Recurring toxic blooms raise health concerns as experts link algae growth to nutrient-rich runoff and call for stronger ...

Fox 4’s Austin Schargorodski reports on the return of submerged aquatic vegetation in Lake Okeechobee and why one lifelong angler says it feels like watching a loved one heal ...

The Army Corps said the water releases could last as long as May 1 as they work to reduce the levels of the lake. Lake Okeechobee's water level is currently at 16 feet.

WPTV went out to Lake Okeechobee and spoke with environmentalists on some potential, positive moves to keep toxic water out ...

What is it about Florida’s rivers that makes us humans want to spoil them? The Kissimmee River worked perfectly for centuries ...

Lake Okeechobee discharges to the St. Lucie River will stop on Saturday, March 29. Nearly 84 billion gallons of water has flowed through the St. Lucie Lock & Dam in Stuart since discharges began ...

Col. Brandon Bowman, the new Army Corps commander for the region that includes Florida, is going to truly open the floodgates on both sides of Lake Okeechobee next month, discharging water east ...

Lake Okeechobee is the largest lake in Florida and the second largest in the Southeastern United States. Over the past two decades, blooms of blue-green algae (Microcystis) have emerged in the ...

This spring, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission completed a revegetation effort on Lake Okeechobee, ...

Lake Okeechobee: 31,250 acres of underwater plants have died since the lake was at its lowest level of 13.7 feet in 2023, Glenn said. Only 3,750 acres remain of the optimal 35,000 acres, he said.

The lawsuit involved the use of the EAA Reservoir, which was built to hold water from Lake Okeechobee to reduce harmful discharges to coastal estuaries like the Caloosahatchee.

Researchers from Florida Atlantic University's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute have conducted the first comprehensive sampling across the Lake Okeechobee Waterway in South Florida, which ...