However, the lake faces increasing harmful cyanobacteria blooms, particularly from the toxin-producing species Microcystis aeruginosa. These microscopic algae thrive in warm, nutrient-rich waters ...

Florida's Lake Okeechobee is essential for water management but faces harmful algal blooms, which thrive in warm, nutrient-rich waters. Daily vertical migration enables them to survive in turbid ...

Lake Okeechobee is the largest lake in the state of Florida. / Google The event takes off from C. Scot Driver Boat Ramp in Okeechobee, Florida at 7:00 a.m. each morning and weigh-ins start at 3:00 ...

The Army Corps of Engineers began releasing water from Lake Okeechobee Saturday under Lake Okeechobee Recovery Operations. Exactly how much will be released is based on many factors including ...

Lake Okeechobee discharges to the St. Lucie River began Saturday as water managers aim to lower the lake level to save lake plants that are drowning in too much water from four years of heavy ...

MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. — WPTV reporter Cassandra Garcia learned Thursday that the Army Corps of Engineers will begin water releases from Lake Okeechobee next month, setting off another round of ...

Lake Okeechobee is the largest lake in Florida and the second largest in the Southeastern United States. Over the past two decades, blooms of blue-green algae (Microcystis) have emerged in the ...

At the heart of the vast watershed that forms Florida’s fragile Everglades is Lake Okeechobee. A century ago the water of the state’s largest lake spilled effortlessly beyond its southern ...

IN YOUR SEVEN DAY COMING UP. TODD THANK YOU CHRIS. PREVENTING TOXIC ALGAE BLOOMS FROM POISONING THE WATERS OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE. THAT’S THE GOAL OF THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT WATER ...

After several years of back and forth, the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has finalized their recommendation for a new regulation schedule for Lake Okeechobee. The Lake Okeechobee System ...

There's a troubling trend of painting farmers as the scapegoats for environmental issues surrounding Lake Okeechobee. Having grown up in Clewiston, I've witnessed firsthand how certain groups ...