One of five alternatives, called CC, would cut down flows to the St. Lucie River and instead depend more on the Caloosahatchee to relieve swelling Lake Okeechobee waters. Volume and intensity for the Caloosahatchee River was horrible with (the) CC (alternative), said Jennifer Reynolds, a water management district engineer and former head of the Army Corps district office in Jacksonville. That’s a large volume of water that I’ve got to do something with. I have to put that water some place, so I tried to put it to as many places as I could and some of it had to go to the St. Lucie.
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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), South Florida Water Management District and the Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida are pleased to announce a new $10,000 Ultimate Grand Prize exclusive to the 2021 Florida Python Challenge® thanks to sponsor, Virtual Business Services. The award will be presented to the participant who removes the most pythons as part of the competition. “This is a monumental contribution to the cause of removing Burmese pythons from the Everglades ecosystem. We are grateful to Virtual Business Services for their generous donation and hope this sparks more interest in this important effort. Working under the leadership of Gov. Ron DeSantis, we will continue to work with our partners to protect our natural resources from the threat of invasive species,” said