By Tim Elfrink , published: June 04, 200 Rick Persson founded a group to save the canals. Iron wires dangle from a boat in a cool brown river deep in the Everglades. On this breezy April morning, a few hundred volts crackle through the metal strands into the water. Barron Moody sweeps a net through [...]
South Florida Everglades Bass Fishing, the L-67A Canal, Falls Victim to Environmentalists
June 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment
State Lawmakers Plan Sugar Land Hearing
December 10, 2008 By Leave a Comment
State lawmakers in Miami-Dade County are questioning the wisdom of the state’s planned $1.34 billion buyout of U.S. Sugar Corp. A press release from state Rep. Juan Zapata, R-Miami, chairman of the Miami-Dade legislative delegation, said the delegation of lawmakers has serious concerns about the expense and effectiveness of the buyout, which is designed to [...]
Canal weir may help return Alligator Alley drylands to wetlands
July 12, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Water modification to improve Everglades and Miccosukee tribal lands By Daily News staff WEST PALM BEACH — Thousands of acres of wetlands will be returned to a more natural state through a project requested by the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida and supported by the South Florida Water Management District. Construction of a water-control [...]
Everglades budget, scaled-back construction because of U.S. Sugar deal
July 11, 2008 By Leave a Comment
By Andy Reid |South Florida Sun-Sentinel Doubling the budget for South Florida water managers and potentially shelving some Everglades restoration projects are among the ways proposed to pay for the state’s bid to buyout U.S. Sugar. The South Florida Water Management District on Thursday revealed a plan for a $2.9 billion agency budget — up [...]
Water managers get priorities straight, but what about the St. Johns River?
July 8, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Years from now, historians may look back upon the month recently concluded as the pivotal moment in the preservation and restoration of the Everglades. Gov. Charlie Crist rocked the environmental world in late June when he announced a tentative deal with U.S. Sugar to purchase 187,000 acres south of Lake Okeechobee. The deal, at a [...]
Political pluck, power dovetailed in state-U.S. Sugar deal
June 28, 2008 By Leave a Comment
By STACEY SINGER Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Saturday, June 28, 2008 Standing on his skiff, hedge fund billionaire Paul Tudor Jones II grew more confident with each cast into the salty shallows of Florida Bay – snook or no snook.His goal was more ambitious than catching a few fish. He hoped to persuade Florida’s [...]
