Rose Schnabel | WUFT News

Gov. DeSantis announced over $10 million in grants to help homeowners upgrade their septic systems as part of an effort to reduce the pollution seeping into rivers, springs and groundwater. But industry professionals say some of those dollars might go to hardly tested tech.

Growing native plants and eradicating invasive ones is a challenging part of restoration projects. Even when done well, artificial sites don’t perfectly replicate nature.

A new state law aims to help developers fill environmental requirements faster, something critics say could throw the landscape out of balance.

Gulf sturgeon face increasing human-made challenges. Pollution has expanded in the Suwannee River in north Florida and climate change is contributing to swings between high and low water levels. Florida’s prehistoric fish are surviving as they have for eons, scientists say. But they’re not invincible.