Public leaders are teaming up to express their concerns about heavy water releases from Lake Okeechobee to the Caloosahatchee River in Southwest Florida before it’s too late. The sight of toxic blue-green algae in our canals is not a distant memory. It plagued the region in 2018. Mayors and Lee County commissioners wrote a letter […]
More water from Lake Okeechobee is scheduled to be sent to the Caloosahatchee River, as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to increase water releases now to potentially avoid the need for too many releases during the wet season. It’s a decision a water expert in Southwest Florida calls a gamble. “It really is […]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says there are no signs of blue-green algae in Lake Okeechobee Friday. Many in Southwest Florida feared recent releases to the Caloosahatchee River could bring flashbacks of the 2018 water crisis. The Corps said it could decide to reduce Lake O releases and possibly even stop them as early […]
There are concerns ahead of Lake Okeechobee releases to the Caloosahatchee River. The water quality crisis at its height in 2018 is not something locals will soon forget in Southwest Florida. But experts say the releases expected in the near future could actually bring benefits. The weather is cooling down, and Florida Gulf Coast University […]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Thursday it will not do any releases from Lake Okeechobee to the Caloosahatchee River at the moment, despite the lake being at 15.24 feet. This comes as a sigh of relief this afternoon for many working near and living along the Caloosahatchee. Still the Army Corps believes it […]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is worried about how quickly the level of Lake Okeechobee is rising, and a way to fix that is to release the water down the river. We spoke to a fishing captain in Southwest Florida Friday who says he can’t take another blow. For captain Billy Norris, with Pale […]
One look at Lake Okeechobee, and you immediately can see its vastness and beauty. But it’s what’s lurking in the water that has people on both coasts of Florida concerned. Neither side wants the government to release water in its direction because of algal blooms. U.S. Rep. Brian Mast (Fla-R), who represents District 18 on […]