Wes WolfeJuly 8, 2022
4min0
The plan is to go into more detail at the task force’s November meeting.
Tag: algal bloom
Wes WolfeJuly 8, 2022
Jesse SchecknerSeptember 8, 2021
8min1017
Current conditions 'may still contribute to subsequent fish kill events.'
Scott PowersAugust 4, 2021
4min1892
Restoring the seagrass that feeds manatees will take years of effort.
Drew WilsonFebruary 4, 2019
4min402
Less phosphorus is flowing into Lake O.
Jacob OglesOctober 7, 2018
3min346
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum enjoyed another high attendance rally in a deep red part of Florida, this time Martin County. Gillum addressed about 1,500 people in Stuart after completing a boat tour of areas on Florida’s east coast struck by toxic algal blooms. “Crowds of this size in Martin County are unheard of,” said […]
Drew WilsonJuly 24, 2018
4min281
In an email Tuesday, Gov. Rick Scott said U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson “must do his job” and secure funding for repairs to the federally operated Herbert Hoover Dike surrounding Lake Okeechobee. Scott is looking to replace Nelson in the Senate this fall; the email from his campaign touted his role in “championing” millions in state funding for […]
Drew WilsonSeptember 15, 2017
2min304
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Thursday that it plans to recommence discharges from Lake Okeechobee tomorrow to slough off the excess water dumped into the lake by Hurricane Irma. The Corps said it will begin pushing “as much water as practical” through the spillway at Port Mayaca Lock & Dam on the east […]
Scott PowersAugust 23, 2017
2min239
Republican U.S. Rep. Brian Mast of Palm Coast is introducing legislation requiring the federal government to do a scientific assessment of the causes, consequences, and potential approaches to reduce harmful algal blooms and hypoxia in the Greater Everglades region. The bill would amend a 1998 law that had created an “Inter-Agency Task Force on Harmful Algal […]