Lake Okeechobee

Florida lawmakers are championing hundreds of projects and seeking billions of dollars as they prepare for the start of the 2024 legislative session in January.

An innovative process now in operation at the Larson Dairy farm just north of Lake Okeechobee helps reduce the climate impact of his dairy herd by capturing and cleaning methane locked in manure and sending it to a natural gas pipeline near the farm.

Far warmer-than-normal sea surface temperatures are causing hurricane predictors to raise the number of tropical storms expected in coming months, but it's not motiving the man in charge of Lake Okeechobee's elevated water level from lowering it.

After 18 years, a $1.5 billion project has officially been completed to repair the sprawling he Herbert Hoover Dike around Florida’s Lake Okeechobee that protects thousands of people from potentially catastrophic flooding during hurricanes.

Record warm August temperatures in South Florida, combined with rainfall deficits, play a role in current drought conditions.

Mechanical harvesters will be used to collect invasive floating plants and the plants will then be processed and pumped to nearby hayfields to enhance soil.

The latest plan cuts back on both the storage and cleaning needed to fix the lake. It eliminates a large above ground reservoir and treatment marshes, relying instead on underground storage wells.

The measure now goes onto the Governor for final action.

Municipal leaders rallied Monday for the passage of a proposed water bill they say is necessary to keep West Palm Beach taps flowing but that continues to disquiet environmentalists.

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.

The Army Corps commander overseeing the new plan said Monday that a version of the plan, unveiled in June, will be tweaked but remain largely unchanged.

The plan selected by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers would stop sending water south if levels drop too low in the dry season to protect water supplies.