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Sugar’s decades-long hold over Everglades came with a price

May 5, 2020

ARTICLE REFERENCE: Sugar’s decades-long hold over Everglades came with a price By Mary Ellen Klas HERALD/TIMES TALLAHASSEE BUREAU JULY 11, 2016 07:53 PM,UPDATED JULY 12, 2016 04:19 PM TALLAHASSEE Fifteen years after Jeb Bush and Bill Clinton reached a landmark…

Big Sugar’s Influence Stretches from South Florida to Washington

May 5, 2020

ARTICLE REFERENCE: Big Sugar’s Influence Stretches from South Florida to Washington By GINA JORDAN • FEB 23, 2014 Sugar is one of the biggest special interests in Tallahassee. More sugar comes from Florida than anywhere else in the country. It’s grown in a 700,000-acre…

Open Secrets: Sugar Cane & Sugar Beets Political Influence

May 5, 2020

ARTICLE REFERENCE: Sugar Cane & Sugar Beets Political Influence Over the past two decades, there have only been three cycles in which the sugar industry contributed more to Republican candidates and party committees than to their Democratic counterparts: Way back…

Marco Island waterways added to state impairment list after elected official contacts DEP

May 5, 2020

ARTICLE REFERENCE: Marco Island waterways added to state impairment list Published 1:43 p.m. ET Aug. 29, 2019 | Updated 8:23 a.m. ET Aug. 30, 2019 The city of Marco Island has been put on notice by the state that its waterways…

State looks to reduce Caloosahatchee pollution

May 5, 2020

ARTICLE REFERENCE: State looks to reduce Caloosahatchee pollution Published 4:01 p.m. ET July 26, 2017 | Updated 5:47 p.m. ET July 26, 2017 Southwest Florida residents and visitors can expect a modest improvement in water clarity and perhaps fewer and smaller…

Central & Southern Florida (C&SF) Project

May 5, 2020

ARTICLE REFERENCE: Central & Southern Florida (C&SF) Project CENTRAL & SOUTHERN FLORIDA (C&SF) PROJECTConstruction General (C)Congressional Districts: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 1. DESCRIPTION Congress…

Water Control Plan for Lake Okeechobee and Everglades Agricultural Area

May 5, 2020

ARTICLE REFERENCE (PDF): Water Control Plan for Lake Okeechobee and Everglades Agricultural Area Read More (PDF)

Lake Okeechobee System Operating Manual (LOSOM)

May 5, 2020

Article Reference: Lake Okeechobee System Operating Manual (LOSOM), a component of the Central & Southern Florida (C&SF) System Operating Plan The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District invites the public to be engaged with the development of the new Lake Okeechobee…

Happy #GivingTuesdayNow – A Day of Global Giving!

May 4, 2020

Today is #GivingTuesdayNow! For 24 hours, #GivingTuesdayNow is a chance for people everywhere to stand together in unity by powering the movements that they care about, even amidst all the strangeness and uncertainty resulting from COVID-19. Floridians know that improving…

Lessons Learned from Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) Systems in the United States

May 4, 2020

ARTICLE REFERENCE: Lessons Learned from Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) Systems in the United States Abstract This paper is the result of a survey and analyses of available data from 204 Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) sites in the United…

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