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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…
Ohana Surf Shop is one of dozens of local businesses on the Treasure Coast that has struggled. After discharge years cost the shop thousands of dollars in surf lessons and paddleboard excursions, we caught up with them to get a…
How familiar does this sound? Climbing summer temperatures and nutrient-rich runoff had been feeding algae blooms on the state’s biggest lake for some time. Reports were sporadic. Officials weren’t overly concerned. It wasn’t news. Then, in a matter of days,…