Lake Okeechobee System Operating Manual
VoteWater, a South Florida clean-water advocacy group, has endorsed Merritt Matheson for Stuart City Commissioner, Group III. “Merritt has been on the front lines of the fight to end damaging discharges from Lake Okeechobee to the St. Lucie River for…
As Caloosahatchee begs for water, Big Sugar says: We got dibs
Most of Florida is in the grip of a worsening drought, and the consequences are mounting. In the greater Everglades region, nowhere is this more apparent than along the Caloosahatchee River, where low flows from Lake Okeechobee — an average…
We did it: LOSOM is now the law of the land
Five years ago we had an opportunity for change. We seized it. And now, at long last, that change has come. On Monday the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Atlantic Division Commander signed a Record of Decision for the…
LOSOM takes key step forward – at long last
The LOSOM wait is finally over. Almost. More than five years ago the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began holding public meetings around South Florida to tout the development of a new “Lake Okeechobee System Operating Manual,” to replace the…