Dr. Larry Brand is a marine biology professor and algae research specialist at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, FL. He has extensive knowledge of red tide and cyanobacteria and has seen firsthand how the toxins produced by algal…

Thousands of voices stood up for our waterways during the LOSOM scoping meetings at the beginning of the year. We need your help again. Treasure Coast residents have the opportunity to make their voices heard at tomorrow’s LOSOM public workshop…

Plan for the worst and hope for the best is a philosophy that hasn’t always figured into Florida water management. But why not?  As recent events have shown, we become more capable of lending greater security to human health and…

Here in South Florida, we dodged a bullet. Our neighbors in the Bahamas were not as lucky. Leadership by Rep. Brian Mast and the Army Corps lowered lake levels before this year’s rainy season. As Hurricane Dorian crept closer, state and federal…

Please stay safe and look after your neighbors as Hurricane Dorian tracks toward Florida. Thanks to a change in operational management that lowered lake levels before the rainy season this year, the Army Corps feels better equipped to deal with extra rainfall. We can…

The 4th Annual Dirty River Jam benefitting Friends of the Everglades is coming to Jensen Beach, Florida! Mark your calendar for October 5th 12-11pm in downtown Jensen Beach to let the good times roll and join us in the fight for clean water. A…

There’s something new in the air in South Florida communities along the St. Lucie and Caloosahatchee estuaries. And believe it or not, this time it’s not cyanobacteria–it’s hope.    Floridians have enjoyed this summer, largely free of discharges, thanks to…

It won’t work. A newly published, peer-reviewed scientific evaluation of the EAA Reservoir plan is calling for a dramatic shift in design to ensure that good intentions don’t just end up polluting our waters and making us and our Everglades more…

At last month’s House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee hearing on the Water Resources Development Act, two voices stood out in a crowded room to speak for the decades-long decline of South Florida’s waterways. Congressman Brian Mast, a Republican from the…

13 months ago, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers didn’t track toxic algae in Lake Okeechobee discharges. Today, they are changing the way they manage the lake specifically to prevent harmful health effects from toxic algae. This is huge news, and…