Posts Tagged ‘Clean Water’
Negron to sugar: Sell land to reduce Lake O discharges or state will force sale
By Isadora Rangel January 26, 2017 TC Palm Florida Senate President Joe Negron sent an ultimatum to state water officials: buy land to reduce Lake Okeechobee discharges. A bill filed Thursday directs…
Read MoreSmall Wetlands, Big Protections
The Guardians of Martin County is pleased to be a sponsor in this upcoming workshop on small wetlands, and the value they serve to our community. Please join us for…
Read MoreVideo: Guardians Year In Review
Check out our many public awareness campaigns during 2016 from our annual meeting, held on December 13, 2016. You can move the playhead to the following times to watch individual speakers…
Read MoreToughen 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…
Read MoreThe Guardians of Martin County Present A New Path To Clean Water
This clean water flowing through the Everglades is not only beautiful, it also holds the key to our survival as Floridians. Florida is facing a potential water crisis due to…
Read MoreSugar-cane growing on state land misses pollution-cleanup goal, records show
By Andy Reid December 11, 2016 Sun Sentinel Two sugar cane farms repeatedly failing to meet Everglades pollution-cleanup goals remain in business thanks to an accommodating landlord — the state…
Read MoreEverglades mangroves’ carbon storage capacity worth billions
By Cheryl Dybas, NSF and Evelyn Gonzalez, FIU November 14, 2016 National Science Foundation When it comes to storing carbon, scientists have put a price tag on the value of mangroves…
Read MoreCritics: Poor water management will lead to shortages for some
Big Sugar believes that people on the coast do not know what they are talking about. (See the end of the article.) What happens, though, when we run out of water?…
Read MoreThe Fix to our water crisis is complicated but doable
By Roger Williams September 28, 2016 Florida Weekly IT’S THE YEAR OF WATER IN FLORIDA. Unprecedented winter floods swept into Lake Okeechobee from the north, cascading into the delicate estuaries…
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