Media Clips 2008 Articles
Delays could scrap Everglades deal
July 9, 2009--WEST PALM BEACH, FL -- South Florida water managers are calling out the Obama administration over long-stalled Everglades restoration and are threatening to scrap a state and federal partnership aimed at saving the famed River of Gras...read more
Florida Approves, Amends $1.34 Billion U.S. Sugar Deal
Tue Dec 16, 2008 6:32pm EST: MIAMI (Reuters) - A Florida regional water board on Tuesday approved a $1.34 billion agreement to buy more than 180,000 acres of land from U.S. Sugar Corp, a deal meant to help restore Florida's fragile Everglades wetland...read more
Historic Sugar Land Buy Gets OK
Tuesday, December 16, 2008: Congratulations, South Florida taxpayers: You are buying a swath of canefields south of Lake Okeechobee nearly the size of New York City.Supporting Gov. Charlie Crist's ambitious but costly plan for Everglades restoration,...read more
Water Managers Risk Losing Deal to Buy Land from U.S. Sugar Corp.
5:12 PM EST, December 16, 2008: South Florida water managers this afternoon risked losing a deal to buy 180,000 acres of U.S. Sugar Corp. land for Everglades restoration by countering a $1.34 billion purchase proposal for one with more price protecti...read more
Everglades Sugar-Land Purchase Approved
Posted on Tuesday, 12.16.08: Water managers on Tuesday narrowly approved a $1.34 billion deal to buy a sprawling swath of sugar fields -- a landmark purchase with promise to dramatically reshape Everglades restoration and surrounding farming communit...read more
Florida Water Board, Voting 4 to 3, Approves U.S. Sugar Deal in the Everglades
Published: December 16, 2008: WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Florida’s water managers agreed to buy nearly 300 square miles of land from United States Sugar on Tuesday, approving a $1.34 billion deal that could reshape the Everglades, the sugar ...read more
Everglades Deal OK’d Dfter Daylong Debate
December 17, 2008: A gamble to spend $1.34 billion on Everglades restoration got narrow approval Tuesday by state water managers who still could face financial issues and conflicts with nearby farmers.The debate lasted about eight hours and included ...read more
U.S. Sugar Land Deal is Approved -- with an Escape Clause
Posted on Wednesday, 12.17.08: Water managers on Tuesday narrowly approved the $1.34 billion acquisition of U.S. Sugar's sprawling fields -- but added a crucial ''out'' clause that buys time to see if they have enough money to complete the deal.
T...read more
Water Managers OK Purchase of U.S. Sugar Land for Everglades Restoration
Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008: Water managers on Tuesday narrowly approved the $1.34 billion acquisition of U.S. Sugar's sprawling fields - but added a crucial "out" clause that buys time to see if they have enough money to complete the deal.
The land bu...read more
Editorial: Florida Needs Sugar Acreage
U.S. Sugar should follow through on its agreement to sell 181,000 acres south and east of Lake Okeechobee to the state for Everglades restoration. That deal is fair to shareholders, and in the public interest.The attempt by a Tennessee-based farmin...read more
Everglades Land Deal Stays Alive, Still Faces Financial Hurdles
December 17, 2008: The largest public land buy in state history survived grim financial forecasts Tuesday when South Florida water managers narrowly passed a counteroffer that includes more taxpayer protections in the $1.34 billion deal....read more
Glades Deal is Approved, with an out
Published: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 at 1:00 a.m. , Last Modified: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 at 9:15 a.m: WEST PALM BEACH - Gov. Charlie Crist's $1.34 billion landmark Everglades restoration plan, touted as the answer to decades of environmen...read more
Florida Attaches Condition to Big Cropland Purchase
DECEMBER 17, 2008: By PAULO PRADA
Officials in Florida voted to keep alive a state plan to purchase $1.34 billion worth of environmentally sensitive cropland from U.S. Sugar Corp., but only with the condition that the deal can be canceled if the ...read more
US Sugar agrees to sell farmland to Florida
Originally published 5:51 p.m., Tuesday, November 25, 2008. Updated 7:35 p.m., Tuesday, November 25, 2008: WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) _ U.S. Sugar Corp., the nation's largest producer of cane sugar, has agreed to sell its nearly 300 square miles of f...read more
US Sugar agrees to sell farmland to Florida
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The nation's largest producer of cane sugar has agreed to sell nearly 300 square miles of farmland to the state of Florida for Everglades restoration.Under the proposal announced Tuesday, Florida would buy 180,000 a...read more
