Posts Tagged ‘Everglades Agricultural Area’
Rivers Coalition Backs Reservoir As The “Last, Best Chance”
Members of the Rivers Coalition signed a three-page letter to the Army Corps of Engineers providing support for but also listing their concerns about the reservoir project to cut Lake O discharges.
Read MorePivotal Moment For Our Estuaries And The Everglades
The upcoming legislative session could be pivotal for many important items that could protect our waters. Eve Samples of TC Palm makes the case that buying the land south of Lake O should be a priority.
Read MoreWill Everglades Reservoir Be Big Enough?
If the reservoir is deepened in the Everglades Agricultural Area because there is not enough land, environmentalists are concerned that water quality will suffer and more treatment will be necessary.
Read MoreNegron offers compromise on Everglades reservoir — state-owned and leased land
By Mary Ellen Klas April 4, 2017 Miami Herald TALLAHASSEE Senate President Joe Negron on Tuesday filed a sweeping rewrite of his top priority legislation to build a reservoir south…
Read MoreNeed for water storage reservoir outweighs criticism | Editorial
By the Sun Sentinel Editorial Board April 1, 2017 Sun Sentinel Opposition to a water storage reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee is mounting, but the arguments against the project remain…
Read MoreHelp 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,…
Read MoreGuest column: Invest in reservoir now — not later
By Nathaniel P. Reed March 10, 2017 TC Palm There is nothing complicated about the need to invest in the so-called Everglades Agricultural Area reservoir. One need only understand that water…
Read MoreColumn: A Mistake by the lake — and how we now have a second chance for our water
By Dan Burkhardt February 14, 2017 Tampa Bay Times] Think of it this way. Seventy-five years ago, your neighbor had three chickens. Over the years one thing led to another,…
Read MoreAnalysis: EAA farmers refuse to sell land for Lake O discharges plan
By Isadora Rangel February 6, 2017 TC Palm A bill to curb Lake Okeechobee discharges hit a roadblock the day before its first hearing as 14 landowners announced Monday they…
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