Tag: St. Lucie River
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SFWMD: Water district board OKs leasing reservoir’s land to sugar grower
Environmentalists and state officials agree there’s “no silver bullet,” no single project that will seriously curtail discharges of excess Lake Okeechobee water east to the St. Lucie River and west to the Caloosahatchee River. A suite of projects north, south, east and west of the lake are either under construction or in the planning stage…
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Commentary: Florida’s great green algae disaster
We asked for it… us and Rick Scott Imagine for a moment that you see a guy slowly reaching toward a scalding hot stove. Everyone around screams: “Don’t touch it! You’ll hurt yourself!” But the guy pays them no mind and places his palm flush upon the bright orange burner, only to scream in surprise…
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White House approves huge reservoir for Lake Okeechobee overflow
Photo: Algae collects along the the shore of Shepard Park on the St. Lucie River near downtown Stuart on June 12, 2018. (Allen Eyestone / The Palm Beach Post) A massive reservoir to hold Lake Okeechobee overflow got White House approval this week, a key step for the fast-tracked plan to spare northern estuaries from…