Water Managers have 3-week Deadline to Ssign $1.34 Billion U.S. Sugar Deal
Tuesday, November 25, 2008: South Florida water managers have just three weeks to sign off on their contract to buy nearly all of U.S. Sugar's farmland for $1.34 billion - the centerpiece of Gov. Charlie Crist's plans to restore the Everglades and th...read more
U.S. Sugar, Florida Agree on Contract for Land Buy
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- U.S. Sugar Corp. and Florida agreed on the terms of a contract in a historic land deal meant to help revive the Everglades.The deal must still be approved by the boards of U.S. Sugar and the South Florida Water Management Dis...read more
State, U.S. Sugar Reach Agreement on Sugar Cane Land to Help Everglades
Tuesday, November 25, 2008: U.S. Sugar Corp. and the state of Florida announced agreement Tuesday on a much-anticipated deal to purchase sugar cane land with taxpayer dollars to revive the Everglades.The proposed contract marks the culmination of fiv...read more
Florida, U.S. Sugar Corp. Reach Deal on Sale of Land for Everglades Restoration Project
November 26, 2008: U.S. Sugar Corp. and the state of Florida announced agreement Tuesday on a much-anticipated deal to purchase sugar cane land with taxpayer dollars to revive the Everglades.The proposed contract marks the culmination of five months ...read more
Everglades Restoration
With negotiations wrapped up, water managers face a critical vote to finalize purchase of choice sugar fields. Take it or leave it. That's essentially the choice water managers face next month when they meet to consider Florida's $1.34 billion bid to...read more
Lake Okeechobee Releases Begin:
Thursday, September 4, 2008: PORT MAYACA — The flood gates at Port
Mayaca opened Thursday for the first time in over two years,
discharging water from Lake Okeechobee into the St. Lucie Canal and St.
Lucie River.
South Florida resi...read more
Activists Warn Lake O Levee May Break
September 5, 2008: The approach of three storms from the east, coupled with the surge in
Lake Okeechobee's water level following Tropical Storm Fay, poses a
serious threat to the integrity the massive earthen levee that protects
40,000 Glades resi...read more
Concerns in Sanibel Over Lake Okeechobee Water Release
September 4, 2008: SANIBEL ISLAND, Fla. - Because of record rainfall from Tropical Storm
Fay, the Army Corps of Engineers will soon start releasing water from
Lake Okeechobee into the Caloosahatchee River. And that's a big concern
for some c...read more
Algal Blooms along Lee Coast Feared from Lake O Releases
September 4, 2008: Water releases scheduled to begin this morning from Lake Okeechobee
could cause a repeat of the algal blooms that plagued Lee County's
coastline from 2004 to 2006. The releases were set to begin at 7 a.m. and continue for 11 days...read more
Army Corps Starts Draining Lake Okeechobee
Friday, September 5, 2008: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has begun releasing water from Lake
Okeechobee after record-breaking rainfall and ahead of future storms
looming in the Atlantic Ocean.The corps says the releases are needed to relieve pre...read more
Lake O Releases Begin Again
September 04, 2008: LAKE OKECHOBEE:
The Army Corps of engineers started releasing water from Lake
Okeechobee Thursday. The move was prompted by recent heavy rains and
Tropical Storm Fay which pushed the water to an alarming level.
At 7 a.m....read more
Environmental Groups Want to Enact Development Protections with U.S. Sugar Deal
July 31, 2008: In the midst of the state's buyout negotiations with U.S. Sugar, a
coalition of environmental groups on Wednesday called for a moratorium
on development that could create new obstacles to Everglades restoration.
The state by ...read more
Environmental Groups: Halt changes in Glades while U.S. Sugar Details Still Murky
Wednesday, July 30, 2008: Two
major environmental organizations called today for blocking new
development or mining projects in the Glades until the state decides
how to use the 187,000 acres it's buying from U.S. Sugar Corp. to
restore the Everg...read more
Judge: EPA turned 'blind eye' to Everglades
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The U.S Environmental Protection Agency
has turned a "blind eye" to Florida's Everglades cleanup efforts, while
the state is violating its own commitment to restore the vast
ecosystem, a federal judge ruled Tuesd...read more
Environmental Elites are a Force Behind Glades
Posted on Sun, Jul. 27, 2008: The little-known but
well-connected Florida Everglades Foundation is a major player in the
restoration of the Florida Everglades.
