Posts Tagged ‘Lake Okeechobee’
New plan could drastically cut Lake Okeechobee discharges
By Tyler Treadway April 5, 2017 TC Palm Environmentalists who have been calling for the state to “buy the land” say an amended proposal for a reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee will…
Read MoreNegron offers compromise on Everglades reservoir — state-owned and leased land
By Mary Ellen Klas April 4, 2017 Miami Herald TALLAHASSEE Senate President Joe Negron on Tuesday filed a sweeping rewrite of his top priority legislation to build a reservoir south…
Read MorePBS Video: What’s Stopping Everglades from healing?
“What’s stopping the vulnerable Everglades from being healed?” PBS Newshour story includes video of toxic algal blooms in Stuart. Worth watching for interview with Michael Grunwald, author of “The Swamp.”…
Read MoreNo money for Lake Okeechobee reservoir in Florida House budget
By Isadora Rangel March 28, 2017 TC Palm TALLAHASSEE — The state House wants to cut land conservation funding and, as expected, not fund a reservoir to curb Lake Okeechobee discharges,…
Read MoreFix water quality or Florida tourism will suffer, fishing and boating industries warn
By Mary Ellen Klas March 16, 2017 Tampa Bay Times TALLAHASSEE — The leaders of one of the nation’s largest outdoors companies, a major boat manufacturer, and tourism industry officials…
Read MoreLeading scientific expert on toxic algae says it will happen again
By Jana Eschbach March 15, 2017 CBS 12 TREASURE COAST (CBS12) — It’s an environmental and economic disaster that will likely happen again, according to research on harmful algal blooms in the…
Read MoreColumn: Use Amendment 1 money as intended — to conserve Florida’s natural land
By Ryan Smart, Special to the Tampa Bay Times March 15, 2017 Tampa Bay Times Last week the Florida Senate betrayed the intent of Florida voters who overwhelmingly passed Amendment…
Read MoreU.S. Sugar Says It Will Honor Land Contract If Reservoir Approved
By Amy Green WMFE Link to story: http://www.wmfe.org/u-s-sugar-says-it-will-honor-land-contract-if-reservoir-approved/70769 U.S. Sugar Corp. says it would honor a previous agreement putting land south of Lake Okeechobee toward Everglades restoration. U.S. Sugar staunchly…
Read MoreGuest column: Invest in reservoir now — not later
By Nathaniel P. Reed March 10, 2017 TC Palm There is nothing complicated about the need to invest in the so-called Everglades Agricultural Area reservoir. One need only understand that water…
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