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It’s been nearly a year since a Miami-based family applied for a permit to build an exploratory oil-drilling well right on the fringes of the Everglades...
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State inspectors say a failing sewage plant in southwest Florida pumped hundreds of thousands of gallons of inadequately treated liquid sewage into...
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State Cabinet officials approved Florida Forever’s annual work plan Tuesday. It includes several dozen plots of environmentally sensitive land.
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Seventeen states, including Florida, are asking a federal judge to review a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency move to force more cuts in carbon...
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Governor Rick Scott and the Cabinet voted Wednesday to appoint John Steverson as secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection. The move came...
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UPDATE: The URL for the Beach Access Map has been shortened to fdep.maps.arcgis.com. Florida has 825 miles of sandy coastline, but it may not feel that...
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The Florida Department of Environmental Protection may start cattle grazing in Myakka River State Park in Sarasota County.Local community members are…
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Florida will begin a nationwide search to find the heads of two state agencies.Gov. Rick Scott called for the search Tuesday after the Florida Senate...
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The state has just absorbed a new chunk of land for conservation in Southwest Florida. The acquisition comes years after the state turned down the…
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This is a three-part radio series produced in partnership with The Florida Center for Investigative Reporting.Florida has gone through some big changes in…