South Florida Water Management will close 4 northern boat locks on Lake Okeechobee starting Tuesday evening at 8 p.m.

The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) will close several navigation locks on the north shore of Lake Okeechobee ...

South Florida is experiencing an “extreme drought” for the first time since 2011, and conditions have led to an elevated fire ...

Contamination fuels algae blooms and wreaks havoc. Our investigation pinpointed alarming chemical levels in nearly 1 in 4 ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is conducting a prescribed burn that may see ash and smoke drift into ...

2000: The Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, or CERP, is authorized by Congress to restore and protect South ...

Lake Okeechobee discharges began Dec. 7 and will end Saturday ... Only 3,750 acres remained at the optimal 35,000 acres, according to Lawrence Glenn, the South Florida Water Management District Water ...

A group of paddleboarders will take on a 36-mile journey down the St. Lucie River on Saturday, highlighting concerns over ...

Pockets of severe drought are expanding along the Nature Coast and near Lake Okeechobee. Central and South Florida also are seeing abnormally dry to moderate drought conditions. With near to below ...

Lake Okeechobee was artificially connected to the ... "They can dabble," said Paul Gray, a bird expert with Audubon Florida. "When we're at 13 feet there's about 38,000 of acres of marsh that's ...