Lake Okeechobee's water levels are currently low as the area prepares for the rainy season in Southwest Florida. ... There are physical constraints to capacity due to low stages in Lake Okeechobee.

Toxic blooms in motion: Researchers map algae patterns in Lake Okeechobee, Florida. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 11, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 04 / 250423112028.htm ...

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 ...

The Lake Okeechobee event in Southern Florida runs from February 27th to March 2nd, 2025. The Bassmaster’s top level pros will be battling for their chance to take home a big, blue trophy and ...

Lake Okeechobee releases to the Caloosahatchee River will be consistent for the next several months as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers tries to lower the lake to recover lost aquatic vegetation.

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 ...

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 under a tropical storm warning and a hurricane watch as Milton approaches Florida's west coast on a path that could cut just north of the state's wellspring to the Everglades ...

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 ...

A new plan for managing Lake Okeechobee is aimed at recapturing some of this drained water and restoring a more natural flow throughout the watershed, two objectives that, if achieved, could help ...

Justice & Health New Lake Okeechobee Plan Aims for More Water for the Everglades, Less Toxic Algae Instead of prioritizing flood control above all else, the strategy is designed to balance all the ...

OKEECHOBEE, Fla. — At the edge of Lake Okeechobee, galvanic cells have been installed to remove phosphorus from the water. Phosphorus pollution in the northern part of Lake Okeechobee ...