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• Florida is the nation’s largest producer of sugar cane, responsible for half of the country’s crop.
Sugar’s environmental impact here is bitterly debated as work now begins among the sprawling fields south of Lake Okeechobee on a reservoir aimed at Everglades restoration.
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• The state agency overseeing Everglades restoration is threatening to stop participating in congressionally mandated scientific reviews of its progress.
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• A state plan to protect estuaries by moving water north of Lake Okeechobee underground is sparking opposition.
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• Florida has swamps and bears a plenty- but how about a giant, flying, toxic bear? We chat with novelist Jeff Vandermeer about his apocalyptic vision of the future- and 90.7’s Amy Green about the environmental challenges of today.
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• Now on Gov. Rick Scott’s desk is a legislative measure adding a reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee for Everglades restoration.
The Legislature approved the bill after bitter debate over central and south Florida’s water.
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• The head of Audubon Florida says he thinks Everglades advocates will support changes to legislation for a reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee.
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• A legislative proposal for a reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee for Everglades restoration is prompting bitter debate over central and south Florida’s water.
New research calls for much more water storage. One idea: Send it underground.
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• The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is reversing its stance and now says it must follow a schedule calling for a reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee in 2021.
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• U.S. Sugar Corp. says it would honor a previous agreement putting land south of Lake Okeechobee toward Everglades restoration.
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• Among the cow pastures and citrus groves of Florida’s heartland north of Lake Okeechobee, patches of wetlands serve as kidneys for the Everglades.
“It filters out all of the impurities, in this case we’re talking about nutrients, phosphorous in particular,” says Ernie Marks of the South Florida Water Management District.
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