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Palm Beach Town Council to hear about Loxahatchee refuge dispute

By John Nelander January 10, 2017 Palm Beach Daily News Credit: Steve Brooks Organizations battling to keep the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge in federal hands are turning ...

POINT OF VIEW: Negron’s plan for Everglades worth considering

Martin County Commissioner Sarah Heard By Sarah Heard January 8, 2016 Palm Beach Post Last summer, Florida’s incoming Senate President Joe Negron stepped into a controversy over Everglades restoration with ...

Everglades restoration: Debate rages over plan to spend $800 million to build a massive water cleaning reservoir

By Mary Ellen Klas January 7, 2017 Tampa Bay Times TALLAHASSEE — Should Florida buy land to save water? That simple question is shaping up to be a complicated and ...

Florida, ‘show your work’ behind water changes

By Bob Palmer January 6, 2017 Florida Today Regulators won't reveal the science or calculations behind new environmental standards. Think back to sixth grade. Remember those pesky math tests where ...

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 ...

Is All Aboard Florida installing positive-train-control along its tracks?

By Lisa Broadt January 2, 2017 TC Palm All Aboard Florida has said it will include a positive-train-control system along its corridor, but details remain unclear, even as progress with the ...

Toughen the Everglades Forever Act | Editorial

By the Sun Sentinel Editorial Board December 29, 2016 Sun Sentinel If the Legislature doesn't update the Everglades Forever Act, it will take forever to save what remains of the ...

Give Sen. Negron’s plan a chance

By Maggy Hurchalla December 29, 2016 Florida Today A statewide campaign to discredit Sen. Joe Negron’s effort to “Buy the land to send the water south” is now underway. Opponents ...

POINT OF VIEW The water is going the wrong way

By Kimberly Mitchell December 27, 2016 Palm Beach Post For many, the discussion of Everglades restoration can get a bit overwhelming. The complex, man-made water management problems we face involve ...