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Saturday, environmentalists rallied for the health of area waterways that manatees call home.

Rally for the manatees held in Stuart Saturday, environmentalists rallied for the health of area waterways that manatees call home. and last updated 2021-05-01 18:29:51-04 STUART, Fla. — There have been a record number of manatee deaths in Florida so far this year. Saturday, environmentalists rallied for the health of area waterways that these creatures call home. Advocates say the Indian River Lagoon is one of Floridas most important estuaries. But they said it has suffered a series of ha...

HOBE SOUND — A grassroots initiative to connect nearly 70,000 acres of critical wildlife habitat is gaining traction among Martin County officials and environmentalists who envision a bustling ecological corridor between two Florida state parks.  The Loxa-Lucie Headwaters Initiative, spearheaded by three environment nonprofits, is a multi-year project to acquire and conserve thousands of acres of land threated by between Jonathan Dickinson and Atlantic Ridge Preserve state parks.  Thro...

STUART — City officials are sounding the alarm to state water managers, claiming theyre worried Lake Okeechobees higher-than-normal elevation could prompt further damaging releases into the fragile St. Lucie River estuary.  Currently standing at 15 feet, 3 inches, Lake Okeechobees level is over 2.6 feet higher than this time last year, according to data from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Tropical Storm Etas November rainfall helped fill the lake to this above-average height.  Now, ...

Treasure Coast lawmakers arent satisfied with the status quo of water quality, they agreed at a virtual summit on Lake Okeechobee discharges Thursday.  But how are they committing to funding projects and what tangible actions are they proposing to help reverse course, environmentalists asked.   The first-ever Fix the FLO Summit lobbed questions at lawmakers for 90 minutes about their top water priorities and upcoming legislative action to improve the St. Lucie River and Indian River La...