St. Lucie River

Back-Pumping Adds Insult to Injury

By Treasure Coast Newspapers Editorial Board September 21, 2017 TC Palm Hurricane Irma wasn't initially expected to be much of a rainmaker. But like many other predictions about the storm, ...

Army Corps To Send Runoff to St. Lucie River

By Tyler Treadway August 21, 2017 TC Palm The feds are planning to send rainwater runoff in western Martin County east to the St. Lucie River, and leaving the door open for ...

Port St. Lucie seeks $8 million for McCarty Ranch water farm

St. Lucie RiverBy Tyler Treadway January 3, 2017 TC Palm PORT ST. LUCIE — City officials see acres and acres of overgrown citrus groves as a way of helping save the ...

Eve Samples: Do you have a case of ‘seasonal amnesia’?

By Eve Samples December 2, 2016 TC Palm Do you have seasonal amnesia? Symptoms may include: Ability to enjoy our waterways without having flashbacks of blue-green algae.  Forgetting the ammonia-like stench ...

South Florida Water District board OKs Caulkins water farm extension

By Tyler Treadway November 10, 2016 TC Palm The South Florida Water Management District board on Thursday approved a nearly $62.5 million project to help clean up the St. Lucie River ...

We can’t afford not to build Everglades ag area reservoir

By Eric Eikenberg November 3, 2016 TC Palm Eric Eikenberg, CEO The Everglades Foundation Much has been made of the devastating environmental effects of toxic discharges of Lake Okeechobee water ...

When will Lake Okeechobee discharges to the St. Lucie River end?

By Tyler Treadway October 18, 2016 TC Palm Lake Okeechobee discharges to the St. Lucie River could decrease again Friday, but likely won't stop yet. At a conference call Tuesday ...

St. Lucie River conditions are right for bloom to be toxic blue-green algae

By Tyler Treadway September 29, 2016 TC Palm St. Lucie River conditions are right to feed another round of blue-green algae blooms, but don't expect to see — or smell — a repeat of ...

Cancer-causing chemicals will go nicely with toxic algae, flesh-eating bacteria

Fred Grimm August 18, 2016 Miami Herald Such auspicious timing. Rick’s gang at the state Environmental Regulations Commission could hardly have picked a more gruesome year to loosen restrictions on ...