Huge green blooms now regularly infest much of Lake Okeechobee’s 730-square ... The vapors come from rotting mats of toxic algae that thrive in Okeechobee’s shallow tea-warm water.

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 ...

The discharges likely help drive the catastrophic red tide algae blooms that choked Florida’s coasts in ... dedicated to the protection of the Caloosahatchee River & Estuary, Lake Okeechobee, ...

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

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

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 ...

Friends of the Everglades is working to acquire 100,000 acres of land south of Lake Okeechobee to restore the flow of clean ...

Lake Okeechobee experiences the most widespread and sustained blue-green algae blooms, but similar blooms harm lakes, rivers and springs throughout the state. So the Center is working to protect ...

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