Posts Tagged ‘Buy the Land’
Guest column: Water from Lake O must go south
By Mark Perry, Florida Oceanographic Society October 2, 2016 TC Palm We are now at 247 days of constant discharges from Lake Okeechobee, totaling more than 216 billion gallons into the…
Read MoreWill current restoration projects sustain Florida?
By John Cassani August 29, 2016 Tallahassee Democrat Public land ownership, including the perceived need to secure more land south of Lake Okeechobee to reduce destructive flows of polluted water to…
Read MoreBig Sugar subsidiary lands $40M loan for Coconut Creek apartments
[How is this for irony? Big Sugar resists the calls for buying the land south, but they sure are buying up land in South Florida, and it’s not to grow…
Read MoreJoe Negron’s plan to reduce Lake Okeechobee discharges faces challenges
By Isadora Rangel August 24, 2016 TC Palm A plan to reduce Lake Okeechobee discharges received much praise from Treasure Coast elected officials and environmental activists, but some Republican lawmakers…
Read MoreSen. Joe Negron’s plan to stop Lake Okeechobee discharges must clean Everglades-bound water
By Tyler Treadway August 10, 2016 TCPalm One significant factor is missing from state Sen. Joe Negron’s plan to build a reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee and stop discharges to…
Read MoreJoe Negron says he’ll push for funding to buy land south of Lake O
By JENNA BUZZACCO-FOERSTER July 9, 2016 Florida Politics Calls to send the water south of appear to have been heard. Senate President Designate Joe Negron announced Tuesday he planned to push…
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