Associated PressJuly 30, 2021
4min1259
Changed back to meandering stream from straight water control channel.
Tag: Kissimmee River
Associated PressJuly 30, 2021Associated PressDecember 3, 2019
26min440
New data question what can ever be salvaged — and what that means.
Guest AuthorOctober 23, 2019
6min309
Earlier this year, I offered a unique solution to embracing the benefits of the proposed toll roads while avoiding some of the most challenging costs (Florida Politics: Use existing roads to benefit growth and the environment). Since then, I’ve been appointed to the task force for the Southwest-Central Florida Connector and one major challenge for […]
Drew WilsonApril 24, 2019
3min1173
99 percent of inflows so far this year came from north of the lake
Scott PowersJuly 16, 2018
8min379
From the beginning, gubernatorial hopeful Chris King has wanted to be the Democrat leading the charge that Florida’s powerful sugar industry is responsible for the environmental messes of the Everglades and coastal algae blooms, and now he’s got a tussle going with the mayor of Clewiston over it. King’s campaign couldn’t be happier, putting out […]
Peter SchorschApril 18, 20184min723
The Florida Chamber of Commerce released a video this week detailing Florida Atlantic University research on the Kissimmee River. Securing Florida’s Water Future: Kissimmee River spotlights a study conducted by FAU research professor Brian Lapointe, who works out of the university’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute. The video focuses on several factors that affect the quality of […]
Scott PowersJune 22, 2017
4min663
In the U.S. House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee, Orlando’s U.S. Rep. Darren Soto pinned down Interior Department Secretary Ryan Zinke for assurances that the off-shore drilling ban is “in no real jeopardy.” Soto also pressed Zinke on whether he would support a Wild & Scenic River Program designation for the Kissimmee River, and the […]
Scott PowersMay 15, 20175min516
Democratic U.S. Rep. Darren Soto said Monday he intends to sponsor legislation to protect the Kissimmee River with a designation under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. Such a move, if it were to be approved, would enact broad protections for the river, which starts in Osceola County’s Little Lake Tohopekaliga and, at least in […]
Guest AuthorJuly 14, 20154min268
Interested in learning more about the early Native Americans from a site excavated by the Smithsonian? How about the no-name storm of 1928 when more than 2,000 people died in an hour Or a detailed diorama of Belle Glade in the early 1920s? The Lawrence Will Museum, just reopened this May in Belle Glade, should […]
Guest AuthorJune 23, 20156min195
This year in Tallahassee, there has been no shortage of opinions on how to divide the dollars the Florida Legislature is constitutionally required to spend on natural resources through Amendment 1. Throughout the debate, some have tried to hold our lawmakers to an arbitrary standard, arguing for tens of millions of dollars to be spent […]