Early in the hush-hush negotiations to buy U.S. Sugar, Gov. Charli...read more
Conservation 'Hero' Now at Everglades Foundation
Posted on Sun, Jul. 20, 2008: After 12 years with the Audubon Society, Mark Kraus is now helping lead the
Everglades Foundation.On family trips growing up, Mark Kraus trekked across the lower 48 states and
some half dozen Canadian provinces. His ...read more
NY Times Blog
The nation's largest sugarcane producer agreed to sell its assets and 187,000 acres of land to Florida for Everglades restoration. To view the video, click here...read more
Florida's Planned Buy-out of Sugarcane Farmers Offers Hope for a Threatened Ecosystem
July 12, 2008: A changing China challenges its health care system ... a new source for
biofuels ... and Florida's planned buy-out of sugarcane farmers offers hope for
a threatened ecosystem ...
11 July 2008
Our W...read more
Everglades Rescue "Out on a Limb" Without Federal Aid
July 3, 2008: Florida's proposal
to buy farmland to help restore clean water to the Everglades could be
seriously hampered unless the U.S. Congress follows through on a commitment it
made almost 20 years ago, some envir...read more
2nd Firm Holds Key to Glades' Sweet Deal
Fri, Jul. 04, 2008: If the state's
buyout of U.S. Sugar succeeds, the powerful Fanjul sugar barons could end up
holding the key to Everglades restoration.
The State of
Florida announced it would buy the...read more
U.S. Sugar Land Purchase Will be Worth It
June 26, 2008: ISSUE: State to buy out U.S. Sugar to restore
Everglades.
It's not quite the
Louisiana Purchase, but for those wanting to restore the Florida Everglades,
the possibility of acqu...read more
A Sweet Deal? Region's Environment Could Benefit from U.S. Sugar Buyout
June
28, 2008: The
shock waves from Florida’s proposed buyout of U.S. Sugar south of Lake
Okeechobee rippled all the way to Mike and Anita Buff’s backyard in Alva.
“Hallelujah,”
Anit...read more
We Think: Crist Needs Strong Follow-Through on Everglades Blockbuster
June 29, 2008: With
apologies to Thomas Jefferson, the government that governs
best doesn't always govern least.
Rejuvenating
the anemic but badly needed restoration of the Everglades wasn't going to happen by
tw...read more
Fla. Board OKs Talks for US Sugar, Everglades Deal
July 1, 2008: WEST PALM BEACH,
Fla. (AP) -- A historic conservation deal for Florida to acquire some 300
square miles of land for Everglades restoration moved forward Monday when water
managers approved a negotiation process for th...read more
Acuerdo Con Los Azucareros Podría Revivir Restauración de Everglades
24 de junio
del 200: El estado de la Florida trata de comprar una porción
sustancial de tierras del sector azucarero de la Florida, la poderosa industria
agrícola cuya contaminació...read more
WMNF Audio Clip of US Sugar Land Acquisition
To View the WMNF Audio Clip of US Sugar Land Acquisition, Click Here...read more
Farm Buy Helps Save Estuaries
June 25, 2008: The state's pending purchase of about 185,000 acres from
U.S. Sugar Corp. fills a huge hole in the Everglades restoration plan and
offers Southwest Florida the best hope yet of protecting its estuari...read more
A Chance for the Everglades
June 26, 2008:The languishing
effort to revive and restore the Everglades — one of the most ambitious
environmental initiatives on the planet — received an unexpected and
potentially spectacular boost on Tuesday when Gov. Charl...read more
THE U.S. SUGAR DEAL: It's Just Jaw-Dropping and It Won't Be Easy
Thursday, June 26, 2008: For sheer audacity, it's hard to beat the state's proposed
buyout of U.S. Sugar. It's grand. It's bold. In one extraordinary move, it
could change the dynamic of Everglades restoration. It an...read more
Florida to buy ‘missing link’ of Everglades for $1.7 billion
June 24, 2008: (CNN) -- The state
of Florida has agreed to buy nearly 200,000 acres of land from a major sugar
producer in a $1.7 billion deal to help restore the Everglades, Gov. Charlie
Crist announced Tuesday.
Crist said the purchase
pr...read more
U.S. Sugar Sale Called Turning Point in Glades Cleanup
Tue, Jun. 24, 2008: WELLINGTON -- The
state of Florida and the nation's biggest sugar grower Tuesday unveiled the
details of what would become the largest environmental acquisition in state
history, a $1.7 billion buyout of 187,0...read more
Conservationists Hail Deal for U.S. Sugar
Tuesday, June 24,
2008: The largest
conservation land deal in Florida's history could provide enough acres to store
325 billion gallons of water, keeping it from being wasted out to sea.
