NBC-2: US Army Corps engineers to decide how much water to release to fix rising lake levels
Breaking NewsfeaturedOctober 14, 2020
nbc-2.com Reporter: Zach Barrett October 13th, 2020 The waters around Southwest Florida are staying clean — for now. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has yet to make a decision when or how much fresh water will be released from Lake Okeechobee to the coasts to alleviate the rising lake levels. As of Tuesday,...
WINK News: Communities along Caloosahatchee prepare for Lake O water releases
Breaking NewsfeaturedOctober 13, 2020
Winknews.com Reporter: Stephanie Byrne Journalist: Jackie Winchester October 12th, 2020 Communities along the Caloosahatchee River are preparing for water releases from Lake Okeechobee this week, and many are wondering what effect it will have on our river, canals and beaches. For one fisherman, it isn’t algae he’s most concerned about, it’s the seagrass and...
On Tuesday, April 28, 2020, we learned of an attempt being driven by special interests to reconfigure the Lake Okeechobee Regulation Schedule, securing their irrigation water supply as the priority consideration for all Lake Okeechobee release decisions. This is being done under the cover of a global pandemic and is the type of political scheme that...