Florida Everglades

The foundation's attorneys plan to ask a judge to hold scientist Tom Van Lent in contempt of court today for failing to return research or allowing them to inspect computer equipment.

There’s a growing nursing shortage and it starts with a growing nursing educator shortage. Broward County communities are looking to start a new trash district. Plus, a teenage TikTok star who spends his time in the Everglades making beautiful photos and videos.

It's the second major purchase since state officials put a priority on preserving natural land in those wildlife corridors.

The money will be used for restoration projects that have dragged on for years, including building a reservoir and undoing damage from old bridges built in the Everglades.

The Federal Government is pumping more than one billion dollars into Everglades restoration. Environmental advocates say it’s a big deal for the river of grass and Florida’s struggling manatees.

Broward County finally has a permanent school superintendent. Business leaders and the Archdiocese of Miami are pushing back against the governor on immigration. Plus, It’s Wildlife Thursday and we’re talking with someone that has an eye for Florida’s true beauty.

A prominent feature of the $1.1 billion in Everglades funding recently announced by the Biden administration will show up in southwestern Broward County.

Redrawing district maps. More money for the Everglades. And someone found the original blueprints for Henry Flagler’s railway to Key West.

Nearly $1 billion in the governor’s budget is earmarked for the Florida environment, including water quality improvements, the Everglades restoration, redirecting rivers and waterways, cleaning up dead fish and decaying foliage after blue-green algae blooms or red tides, or to work to eradicate invasive species like Burmese pythons or kudzu.

Audubon Florida, a well-known environmental group dedicated to the conservation of birds and their habitats, published a report on the health and success of 43,680 wading bird nests last year from Fort Myers to Lake Okeechobee and south to Florida Bay at the southern tip of mainland South Florida.

Collins chaired the South Florida Water Management District during the contentious years when the landmark Florida Everglades restoration plan was hammered out.

Opponents of a 13-mile highway extension across Everglades wetlands say Gov. Ron DeSantis and his Cabinet violated the law when they tossed a judge’s order blocking the road and set a dangerous precedent statewide.