The Everglades are the result of an unusual and inefficient drainage system. The waters of Florida’s Kissimmee River flow into Lake Okeechobee ... of their wings. At sunset, the bay became ...

A spoonbill in flight at Everglades National Park. The storied, old restaurant with its sweeping views of Florida Bay is now home to a new visitor center. Opened in the 1960s, the pink concrete ...

EVERGLADES, Fla. (AP) — In a region of Florida known as the River of Grass, John Kominoski plops into hip-deep waters. Blobs of brown periphyton – a mishmash of algae, bacteria and other ...

Since then, Florida’s economy, agriculture and population have exploded – and with them has come a nutrient pollution problem in the Everglades. The major crop, sugarcane, is grown in a region south ...

And restoration aims to clean Lake Okeechobee water and send it south, where it will replenish the Everglades and Florida Bay, just as it has for 5,000 years. But questions remain, such as whether ...

Ron DeSantis wants to ask President-elect Donald Trump to put Florida in charge of managing Everglades restoration ... was work on a reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee. Florida considers the ...

a new reservoir to treat Lake Okeechobee discharges and redoing Tamiami Trail to allow more water to flow into Everglades National Park, and frustration was all but guaranteed. Giving Florida ...

A joint project between the US Army Corps of Engineers and the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) will bring the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA), a multi-billion dollar reservoir ...

When the $3.9 billion Everglades Agricultural Area Reservoir Project is complete, a reservoir and wetland will store and clean polluted water from Lake Okeechobee in central Florida before it’s ...

When the $3.9 billion Everglades Agricultural Area Reservoir Project is complete, a reservoir and wetland will store and clean polluted water from Lake Okeechobee in central Florida before it’s ...