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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. â 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 Florida's most important estuaries. But they said it has suffered a series of harmful algal blooms that could be leading to a major decrease in seagrass, an important food sourc...
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. Through purchasing patches of for-sale land located in an ecologically rich area, the group hopes to...
STUART — City officials are sounding the alarm to state water managers, claiming they're worried Lake Okeechobee's higher-than-normal elevation could prompt further damaging releases into the fragile St. Lucie River estuary. Currently standing at 15 feet, 3 inches, Lake Okeechobee's 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 Eta's November rainfall helped fill the lake to this above-average height. Now, as the threat of reopening the floodgates looms, city officials are urging the South Florida Wat...