High-speed rail connecting Miami to Orlando is delayed, again
By Ken Storey March 13, 2017 Orlando Weekly The West Palm Beach-to-Orlando leg of the passenger train service Brightline, formerly known as All Aboard Florida, announces yet another delay. This ...
Guest 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 ...
Special Report on Wetlands
Recently a land planner requested a change in the Martin County Comp Plan, which protects small wetlands. The LPA recently voted against this public request. It now goes before Martin ...
Steep decline in wading bird nesting, SFWMD annual report shows
By Dacia L. Johnson March 8, 2017 TC Palm The South Florida Water Management District this week released its annual South Florida Wading Bird Report which showed the lowest wading bird nesting count ...
Plan that includes keeping toxic algae from waterways is now bigger and more expensive
By Mary Ellen Klas March 8, 2017 Miami Herald TALLAHASSEE A Senate plan to bond $1.2 billion in state funds to build a water storage reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee ...
Water managers declare Everglades nearly clean; the people who live there say not yet
By Jenny Staletovitch March 3, 2017 Miami Herald For much of the last year, the South Florida Water Management District has circulated a set of maps plotting water quality that ...
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 ...
First Big Win In Effort to Save Small Wetlands
Written by Stuart Attorney Virginia Sherlock of Littman, Sherlock & Heims, P.A. The Local Planning Agency voted 3-1 in a jam-packed chamber Thursday evening to deny approval for CPA 17-07 ...
Everglades Foundation: Restoration project would have $20 billion impact
By Susan Salisbury February 28, 2017 Palm Beach Post As the controversy over a proposal to purchase land for a reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee continues, Tuesday the Everglades Foundation ...