The state's first Dark Sky Park is also home to North America's rarest bird. Florida is known for beaches, swamps, and wetlands but at its heart hides a secret: the Florida dry prairie. “The dry ...

Lake recovery discharges in winter should be rare, said Col. Brandon Bowman. "My gut tells me it will be every five years, ...

LAKE OKEECHOBEE, Fla. — Scott Martin is a professional angler who has Lake Okeechobee water flowing through his veins. He recently took me out on the lake on a blustery winter day. "I've lived ...

Freshwater releases from Lake Okeechobee into the St. Lucie Estuary will stop this weekend for the first time in over three ...

Spring is the time of year when the Caloosahatchee River needs water most from Lake Okeechobee, and pulse releases are ongoing to feed the river's delicate estuary. But Okeechobee releases may ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is ending dry season releases that give the lake a chance to recovery from high water ...

“The C-43 reservoir is supposed to catch the wet season flows from Lake Okeechobee and the basin and C-43, store them and then discharge them back to the river in the dry season,” said Shawn ...