During the wet season, nearby Lake Okeechobee spills over and flows into the Everglades ... In fact, it’s a slow-moving shallow river, nicknamed the River of Grass. And, while the Mississippi is often ...

The Florida Department of Education on Monday released the annual report card for schools across the Sunshine State, and ...

Florida’s latest school district performance grades are out, with Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast earning high marks ...

Okeechobee has been higher than it should be for the past four or five years, and the submerged aquatic vegetation there has shrunk to a few thousand acres, perhaps 10% of its range in recent years.

Discover the best lures, fishing tactics, and tournament insights for bass fishing on Lake Okeechobee in February 2025. / B.A.S.S. As anglers begin heading to the second event of the 2025 ...

Another big project in Indian River County is the 17th Street East End of Bridge Rehabilitation Project. FDOT says it will make the bridge safer and more resilient and it’s still on track to be ...

Nutrient availability in a freshwater-to-marine continuum: Cyanobacterial blooms along the Lake Okeechobee Waterway. Harmful Algae, 2024; 139: 102710 DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2024.102710 ...

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 ...

Because of the discharges from the Lake Okeechobee, all the algae is killing their habitat," Kleiner said. Volunteers plan to deploy about 1,500 seagrass mats to the Indian River Lagoon next week.

It didn’t take long for the aerial images to emerge. Just days after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said El Niño rains meant it needed to release Lake Okeechobee water into Florida estuaries ...

In 2023, the Corps also discharged water to Stuart from Lake Okeechobee to lower the level. The event last for 83 days and ended on April 15 after 17.3 billion gallons total flowed into the river.

It's been two weeks since Lake Okeechobee discharges into the St. Lucie River began, with another round slated. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers controls the timing and rate of water flowing out ...