It could replenish
farmland, provide...read more
Florida to Buy Chunk of Everglades from Sugar Firm
June 24, 2008: LOXAHATCHEE
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Fla., June 24 (Reuters) - The state of Florida
announced on Tuesday it intends to spend $1.75 billion to buy a large chunk of
Everglades land from U.S. Sugar, one of a number...read more
Florida to Pay U.S. Sugar $1.75-billion for 187,000 acres in Everglades
Tuesday, June 24, 2008: Farmland like this, where workers shred sugar cane near Lake
Okeechobee this month, could be converted into reservoirs and water-filtering
areas under a deal between the state and U.S. Sugar. The surprising d...read more
Booting US Sugar from the Everglades
June 24, 2008: Florida governor Charlie Crist could be turning his
constituents into sugar barons. And he's about to set the stage for the
Everglades to come back from the dead.
At a news conference Tuesday m...read more
Florida Buying Big Sugar Tract for Everglades
June 25, 2008: LOXAHATCHEE, Fla. —
The dream of a restored Everglades, with water flowing from Lake Okeechobee to
Florida Bay, moved a giant step closer to reality on Tuesday when the nation’s
largest su...read more
Crist's Bold Step Toward Restoring the Everglades
Wednesday, June 25, 2008:Gov. Charlie Crist has changed the game in the Florida
Everglades. If his deal to buy out U.S. Sugar Corp. comes to fruition, he will
have provided a 292-square-mile cleansing link to the River o...read more
In 'Huge' Everglades Win, State To Buy U.S. Sugar
June 25, 2008:TAMPA -
Environmentalists for decades have demonized the sugar industry, accusing it of
simultaneously polluting and robbing precious water from the Everglades.
On Tuesday,
they found themselves contemplat...read more
Florida to Buy Out Sugar Land for Everglades Restoration
June
25, 2008: WEST PALM BEACH, Florida -- The largest U.S. producer of cane sugar, U.S.
Sugar Corp., would close up shop in a $1.75 billion deal to sell its 292 square
miles of land to Florida for Everglades restoration, the company
pres...read more
Protect Growth Control
April 11, 2008: House Republicans may think they would do bad developers a big favor by gutting the state's growth-management law. In fact, they would cause a citizen uprising that could backfire on all developers.
Department of Community Affair...read more
Money for environment endangered
BY EVAN S. BENN ~ 9 April 2008 ~
The Miami Herald ~ TALLAHASSEE ~ Looming budget cuts are threatening to affect two of Florida's greenest programs: Everglades restoration and land preservation.
House lawmakers have proposed...read more
EDITORIAL Our position: State Rep. Cannon isn't doing enough to strengthen growth law
Orlando Sentinel ~ April 10, 2008 ~
What's the state's growth-management chief, Tom Pelham, getting in return for his needed push to reinvigorate laws regulating use of land in Florida?Well, from the House of Representatives and Central Florida's ...read more
Land purchase program needs tweaking
South Florida Sun-Sentinel Editorial Board ~ April 9, 2008 ~
ISSUE: Land purchase program could use tweaking.As the Florida Legislature slashes billions of dollars from necessary programs just to make ends meet, state lawmakers should take the tim...read more
OPINION: WRONG TIME TO BECOME EVERGLADES DEADBEATS
5 April 2008 ~ The Palm Beach Post
The Legislature should kill a proposal that would eliminate the total Everglades restoration budget of $400 million as part of statewide spending reductions, and the state's congressional delegation should ba...read more
EDITORIAL: Martinez: My record is strong on environment
U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez, Special To The Sentinel ~
6 April 2008 ~ Orlando Sentinel ~
Last week, a question was posed on these pages asking where I am on the environment. The answer is that I am in favor of protecting, preserving and rest...read more
Pythons pose threat to Everglades, region
27 March 2008 ~ News-Press ~
by ryan hiraki ~
EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK — The 8-foot Burmese python hissed and flapped its mouth open, apparently wanting to clamp onto one of the nearby humans who surely was bothering the powerful snak...read more
GOVERNOR CRIST APPOINTS TWO TO THE GOVERNING BOARD, SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
APRIL 7, 2008 ~
TALLAHASSEE - Governor Charlie Crist today announced the following appointments: Governing Board, South Florida Water Management District (Senate confirmation required) . Paul C. Huck Jr., 41, of Coral Gables, attorney, Colson Hic...read more
Proposal pits land swap vs. mining
By JASON SCHULTZ ~ Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
~ April 08, 2008 ~
State water managers could get 2,200 acres worth about $53 million in western Martin County for free to help clean water from Lake Okeechobee.
