Environmental Groups to press legislators for money to buy land
tcpalm: Florida environmental groups will pressure state legislators in the upcoming special session not only for money to buy land for a reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee but also for ...
River Water Woes come with Lake Okeechobee Draining
By Andy Reid, Sun Sentinel "Toxic" and "scum" are not words that the Chamber of Commerce likes to see associated with Florida's waterfront lifestyle. Yet draining Lake Okeechobee to protect ...
Save Water Today. Have Water Tomorrow.
Toxic Algae's Here Again And it's likely to keep coming. Because the Florida legislature won't buy new land. Amendment 1, approved by 75% of Florida voters, calls for the acquisition ...
A great example of how the Indian River Lagoon could be saved
In Eve Samples column, she compares the success of the newly clean water in the Tampa Bay with what could be done for the Indian River Lagoon. The headline leapt ...
Corps to cut Lake Okeechobee discharges Friday to IRL, St. Lucie River
TCPALM.COM by Tyler Treadway The Army Corps of Engineers will cut back discharges from Lake Okeechobee to the St. Lucie River to an average of 107. million gallons a day ...
Possible blue-green algae bloom reported in Stuart Creek
TCPALM.com STUART — Suspected blooms of blue-green algae continue to spread in the backwaters, creeks and canals around the St. Lucie River, showing up for the first time Wednesday along ...
Frank Cerabino: Those Ingrates in Martin County are ruining the public transportation paradise
That's the gist of what All Aboard Florida's lawyers are claiming in their courtroom efforts to get $1.75 billion in tax-exempt bonds to create the passenger rail service connecting Miami, ...
SFWMD Rejects US Sugar Land Buy
tcpalm.com: WEST PALM BEACH — As expected, the South Florida Water Management District board Thursday rejected the proposal to buy U.S. Sugar Corp. land south of Lake Okeechobee. Board member ...
Stuart Town Hall Meeting on All Aboard Florida
Please plan to attend a Town Hall Meeting to Voice your Opposition to the Trains! STUART—Mayor Kelli Glass Leighton will host a town hall meeting on All Aboard Florida. The ...