Lake Okeechobee Releases

By Valerie Alker

Published August 21, 2013 at 9:00 AM EDT

Releases from Lake Okeechobee continue – easing pressure on the aging dyke that surrounds the lake, but wreaking environmental havoc down-stream. Our guests are Lt. Colonel Thomas Greco from the Army Corps of Engineers and Rae Ann Wessel, Natural Resource Policy Director for the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation.

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Valerie Alker

Valerie Alker hosts All Things Considered. She has been a Reporter/Producer and program host at WGCU since 1991. She reports on general news topics in Southwest Florida and has also produced documentaries for WGCU-TV’s former monthly environmental documentary programs In Focus on the Environment and Earth Edition. Valerie also helps supervise WGCU news interns and contributes to NPR programs.

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