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Army Corps decides to maintain lower level Lake Okeechobee water releases
The Army Corps of Engineers on Friday agreed to keep discharging Lake Okeechobee water to the West Coast, but not increase the amount 44 percent as previously suggested.
The corps since December has been using infusions of freshwater from the lake to...Tags: Orlando, Environmental Issues, Everglades, Lakes and Ponds
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Thursday Morning Reads: Scott’s budget
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott unveiled his $66.4 billion budget yesterday that included a boost in spending for public schools, but cuts to health care providers who largely treat the poor. The unveiling dominated the capital news cycle yesterday,... -
Deadly citrus disease found on hybrid fruit tree in Hacienda Heights
L.A. NOWA deadly citrus disease carried by jumping plant lice has spread to California, posing risks to the state's $2-billion citrus industry and the backyard trees of suburbanites, state officials said Friday. U.S. Department of Agriculture officials had been... -
Everglades Caucus proposed to push restoration in Florida Legislature
The long-suffering Everglades may get a louder voice in the Florida Legislature thanks to a new coalition of lawmakers launched Monday from South Florida.
State Rep. Steve Perman, D-Boca Raton, started the new Everglades Legislative Caucus, which pledges...Tags: Florida Legislature, Boca Raton, Environmental Issues, Thad Altman, Everglades
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Drought helps South Florida growers meet water pollution goal
A drought that was bad for South Florida water supplies at least helped reduce the amount of damaging phosphorus that flowed off agricultural land and into the Everglades.
Pollution control measures, along with having less stormwater to clean up, enabled...Tags: Charles Lee, Politics, Environmental Issues, Everglades, Environmental Pollution
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Lake Okeechobee water levels could stay below normal, despite summer rains
Even with the return of steady summer rains, Lake Okeechobee faces a 75 percent chance of remaining at water shortage levels when the rainy season ends, according to new projections from the South Florida Water Management District.
South Florida...Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Water Supply, Disasters and Accidents, Everglades, Floods
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Hunter sentenced for shooting Florida panther
A Georgia hunter was fined $2,000 and sentenced to two years probation Wednesday for killing a Florida panther that had strayed hundreds of miles from its South Florida birthplace.
David Adams, 60, was hunting deer in Troup County, Ga., on Nov. 16,...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Endangered Species, Lifestyle and Leisure, Natural Resources, Hunting
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South Florida drought conditions ease from severe to moderate
![Thanks to normal to above normal rains for the past two months,<a href="http://www.srh.noaa.gov/images/mfl/news/August2011Summary.pdf" target="_blank"> drought conditions</a><a href="http://www.srh.noaa.gov/images/mfl/news/August2011Summary.pdf" target="_blank"></a> across much of South Florida have improved from the severe to moderate category, the National Weather Service reported Thursday.](http://www.sun-sentinel.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-09/64414648-01121419.jpg "Thanks to normal to above normal rains for the past two months,<a href="http://www.srh.noaa.gov/images/mfl/news/August2011Summary.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"> drought conditions</a><a href=\"http://www.srh.noaa.gov/images/mfl/news/August2011Summary.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"></a> across much of South Florida have improved from the severe to moderate category, the National Weather Service reported Thursday.")
Sun SentinelThanks to normal to above normal rains for the past two months, drought conditions across much of South Florida have improved from the severe to moderate category, the National Weather Service reported Thursday. August was particularly rainy in part...Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Disasters and Accidents, Fort Lauderdale, Droughts, Tropical Weather
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South Florida water managers say tropical storm needed to boost Lake Okeechobee
Water managers may be the only ones rooting for a tropical storm to hit South Florida this year.
Summer rains are raising drought-strained water levels throughout the region, but have failed to boost Lake Okeechobee back to normal levels.
Lake...Tags: Weather Statistics, Water Supply, Everglades, South Florida Water Management District, Tropical Storms
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When Hollywood comes to small-town Florida
'Mama Sees Stars' By Deborah Sharp. Midnight Ink, 327 pages, $14.95 A Hollywood company's invasion of a small town to film a major movie makes instant fodder for myriad plots. Think the comedy "State and Main." Fort Lauderdale author Deborah Sharp's...Tags: Lindsay Lohan, A Land Remembered, Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood (Broward, Florida), Celebrities
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Wildfires burning on Lake Okeechobee's exposed lake bed
Dried-out portions of Lake Okeechobee burned Wednesday as wildfires spread across exposed lake bed.
Fires suspected to have started with a lightening strike Tuesday night spread through dried-out marshes along the northwestern portions of the lake,...Tags: Weather Statistics, Water Supply, Droughts, Everglades, Disasters
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Daily Show pokes fun at South Florida wind farm fight
Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show had some fun with the fight over plans for a South Florida wind farm that could put tall wind turbines in the path of migrating birds.
While environmentalists have argued that the turbines pose a threat to endangered...Tags: Jon Stewart, Everglades, Facebook, Wind Power, Renewable Energy
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