Florida Everglades

Nobody Said Saving The Everglades Would Be Easy

By Carl Hiaasen March 16, 2018 Miami Herald If you care about what’s left of the Everglades, here’s what passes for a victory these days: The state is moving ahead ...

The Everglades Was Almost A Jetport

Posted by CBS NEWS  In the 1960s, plans were made to build a huge jetport in the Everglades, followed by other development projects. Two brave men, Joe Browder and Jupiter ...

Everglades Oil Well Application Rejected

By David Fleshler November 27, 2017 Sun Sentinel A proposal for an exploratory oil well in the Everglades of western Broward County was rejected again Monday by state regulators, although ...

House shouldn’t squander chance to help the Everglades

Lawmakers in Florida House shouldn’t squander best chance yet to help the Everglades By Miami Herald Editorial Board April 22, 2017 The Florida Senate gets it. As a result, Senate ...

No more excuses on Everglades reservoir | Editorial

By Sun Sentinel Editorial Board April 6, 2017 Sun Sentinel The Florida Legislature has compromised on a vital Everglades project without compromising the goal. By a vote of 16-2, the ...

Bob Graham: Support for environment being ignored

Former U.S. Senator & Florida Gov. Bob GrahamBy Bob Graham April 4, 2017 The Gainesville Sun The Constitutional Revision Commission recently began holding meetings to propose amendments to the Florida ...

No money for Lake Okeechobee reservoir in Florida House budget

By Isadora Rangel March 28, 2017 TC Palm TALLAHASSEE — The state House wants to cut land conservation funding and, as expected, not fund a reservoir to curb Lake Okeechobee discharges, ...

Help the Everglades, help the economy

Editorial March 18. 2017 Sun Sentinel Historic legislation to protect the Everglades and waterways throughout Florida continues to gain momentum in the Legislature. Not only should Tallahassee act this year, ...

Water managers declare Everglades nearly clean; the people who live there say not yet

By Jenny Staletovitch March 3, 2017 Miami Herald For much of the last year, the South Florida Water Management District has circulated a set of maps plotting water quality that ...