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The canals were originally dredged to drain marshes to make way for cattle and farms. Conditions proved too harsh for settlers but the canals remained, growing wider and causing the collapse of inland freshwater marshes.
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Miami’s former top cop accused commissioners of corruption, leading to an investigation. And he’s suing. Miami Dade’s school board narrows its superintendent candidates to three. Plus, how will almost $1.1 billion be spent on Everglades restoration?
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Miami’s former top cop accused commissioners of corruption, leading to an investigation. And he’s suing. Miami Dade’s school board narrows its superintendent candidates to three. Plus, how will almost $1.1 billion be spent on Everglades restoration?
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Collins chaired the South Florida Water Management District during the contentious years when the landmark Florida Everglades restoration plan was hammered out.
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The tiny Cape Sable seaside sparrow, a bird perilously perched on the edge of extinction, is getting closer to vanishing. Helicopter surveys this year over grassy prairies where the bird lives in Everglades National Park detected the lowest number in five years.
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For decades, the Las Palmas neighborhood on the eastern edge of Everglades National Park has confounded water managers trying to restore the River of Grass, and stood as a warning to compromising on restoration work.
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WMFE environmental reporter Amy Green takes a deep dive into the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, asking how successful it's been after two decades and billions of dollars.
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A 1,300-acre Everglades fire that ignited Sunday continued to burn Wednesday across dried out marshes, threatening to spark a more dangerous peat fire.The…
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A $1.4 trillion spending package signed by President Donald Trump includes a holiday gift for the Everglades: $200 million.The amount marks only the…
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Stand-Off Between Indian Tribes and Army Engineers Threatening To Derail Everglades Restoration WorkA stand-off between Florida’s Indian tribes and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is threatening to derail work to restore more than a half million acres…
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The Florida Everglades can be a contentious place. Politicians, conservationists and farmers never seem to agree on much.Debate among scientists tends to…
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President Donald Trump says his administration will seek $200 million for federal work on watershed restoration in the Everglades this year.