But in return, the county...read more
Massive reservoir is intended to help restore the Everglades
Sarasota Herald-Tribune ~ By BRIAN SKOLOFF, The Associated Press ~
April 8, 2008 ~
IN THE EVERGLADES — Out here, where turtles lumber across two-lane highways, sugar is king and alligators own the swamp, the silence is broken by ...read more
Proposed budget cuts threaten Everglades conservation, beach renourishment funds
By DWAYNE ROBINSON ~ Palm Beach Post Staff Writer ~
April 07, 2008 ~
TALLAHASSEE — Critical funding that helps restore eroded beaches and provides clean drinking water to 5 million South Floridia...read more
The Corps LRR's preferred alternative plan has been issued and the comment period ends on May 9
The Corps LRR's preferred alternative plan has been issued and the comment period ends on May 9. Here is the website for the LRR announcement:
http://www.saj.usace.army.mil/dp/mwdenp-c111/index.htm
The Corp's recommendat...read more
Everglades restoration could be hurt by state's money woes
By Gabriel Margasak ~ Wednesday, April 2, 2008 ~
Cutting state money for Everglades restoration now would stifle congressional momentum to pay for the project and hamper the economy, U.S. Rep. Tim Mahoney said this week.
The Dem...read more
Budget cuts could impact Florida environment
By Bruce Ritchie • FLORIDA CAPITAL BUREAU • Tallahasee Democrat April 2, 2008 ~ The state's conservation land-buying program and Everglades restoration would receive no money under the House proposed 2008-09 budget.
The propo...read more
New lawsuits filed against Mirasol development
By ERIC STAATS ~ April 2, 2008 ~ A pile of lawsuits over plans to build new homes and golf courses in the Cocohatchee Slough in northern Collier County got taller Wednesday.Since 2000, environmental groups and developers have scored victo...read more
Everglades, Fla. Forever face budget guillotine
April 2, 2008 ~
State House budget proposal axes $500 million for the environment~ By Bruce Ritchie, news-press.com Tallahassee bureau and Kevin Lollar, klollar@news-press.com
~ TALLAHASSEE –– The state's conservation land-buying pr...read more
OPINION: DON'T STRIP MINE CONTROL
2 April 2008 ~ The Palm Beach Post ~
State legislators don't know how much rock Florida needs for road-building or how much rock lies underground. They admit as much in a bill to be heard today. But that ignorance hasn't stopped legislators f...read more
Kottkamp: Mines are a local matter
Lt. governor says Lee officials’ argument valid ~
By Ryan Hiraki • news press • April 3, 2008 ~
TALLAHASSEE –– The decision to approve or deny mine applications should remain under local control, says the Flo...read more
MAHONEY CALLS ON FLORIDA LEGISLATURE TO PRIORITIZE EVERGLADES RESTORATION
1 April 2008 ~ States News Service ~
The following information was released by the office of Florida Rep. Tim Mahoney:
Congressman Tim Mahoney (FL-16) issued a letter yesterday calling on the state of Florida to protect the historic fed...read more
Environmental Groups Challenge Army Corps of Engineers Permit for Residential Development in Endangered Wood Stork Habitat and Historic Flowway
National Wildlife Federation Audubon of Florida/National Audubon Society
Collier County Audubon Society
Conservancy of Southwest Florida
Florida Wildlife Federation
For Immediate Release FT. PIERCE, FL&...read more
Court upholds protection for endangered Key Deer
Miami, FL (April 1) – A U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today upheld an injunction protecting eight federally listed species and their habitats in the Florida Keys. The court denied an appeal by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (...read more
Urgent: Keep State Funds for the Everglades and Florida Forever
Leaders of the Florida House propose to eliminate funds for the Everglades and Florida Forever in the Appropriations Act PCB PBC 08-01 for fiscal year 2008-09.
The Everglades was slated to receive $200 million in state funds in 08-09. ...read more
Opinion ~ We've waited long enough to restore the lagoon
Rich Campbell ~ Treasure Coast Newspapers ~ 30 March 2008It was impossible to miss the irony.
About 100 residents and a dozen members of the media gathered Wednesday afternoon at Leighton Park in Palm City to attend a news conference held by Re...read more
Don't cut Everglades spending, area Congress members warn
By LARRY LIPMAN ~ Monday, March 31, 2008 ~ WASHINGTON — Members of South Florida's congressional delegation Monday warned legislative leaders not to eliminate spending next year for Everglades restoration.
