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The Hendry County Sheriff’s Office ( HCSO) is issuing a warning to the advocacy organization Captains for Clean Water over ...
The U.S. Army Corps will reduce Lake Okeechobee releases into the Caloosahatchee River to 250 cfs starting June 4 to conserve ...
Recreational anglers targeting snook along Florida's Atlantic coast will need to mark their calendars, as the Florida Fish ...
Microcystis, a type of cyanobacteria commonly called blue-green algae seen above under high magnification, can bloom in ...
Opponents of the project are concerned that the mine is dangerously close to the EAA Reservoir, and that the county should not approve a project that has not yet been property vetted by the U.S.
Captains for Clean Water, the Florida Oceanographic Society and Friends of the Everglades worry the rock mine will harm the EAA reservoir.
The Palm Beach County Zoning Board has OK’d another major reservoir project to house water south of Lake Okeechobee. After spending more than four hours discussing the issue, the Board, made up of ...
"We're very happy to move forward with the next steps," said rock mine contractor Phillips & Jordan Vice President Matt Eidson. The project will need a Florida Department of Environmental Protection ...
It's the second such advisory in as many days. Potentially toxic algae was found in a canal on the Martin County side of Lake Okeechobee near Port Mayaca, state officials warned in a May 21 health ...
Created out of St. Lucie and Palm Beach counties, Indian River and Martin counties celebrate their centennials this year.
It's at Port Mayaca on the C-44 Canal side of Lake Okeechobee. The Army Corps of Engineers is not currently discharging Lake Okeechobee water to the C-44 Canal. People should avoid contact with ...