBEE, WHILE ALSO KEEPING AN EYE ON FORECASTED CONDITIONS DOWNSTREAM CAPACITY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ON ...

Florida DOH office in Martin County issued a health advisory May 21 for cyanobacteria at Port Mayaca on C-44 Canal side of ...

The proposal to build a reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee to curb disastrous discharges ... Rob Bradley, a Republican from Fleming Island. Both outline Senate President Joe Negron's proposal ...

Lake Okeechobee's water level is declining, approaching the lower management threshold, which could impact water supply for agriculture. Despite the ecological challenges, fishing in the ...

TALLAHASSEE — President Donald Trump said during a tour of Lake Okeechobee Friday that the broad, shallow lake had a “lot of problems” and that the dike-strengthening project around its ...

Lake Okeechobee releases to the Caloosahatchee River will be consistent for the next several months as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers tries to lower the lake to recover lost aquatic vegetation.

OKEECHOBEE, Fla. (CBS12) — Lake Okeechobee is a rarity in Florida as one of the few surface bodies of water that drinking water comes from. West Palm Beach, which recently discovered a blue ...

And algae season is only getting started. Writer Dan Egan and photographer Josh Ritchie reported from Okeechobee’s shores, dodging the lake’s noxious fumes to understand the crisis and its costs.

Huge green blooms now regularly infest much of Lake Okeechobee’s 730-square-mile surface during the summer, producing toxic vapors and waterborne poisons potent enough to kill pets, or send ...