Posts Tagged ‘St. Lucie River’
Sen. Negron: Plan to curb discharges by speeding up dike repairs won’t work
By Tyler Treadway March 2, 2017 TC Palm In a memo to fellow senators Thursday, Senate President Joe Negron dismissed a proposal to curb Lake Okeechobee discharges by holding more…
Read MoreEve Samples: Economic Council co-founder resigns, citing U.S. Sugar
By Eve Samples February 24, 2017 TC Palm Bud Jordan is not a radical. He has been an investment broker in Stuart for more than four decades. He’s a member…
Read MoreCoastal Everglades, deprived of fresh water, near unhealthy ‘tipping point’
By Jenny Staletovitch February 13, 2017 Miami Herald SHARK RIVER At the bottom of the Everglades along the mouth of the Shark River, a towering mangrove forest stands in a…
Read MorePort St. Lucie seeks $8 million for McCarty Ranch water farm
By 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 St. Lucie…
Read MoreThe Guardians of Martin County Present A New Path To Clean Water
This clean water flowing through the Everglades is not only beautiful, it also holds the key to our survival as Floridians. Florida is facing a potential water crisis due to…
Read MoreEve 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…
Read MoreEnd stench and sludge. Save the Everglades: #NowOrNeverglades
By Orlando Sentinel Editors November 14, 2016 Orlando Sentinel A week ago, while most Floridians were preoccupied by a certain approaching news event, a 12-day bus tour concluded in a…
Read MoreSouth 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…
Read MoreJoe Negron: Elections will help plan to stop Lake Okeechobee discharges
By Tyler Treadway November 9, 2016 TC Palm Tuesday’s legislative elections throughout the state should be good for the Indian River Lagoon and a plan to end the destructive discharges…
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