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“Miami Herald” journalist Carl Hiaasen is a Florida native who lives his home state enough to tell the difficult truths about politics and the environment…

The Florida Department of Health in Lee County recently issued a health advisory for the Alva Boat Ramp, Davis Boat Ramp, and Franklin Locks after water…

The number of oil and natural gas wells in the U.S. that use what’s known as ‘fracking’ has increased more than ten-fold in the past two decades, and now…

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed legislation last Friday that establishes three regional task forces to study what’s called the “Multi-use Corridors…

Last week the Governing Board of the South Florida Water Management District voted to extend the lease for sugar farmers on land that has been slated for…

Anyone who was living in Southwest Florida in 2018 will always remember the two massive harmful algal blooms that devastated marine animals, and hurt the…

Harmful algal blooms like red tide and blue-green algae produce toxins that can be harmful to humans. This is known. What’s not known with certainty, is…

Florida’s Blue-Green Algae Task Force recently made its first round of recommendations that will be considered by lawmakers during the upcoming 2020…

What motivated early Floridians to move into the swampy, mosquito-infested area of South Florida? How did the Seminoles and other Native American peoples…

Governor Rick Scott has declared a state of emergency for Martin, Palm Beach, St. Lucie and Lee Counties related to a toxic blue-green algae bloom that’s…