House Speaker says He’s Against Sugar Land Buy
TC PALM.COM TALLAHASSEE — House Speaker Steve Crisafulli dealt a blow to local hopes the state would buy land from sugar growers to help alleviate discharges into the St. Lucie ...
TCPALM Editorial: The scoop on changes within the Indian River Lagoon Nat’l Estuary Program
By Laurence Reisman: I was puzzled when I learned the Indian River County Commission had pulled out of the Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program. Commissioners, after all, have been ...
Editorial: Time is Past Due to Bring Ten Mile Creek Project Online
It’s the textbook definition of a “boondoggle.” Ten Mile Creek reservoir and stormwater treatment area in St. Lucie County has been sitting dormant for nine years, at a cost to ...
Maggy Hurchalla: Governor Can Pull off U.S. Sugar Deal
By Maggy Hurchalla. Guest Column, TC PALM.COM Over 300 people attended the 30th anniversary of the Everglades Coalition last week. The crowd was optimistic and excited. They faced monumental hopes, ...
Columnist Michael Goforth: So much a part of our lives…the ocean remains a mystery
tcpalm.com: The musical drama, “The Last Ship,” which opened on Broadway a few weeks ago, has received mixed reviews from tough New York critics. With original music by Sting and ...
TC PALM Editorial: Thumb Down: Scott’s Deregulation Bad for Waterways
Editorial Board, tcpalm.com NEGATIVE EFFECT: Deregulation under Gov. Rick Scott has had a negative effect on the state’s waterways, including the Indian River Lagoon. This is the conclusion of a ...
Polluted waters captured from aerial photographs show water quality getting worse.
Story by Jana Eschbach / CBS 12 NEWS STUART, Fla. - New images just released to CBS 12 show the mounting pollution flowing out into our ocean, reaching miles to ...
River Photo Booklet by Jacqui Thurlow-Lippisch, 2013
Lake Okeechobee Releases into the St. Lucie River and The Indian River Lagoon were documented in 2013 from the air and on the ground by Sewall's Point Town Commissioner Jacqui ...
Sick Fish caught in St. Lucie River
Photo: David Smith A fish with a tumor caught Saturday, February 8th in the St. Lucie River estuary has longtime area anglers thinking back to 1998, when thousands of fish ...