In a bipartisan letter to st...read more
DEMOCRATS CRITICIZE FLORIDA STATE LEGISLATURE'S PROPOSAL TO CUT EVERGLADES FUNDING
28 March 2008 ~ US Fed News ~
WASHINGTON--Rep. Ron Klein, D-Fla. (22nd CD), has issued the following news release:
Today, Congressional Democrats Alcee L. Hastings (D-Miramar), Robert Wexler (D-Delray Beach), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Weston...read more
FIX FOR AGING DIKE TO GET FIRST TEST REPAIRS INTENDED TO PREVENT BREACH
By Andy Reid Staff Writer ~ 28 March 2008 ~
South Florida Sun-Sentinel / Palm Beach ~
While South Florida politicians push for more money to strengthen Lake Okeechobee's aging dike, engineering crews and scientists are closing in on a cr...read more
2.7-FOOT DISPUTE COULD COST ROCK-PIT FIRM $1.5 MILLION
By ROBERT P. KING ~ 27 March 2008 ~
The Palm Beach Post ~
Water managers are withholding a final $6 million payment to Palm Beach Aggregates until they resolve a 2.7-foot discrepancy about the depth of a reservoir the mining co...read more
Funding may dry up for Glades restoration
Sun-Sentinel, 3/28/2008 ~
TALLAHASSEE - Restoration of the Everglades could come to a grinding halt under a House plan to slash $200 million from the project because of the state's dropping revenues.
In the budget being written for 2008-09, the...read more
Growth OK, but balance it with nature, survey reveals
By ERIC STAATS ~ Thursday, March 27, 2008 ~
Sunsets on the beach and birdies to win on the 18th hole are big crowd pleasers in Southwest Florida.
Audubon of Florida has another one to add.
The environmental group released survey results Thurs...read more
SECRETARY OF INTERIOR KEMPTHORNE APPLAUDS PRESIDENT'S INTENTION TO NOMINATE ONLEY FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WATER AND SCIENCE
26 March 2008 ~ US Fed News ~WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release:
Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne today applauded President Bush's intention to nominate Kameran L. Onley for the posi...read more
It's showtime in the Everglades as an influential member of Congress visits
It's crunch time for Everglades restoration: A visit is due by a member of Congress who is key to federal funding. ~
By WILLIAM E. GIBSON | Washington Bureau Chief ~ March 26, 2008 ~
In the sugar fields of Palm Beach County, engineers are about...read more
Decision on South Bay Quarry postponed
By ANDY REID | Sun-Sentinel.com ~ March 24, 2008 ~
WEST PALM BEACH - Palm Beach County commissioners on Monday postponed a decision about whether to allow a 3,800-acre rock mine on sugar cane fields in the Everglades Agricultural Ar...read more
EDITORIAL ~ Our position: Orange County should drop its attempt to draw down Kissimmee River
Orlando Sentinel ~ March 22, 2008 ~Orange County stepped up its reckless and wrongheaded attempts this week to drain more water from area rivers. At the behest of Mayor Rich Crotty and county staff, commissioners approved more than $1 million for a...read more
REPS. ROS-LEHTINEN/HASTINGS RESOLUTION HONORING LONG TIME FLORIDIAN & CONSERVATIONIST STONEMAN DOUGLAS APPROVED ON MARCH 4 BY THE HOUSE
4 March 2008 ~ US Fed News
MIAMI, -- Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla. (18th CD), issued the following news release:
Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a senior member of the Florida Congressional Delegation, along with her friend and coll...read more
LAND ACQUISITION BENEFITS INDIAN RIVER LAGOON, ST. LUCIE ESTUARY
13 March 2008 ~ US Fed News ~
STUART, Fla. -- The South Florida Water Management District issued the following news release:
Restoration of the Indian River Lagoon received another boost today with the approval by the South Florida Water Manage...read more
INNOVATIVE EFFORT AIDS LAKE OKEECHOBEE
OpEd ~ By Chip Merriam ~ 23 March 2008 ~
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
The good news from an environmental restoration project in Lake Okeechobee has been unnecessarily tainted by erroneous reporting in a recent South Flor...read more
Spoonbill's struggles worrying researchers
An Audubon official said that the spoonbill's shrinking numbers indicate the Everglades is in dire need of water and help can't come soon enough. ~
The Miami Herald ~ BY CURTIS MORGAN ~
Roseate spoonbills are becoming a rare sight in th...read more
Roseate spoonbill nesting hits record low
Lack of birds a signal of unhealthy Everglades ~
BY TIMOTHY O'HARA ~ Key West Citizen ~
Declining numbers of bird nests for a species that indicates the health of the southern Everglades and Florida Bay has Audubon scientists saying...read more
EDITORIAL: Corps' Glades fix too little, too late: ELIMINATING TAMIAMI TRAIL BLOCKAGE IS BEST LONG-TERM REMEDY
The Miami Herald ~ McClatchy-Tribune Regional News ~ 6 March 2008 ~ The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' latest proposal to unclog the Tamiami Trail's water blockage in the lower Everglades has only a faint resemblance to the logical solut...read more
Florida Bay: Spoonbill Nesting Decline and Algae Blooms Indicate Potential for Ecological Collapse
Audubon Tavernier Science Center, March 5, 2008 – Audubon raised concerns today that this year´s poor nesting season of Roseate Spoonbills—an important indicator species of Everglades restoration success—and the algae blooms...read more
HOUSE UNANIMOUSLY PASSES REPS. HASTINGS, DIAZ-BALART EVERGLADES RESOLUTION: BILL COMMEMORATES 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK
4 March 2008 ~ US Fed News ~
WASHINGTON, -- Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla. (25th CD), issued the following press release:
The United States House of Representatives unanimously passed H.Res.845, a resolution today honoring the 60th annive...read more
House of Representatives - RECOGNIZING THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK
House Proceedings ~ 4 March 2008 ~ 110th Congress - Second Session
Mr. RAHALL. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution (H. Res. 845) recognizing the 60th anniversary of Everglades National Park, as amended.
