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Water Managers Break Ground On C-43 Reservoir

A water storage project in Hendry County recently broke ground after more than a decade of planning. Water managers are clearing land for the…

GCL Book Club: Bonnie Jo Campbell, The Waters

In Bonnie Jo Campbell's latest novel The Waters, three generations of women—a matriarch who concocts healing potions, her daughters who scatter to various points, and her granddaughter, who’s left to care for herself—live alone on an island.

Charlie Wilber, 69, on the Alexa K, a 45-foot steel-hulled troller, "heading out into the briny deep!"

In This Alaska Family, Life Lessons Are Passed Down On The Water

In southeast Alaska, the commercial king salmon fishing season has been shut down a month early, because the number of wild salmon returning to rivers to spawn is at an all-time low.

The city of Flint, Mich., may not have enough money in the future to pay for repairing broken water mains and replacing sewer lines.

Unpaid Water Bills In Flint Could Hinder Repairs

Michigan's governor wants to spend $30 million to pay water bills in Flint. A lawsuit is seeking five times that in refunds and damages for people who paid for lead-tainted drinking water.

The most recent common ancestor of all today's snakes likely lived 120 million years ago. Scientists believe it used needle-like hooked teeth to grab rodent-like creatures that it then swallowed whole.

Earth's First Snake Likely Evolved On Land, Not In Water

Genetic sleuthing and comparisons of recently discovered fossils with living snakes point to a "protosnake" ancestor that likely had tiny hind legs and lived about 120 million years ago.

Many locals expected heavy blue-green algae outbreak in Southwest Florida this summer like this one pictured above in the St. John's River recently

Clean water group shifts constitutional efforts to 2026

A group seeking to make clean water a constitutional right in Florida has restarted efforts to get the measure on the ballot.The FloridaRighttoCleanWater.org committee fell short of collecting nearly 900,000 valid signatures of registered voters for placement on the 2024 ballot. But the committee now is aiming to get its proposal before voters in 2026.

Philadelphia Promotes Tap Water Amid National Distrust

Philadelphia is trying to convince residents to drink tap water. But national studies show low-income and minority groups are less likely to trust public water.

Extreme drought conditions in California have state officials looking for alternative sources of water, including desalinated ocean water.

The Search For Drinking Water In California Has Led To The Ocean

As the state slogs through a major drought, officials look for new water sources — like desalination plants that make water from the Pacific drinkable. Opponents worry about environmental damage.

HHS will review guidance on the addition of fluoride to drinking water

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has blamed the addition of fluoride — a common, naturally occurring mineral — for a host of health issues. The CDC says the policy has reduced cavities by some 25%.

Recreational boaters urged to stay off the water this weekend

The immediate search and rescue portion of the hurricane response may be over, but the recovery and reconstitution efforts by federal, state and local partners are ongoing. U.S. Coast Guard and Florida Fish and Wildlife Officials ask recreational boaters to stay off the water this weekend.

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