The Florida Department of Environmental Protection is asking a federal appeals court to quickly halt a district judge’s ...

A new showdown is brewing over manatee protection. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection is fighting back on a ...

TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Department of Environmental Protection ... of steps aimed at protecting manatees in the northern Indian River Lagoon. The department last week filed a motion that ...

Recommended Videos Mendoza said the Florida Department of Environmental ... a decade for conditions in the northern part of the Indian River Lagoon to start to recover. That area is primarily ...

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

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

Mendoza said the Florida Department of Environmental ... via wastewater into the north IRL (Indian River Lagoon),” Mendoza wrote. “These legacy pollutants caused the death of seagrasses — the ...

A federal judge ordered Florida to reinstate a manatee feeding program and halt new septic tank permits near the Indian River Lagoon. The order mandates Florida to apply for an Incidental Take ...

“Nutrient inundation into the Indian River Lagoon has to be mitigated to protect not just the Florida manatee but all the waterways and all species.” The ruling came after a two-day trial in ...

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 ...

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