The Cl...read more
BUDGET: Approps bills should wait for presidential election
Feinstein, Stevens (March 5, 2008) ~ Katherine Boyle and Alex Kaplun, E&E Daily reporters ~
Congress should wait to approve the fiscal 2009 spending bills until a new president is in office, two key Senate appropriat...read more
A good job nearly done
Palm Beach Post Editorial ~ March 02, 2008 ~
Last year, newly elected Gov. Crist shook up the South Florida Water Management District board in a good way. With one more good shake this year, he'll get the board just about right.
One...read more
Public Comment Period Opens for Winsberg Farm Wetlands Restoration Draft PIR
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, has made available the Winsberg Farm Wetlands Restoration Project Draft Project Implementation Report/Environmental Assessment (PIR/EA) for public review and comment. The 45-day comment perio...read more
Revamped Tamiami Trail-Glades project lightens costs
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposed an affordable compromise on mitigating Tamiami Trail's impact on the Everglades: More than cleaning out the culverts but a lot less than an 11-mile skyway.
Mar. 03, 2008 ~ BY CURTIS MORGAN ~ The Miam...read more
Congressman wants national designation for lagoon
By Gabriel Margasak ~ March 19, 2008 ~
STUART — The Indian River Lagoon would receive more federal protection and national attention — along with possible new rules on public use — under a plan from U.S. Rep....read more
COUNTY SEEKS IN-DEPTH LOOK AT MINING'S EFFECT ON EVERGLADES
By MITRA MALEK ~ 20 March 2008 ~ The Palm Beach Post
Location of the Everglades
Calls to look at the big picture when it comes to rock mining in Palm Beach County were answered Wednesday. A cumulative study of mining's effects isn't...read more
If drought worsens, Everglades may be tapped to supply cities
By Andy Reid ~ South Florida Sun-Sentinel ~
March 19, 2008 ~
If drought conditions worsen, water managers plan to stick with a proposal to take more Everglades water than usually allowed to restock supplies in Broward and Palm Beach counti...read more
Everglades mining on fast track
By Joel Engelhardt ~ Palm Beach Post Editorial Writer ~ Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Palm Beach County residents and politicians may have thought that they still had some control over whether the Everglades Agricultural Area will be converted into a ma...read more
County to probe rock mining's effect on Everglades
By MITRA MALEK ~ Palm Beach Post Staff Writer ~March 20, 2008 ~ Calls to look at the big picture when it comes to rock mining in Palm Beach County were answered Wednesday.A cumulative study of mining's effects isn't a sure thing, but coun...read more
Everglades rock mining concerns still unanswered
Summit on possible risks in Everglades yields no direction for county officials
By Andy Reid | South Florida Sun-Sentinel ~ March 20, 2008 ~
Almost two years and a 3 1/2 -hour summit later, Palm Beach County commissioners on We...read more
Naples council endorses stricter rules for fertilizer use in city
By ERIC STAATS ~ Wednesday, February 20, 2008 ~
The Naples City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to enact a law regulating the kinds of fertilizers that can be used in the city limits and when and where they can b...read more
BRIEF: First lady visits Glades, kicks off essay contest
By Patricia Mazzei, The Miami Herald ~ 6 February 2008 ~
First lady Laura Bush trekked to the Everglades Wednesday to push for the preservation of national parks and to plant native trees with fifth-graders from Florid...read more
Employees sue U.S. Sugar
By SUSAN SALISBURY ~ Palm Beach Post ~ February 01, 2008 ~
WEST PALM BEACH — U.S. Sugar twice passed up a $575 million buyout offer that would have allowed its employees to sell their company shares at a much higher value...read more
Dike budget disappoints lawmakers
Palm Beach Post ~ By LARRY LIPMAN ~ February 05, 2008 ~WASHINGTON — Local members of Congress said Monday they are disappointed with President Bush's budget proposals for key South Florida projects.
