The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is ending dry season releases that give the lake a chance to recovery from high water ...

The Army Corps of Engineers released over 83.50 billion gallons of water into the St. Lucie River from Dec. 7 through March ...

Summer is blue-green algae season, and the potentially ... said on July 2 that approximately 50% of Lake Okeechobee's surface showed bloom conditions. That DEP report is typically issued weekly ...

Nearly 75 billion gallons of water has flowed into the St. Lucie River through the St. Lucie Lock & Dam since Lake Okeechobee ...

Freshwater releases from Lake Okeechobee into the St. Lucie Estuary will stop this weekend for the first time in over three ...

A patchy red tide bloom has affected the Sarasota and Manatee county area over the past wee. Local experts confirmed that red ...

Lake recovery discharges in winter should be rare, said Col. Brandon Bowman. "My gut tells me it will be every five years, ...

and using hydrogen peroxide to kill toxic algae blooms. Lake Okeechobee discharges to the St. Lucie River could end by the last week of March or first week of April, after a significant reduction ...

The release of water from Lake Okeechobee into the estuary is a controversial practice that environmentalists condemn due to the negative impacts on the waterways, like fueling algal blooms ...

What are Lake Okeechobee discharges? Risks include water pollution and toxic algae blooms Bowman said conducting such "lake recovery" discharges in winter — in part to protect underwater plants ...