Posts Tagged ‘St. Lucie Estuary’
Guest column: Water from Lake O must go south
By Mark Perry, Florida Oceanographic Society October 2, 2016 TC Palm We are now at 247 days of constant discharges from Lake Okeechobee, totaling more than 216 billion gallons into the…
Read MoreThe Fix to our water crisis is complicated but doable
By Roger Williams September 28, 2016 Florida Weekly IT’S THE YEAR OF WATER IN FLORIDA. Unprecedented winter floods swept into Lake Okeechobee from the north, cascading into the delicate estuaries…
Read MoreEditorial: $870 million spent on Herbert Hoover Dike, but no relief for estuaries
By the TC Palm Editorial Board September 1, 2016 TC Palm The Army Corps of Engineers is in no hurry to revise its water regulation schedule for Lake Okeechobee. Though…
Read MoreMartin County leaders worry new algae bloom could be as bad as the first one this summer
By Jacqulyn Powell August 16, 2016 WPTV MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. – Martin County officials are keeping a close eye on a new algae growth showing up in several spots in the…
Read MoreSen. Joe Negron’s plan to stop Lake Okeechobee discharges must clean Everglades-bound water
By Tyler Treadway August 10, 2016 TCPalm One significant factor is missing from state Sen. Joe Negron’s plan to build a reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee and stop discharges to…
Read MoreAnother massive algae bloom begins in Martin County
BY JANA ESCHBACH CBS12 August 1, 2016 STUART (CBS12) — It’s been only a few days since a full moon high tide washed away a foot-deep sludge of toxic algae…
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