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When it comes to water quality, the focus is typically on Lake Okeechobee releases, septic tanks, and fertilizer use. However, as the state’s Blue-Green Algae Task Force covered Monday, stormwater runoff plays a big role too. We’re all familiar with standing water on some of our roadways, back yards, and even parking lots after seasonal […]

The Florida Senate Senator Stewart, District 13 — Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Senator Linda Stewart to Visit Manatee Rescue Center at SeaWorld Orlando – To highlight the ongoing, tragic deaths of a record number of Manatees in Florida, Senator Linda Stewart (D-Orlando) Vice Chair of the Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee, will be touring SeaWorld’s Manatee Rescue Center on Wednesday, July 28 at 10:00 am. This will be the first stop by Senator Stewart in her ongoin...

Search for: Home »Local News»FWC»FWC and DEP host roundtable to discuss Florida’s efforts to combat red tide FWC and DEP host roundtable to discuss Florida’s efforts to combat red tide Posted on Funding available for red tide response and monitoring Today, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Executive Director Eric Sutton and Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Interim Secretary Shawn Hamilton joined affected stakeholders to discuss Florida’s mult...

By Joel Malkin Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto Floridas Blue-Green Algae Task Force has been meeting in West Palm Beach to discuss ways to combat toxic algae thats been plaguing our waterways. Environmental activist Mike Elfenbein weighed in on the issue. "Im frustrated today, because theres 13,000 metric tons of nasty pollutant in Lake Okeechobee and there is nowhere where you could illustrate or document that any of that has been removed, mitigated or addressed." After listening to present...

By Joel Malkin Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto Floridas Blue-Green Algae Task Force has been meeting in West Palm Beach to discuss ways to combat toxic algae thats been plaguing our waterways. Environmental activist Mike Elfenbein weighed in on the issue. "Im frustrated today, because theres 13,000 metric tons of nasty pollutant in Lake Okeechobee and there is nowhere where you could illustrate or document that any of that has been removed, mitigated or addressed." After listening to present...

By Joel Malkin Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto Floridas Blue-Green Algae Task Force has been meeting in West Palm Beach to discuss ways to combat toxic algae thats been plaguing our waterways. Environmental activist Mike Elfenbein weighed in on the issue. "Im frustrated today, because theres 13,000 metric tons of nasty pollutant in Lake Okeechobee and there is nowhere where you could illustrate or document that any of that has been removed, mitigated or addressed." After listening to present...

By Joel Malkin Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto Floridas Blue-Green Algae Task Force has been meeting in West Palm Beach to discuss ways to combat toxic algae thats been plaguing our waterways. Environmental activist Mike Elfenbein weighed in on the issue. "Im frustrated today, because theres 13,000 metric tons of nasty pollutant in Lake Okeechobee and there is nowhere where you could illustrate or document that any of that has been removed, mitigated or addressed." After listening to present...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Today marks the last day on the job for Floridas Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) secretary, who turned in his resignation nearly a month before the agency acknowledged the change. Noah Valenstein turned in his resignation letter May 8, but no public notice was given until reporters started asking questions. ...

The blasé attitude toward storms is as much a part of being Floridian as Pub subs and jorts.

Innovative Tech Deployed To Combat Blue-Green Algae In The Caloosahatchee - Fort Myers, FL - The goal is to reduce damaging discharges and send more clean water south to the Everglades.