Red Tide Conditions Getting Worse In SW Florida
In what is shaping up to be a replay of 2018, red tide is intensifying along the Gulf coast of Florida, and blue-green algae is …
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The Everglades is vast, and restoration is complex
The latest from Friends of the Everglades. Relatively dry conditions have materialized at an interesting time for water policy. The Army Corps is finalizing …
Florida Cyanobacteria Health Risks
A chilling editorial by Everglades Hall of Fame inductee Maggy Hurchalla about the health threats posed by the ongoing toxic blooms in Florida. State agencies …
Dead in the Water
The Florida Sportsman offices were directly impacted by the huge bloom of toxic algae in Florida’s waters this summer. They lay the blame directly on the administration …
Another summer, another water crisis in Florida
Another year of Lake Okeechobee toxic discharges to the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie estuaries highlights an uncomfortable fact for Florida politicians: Water managers claim their …
Toxic Lake
For months in 2016, Lake Okeechobee’s fertilizer-infused water turned South Florida’s waters the color of coffee and smothered its inlets under a fetid blanket of …
Lake Okeechobee Reservoir Proposal Heads to Gov. Scott
After “guacamole-thick” muck fouled Florida beaches nearly a year ago, the Florida Legislature on Tuesday passed an ambitious plan to build a reservoir system south …
Everglades Coalition Urges FL Legislature To Buy 65,000 Acres
The Everglades Coalition is supporting legislation calling for the purchase of 65,000 acres of land just south of Lake Okeechobee in Florida, which they believe …
Lake Okeechobee reservoir plan moves to Tallahassee
The battle over healing Florida’s freshwater heart moved to Tallahassee yesterday as lawmakers hear the first formal presentation in an ambitious bid to buy farm …
Florida’s “Guacamole-Thick” Algae
A smelly, “guacamole-thick” muck is fast spreading in the waters of Florida’s Treasure Coast, where angry residents blame the federal government, state water managers and …