Thumb up: Osceola County commissioners reverse course, close development at...
TCPALM.COM Editorial: NEW DIRECTION: It was a bad decision last spring by Osceola County commissioners to open the headwaters of the Everglades to development. What were they thinking? However, after...
View ArticleEve Samples: 18,000 Homes Proposed for Land Owned by U.S. Sugar & Ranching...
Treasure Coast Newspapers For much of the past century, the biggest obstacle to restoring the flow of water from Lake Okeechobee to the Everglades has been the sugar cane fields that stand between the...
View ArticleAn Unseen side of the Everglades revealed in new PBS documentary
tcpalm.com: “THE UNSEEN EVERGLADES: Inside a Legendary Wilderness,” examines the many aspects of this complex family of ecosystems – its role in the state’s history and the challenges it faces today....
View ArticleFormer Florida Governor and Senator Bob Graham speaks out about Amendment 1...
Miami Herald OP ED Piece: If we fail the Everglades, we fail Florida’s future Former U.S. Senator & Florida Gov. Bob Graham BY BOB GRAHAM On Dec. 6, 1947, President Harry S Truman was in Florida to...
View ArticleEnvironmentalists Oppose Plans to Drill for Oil in the Everglades
From the Sun Sentinel: A Miami company has applied for a permit to drill for oil in the Everglades of western Broward County, setting off a likely fight with environmentalists over a remote area...
View ArticleSFWMD considers lowering property taxes – Audubon Florida says not at the...
from tcpalm.com The South Florida Water Management District board is expected to approve lower tax rates for property owners at a meeting Thursday in West Palm Beach. And who can argue against lower...
View ArticleRising Seas Push Too Much Salt Into The Florida Everglades
By CHRISTOPHER JOYCE of WMRA (NPR) Published May 26, 2016 The Florida Everglades is a swampy wilderness the size of Delaware. In some places along the road in southern The Florida Everglades Florida,...
View ArticleTC Palm Guest Column by Mike Holliday: How to end the cycle of destruction in...
By Mike Holliday – May 26, 2016 Florida’s estuaries are under siege. At no time in our history has there been such a distinct collapse of our waterways as what we’re seeing on both coasts and in...
View ArticleMiami Herald: Tally fails to rally to protect our water
MIAMI HERALD EDITORIAL BOARD The Miami Herald July 3, 2016 Just in time for the July 4 weekend, a massive algae bloom sprouted on Florida’s Treasure Coast last week, fouling the waters, estuaries and...
View ArticleTo get rid of toxic algae, end farms’ special status
By Randy Schultz Sun-Sentinel July 6, 2016 As Florida’s latest environmental crisis has blossomed, Gov. Rick Scott has done what he does in every crisis: blame someone else. Martin County made national...
View ArticleMaxwell: Florida’s water woes are bad and getting worse. Do you care?
By Scott Maxwell August 2, 2016 Orlando Sentinel A few weeks ago, Florida made national news for being coated in thick, green, toxic algae. It looked like a river of snot. It smelled worse. And it...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: Save the Everglades for future generations
By Nancy Marshall September 4, 2016 Palm Beach Post The Everglades is in peril. This past season’s devastating algae blooms in Lake Okeechobee and the estuaries were not the first, nor will they be the...
View ArticleEditorial: Pass this bill to help restore the Everglade
MIAMI HERALD EDITORIAL BOARD September 12, 2016 The Florida Everglades The Senate is tantalizingly close to approving legislation that energizes the decades-long effort to restore the well-being of...
View ArticleEverglades’ water at risk from sea-level rise, scientists say
By Andy Reid December 15, 2016 Sun Sentinel Climate change and other hurdles mean it will take more water — and potentially more taxpayer money — to save the Everglades, according to new scientific...
View ArticleToughen the Everglades Forever Act | Editorial
By the Sun Sentinel Editorial Board December 29, 2016 Sun Sentinel If the Legislature doesn’t update the Everglades Forever Act, it will take forever to save what remains of the Everglades. The Sun...
View ArticleGil Smart: Battle joined on Negron plan
By Gil Smart January 13, 2017 TC Palm State Sen. Rob Bradley said he’s ready to carry water, so to speak, for Senate President Joe Negron. But there sure are a lot of people trying to make him spill...
View ArticleVideo: Guardians Year In Review
Check out our many public awareness campaigns during 2016 from our annual meeting, held on December 13, 2016. You can move the playhead to the following times to watch individual speakers and...
View ArticleCourt reinstates EPA rule to allow pumping dirty water unchecked
By Jenny Staletovich January 20, 2017 Bradenton Herald South Florida water managers can keep moving dirty water from farms and suburbs into the Everglades and Lake Okeechobee without obtaining federal...
View ArticlePoisoning A River of Grass
By Jessica M. Castillo January 23, 2017 University of Miami In less than a 20-minute drive west, Larry Brand leaves Miami’s suburban sprawl and reaches the Everglades, where he’s been tracking the...
View ArticleFix the Everglades? Don’t listen to Sugar’s lobbyists
(Uncredited) February 10, 2017 Orlando Sentinel The Florida Legislature is likely to be divided this session between North and South Florida. It shouldn’t be. South Florida needs water desperately....
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