USACE Jacksonville District says water releases to the St. Lucie and Caloosahatchee rivers can be eliminated in order to stop harmful algae blooms. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is changing the way ...

Florida health officials warn of blue-green algae toxins in Lake Okeechobee, advising against contact with affected water.

OFFICIALS WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ONCE THAT PROCEDURE IS DONE. DELAYED FOR MORE THAN A YEAR TODAY, THE FINAL LAKE OKEECHOBEE KOBE MANAGEMENT PLAN WAS RELEASED AND THE PLAN WILL DETERMINE WHEN AND WHERE ...

Intense heat battered Floridians this summer like never before. The Northern Hemisphere experienced its warmest summer on record. Combined with hurricane season, the intense heat brought algae blooms ...

PAHOKEE, Fla. (CBS12) — Blue-green algae is showing up again on Lake Okeechobee. The Florida Department of Health in Palm Beach County this week has issued a blue-green algae bloom alert for the ...

The Ortona Lock and Dam, a structure on the Caloosahatchee River in Florida that was built for navigation and flood control; algae on Lake Okeechobee and along the shore; the Northshore Park Watershed ...

The Army Corps of Engineers will begin discharging water from a swollen Lake Okeechobee on Saturday. According to the Army Corps press release, an estimated: 1.2 billion gallons per day of lake water ...

A revised plan to address pollution and water supply in Lake Okeechobee would include 55 deep underground storage wells and about 5,900 acres of restored wetlands. The Army Corps unveiled a ...