2000: The Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, or CERP, is authorized by Congress to restore and protect South ...

Flow Equalization Basin, or FEB: A shallow man-made water storage area constructed for the collection of runoff that can be ...

Florida’s Cape Sable seaside sparrow is a rare and secretive bird that dwells within the marl prairie of the remote ...

1819: Spain cedes Florida to the United States, which agrees to pay $5 million in damages for Americans who rebelled against Spain. 1845: Florida becomes 27th state. 1881: Real estate developer ...

Friends of the Everglades is working to acquire 100,000 acres of land south of Lake Okeechobee to restore the flow of clean ...

Everglades: A unique subtropical wetland ecosystem that once covered about 3 million acres of South Florida. Water once flowed down the Kissimmee River into Lake Okeechobee then south to Florida Bay.

Lake recovery discharges in winter should be rare, said Col. Brandon Bowman. "My gut tells me it will be every five years, ...

GET IT ON G E T I T O N The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the Army Corps, marking a significant victory for Everglades restoration efforts. The decision came after U.S. Sugar ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is ending dry season releases that give the lake a chance to recovery from high water ...

Sugar growers failed to block an Everglades restoration plan in South Florida after a federal appeals panel upheld the US ...

This is Everglades cattle country ... Akaushi bulls eat hay at Rancher’s Reserve cattle ranch in Okeechobee. (Sean Pitts/South Florida Sun Sentinel) Then, sometime later in 2025, Scalisi ...