This is an opinion column published in tcpalm.com
The author, Blair Wickstrom, is publisher of Florida Sportsman magazine. He also is a board member of the Rivers Coalition, Bullsugar, and Friends
Blair Wickstrom
of the Everglades.
In the wake of Hurricane Dorian’s non-event press conference last week, something historic happened. Leaders from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and South Florida Water Management District publicly stated they were not only making all efforts to move and store water south and north of Lake Okeechobee to prevent discharges east and west, they also stated this will be the trend.
Stop the presses. This is BIG.
Col. Andrew Kelly’s amazing revelation last week clearly states that operational change is possible today: “The South Florida Water Management District, they are doing things in the northern Kissimmee and also moving water south of the lake to provide additional water south,” Kelly said. “And that, right now, allows us not to release or make any releases to the east and west. So this is going to be kind of the trend.”
Read the story here: https://www.tcpalm.com/story/opinion/contributors/2019/09/11/game-changing-revelations-water-management-officials/2272495001/