How High Should Lake Okeechobee Go? Army Corps Is Finalizing A New Management Plan
Sunrise over Lake Okeechobee near the City of Okeechobee. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released technical modeling results this week for operating Lake Okeechobee once it completes $1.8 billion in repairs on the Herbert Hoover Dike. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released modeling results this week for a new set of operational plans for Lake Okeechobee, that could define the lake for years to come. How the lake is managed — and whether water levels remain artificially high or the lake returns to its more natural, shallower levels — could steer the course for Everglades restoration. ...
Source: usf.edu