Bush's final budget, which co...read more
Bush Budget Boosts Everglades $3 Trillion Proposal Includes A $50 Million Increase For Restoration Projects
By WILLIAM E. GIBSON ~ 5 February 2008 ~ South Florida Sun-Sentinel ~
WASHINGTON ~
President Bush asked Congress on Monday to spend $215 million for restoration of the Everglades next year as part of a $3 trillion budget proposal. ...read more
REP. HASTINGS REACTS TO PRESIDENT BUSH'S FINAL BUDGET REQUEST
4 February 2008 ~ US Fed News ~
FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., ~ Rep. Alcee. L. Hastings, D-Fla. (23rd CD), issued the following news release:
U.S. Representative Alcee L. Hastings (D-Miramar) today reacted to President Bush's Fiscal Year (F...read more
ARMY CORPS: Proposed budget offers an 'awkward kiss on the cheek' for Everglades
(02/04/2008) ~ Daniel Cusick, E&ENews PM reporter ~ Environmentalists were heartened today by the Bush administration's continued support of coastal restoration projects in Florida and Louisiana, but the modest increases in spending fall far short of...read more
Survey state rock supply, task force tells legislature
February 03, 2008 ~
Rock mining is key to ensuring people have buildings to live and work in and roads to get there.
But there's only a limited supply of rock, and no one has a handle on just how much is beneath Florida's soil, where all...read more
Growers, users in NAFTA faceoff
By LARRY LIPMAN ~ Palm Beach Post ~
February 03, 2008 ~
WASHINGTON — Fourteen years after approval of the North American Free Trade Agreement, a behind-the-scenes struggle is being waged over one of its last provisions...read more
GOV. CRIST, LT. GOV. KOTTKAMP 2008-09 BUDGET REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO FLORIDA'S ENVIRONMENT
31 January 2008 ~ US Fed News ~
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Jan. 31 -- The Florida Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release:
Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Secretary Michael W. Sole today app...read more
Audubon Applauds Governor's Budget for Emphasis on Conservation
January 31, 2008 ~ Despite a challenging budget outlook for 2008-2009,
Governor Charlie Crist's budget released today underscored his commitment to
the environment.
In addition to providing $300 million for conservation land ac...read more
Obey Says '09 Bills May Be Held Back Pending Outcome of Presidential Election
February 28, 2008 ~ Regulation & Law / Appropriations ~
House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey (D-Wis.) is warning Bush administration officials that Democratic leaders may elect to hold back a number of the FY 2009 appropriatio...read more
Don't dump sewage in ocean
29 February 2008 ~ The Miami Herald ~
Re the Feb. 17 story Lawmakers: Quit flushing into the Atlantic : In South Florida, we are overdue to clean up our act and stop dumping sewage into the ocean. Biscayne National Park is a national, natural trea...read more
Lawmakers want presidential types pressed on Great Lakes cleanup
By KEN THOMAS ~ 28 February 2008 ~
Associated Press Newswires ~
WASHINGTON (AP) - Seeking to build support for the ailing Great Lakes, lawmakers from the region are urging voters in their states to let the presidential candidate...read more
Birds winter at stormwater treatment area near Clewiston
By WILLIE HOWARD ~ Palm Beach Post ~
February 28, 2008 ~
CLEWISTON — Driving the desolate roads winding through the Hendry County sugar cane fields south of Clewiston, visitors to Stormwater Treatment Area 5 begin to real...read more
State to Dade: Don't move development boundary
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
BY MATTHEW I. PINZUR AND CURTIS MORGAN ~ Worried about water and traffic, state growth planners urged Miami-Dade to reject a Lowe's home-improvement store and other developments outside the county's Urban Development Bounda...read more
McCain to Tyler crowd: 'We have to secure the borders'
FROM STAFF REPORTS ~ 27 February 2008 ~
Cox News Service ~
Republican Presidential Candidate John McCain took questions Wednesday morning from among hundreds of people who attended a town hall meeting at the Tyler Rose Garden Center. ...read more
TAX DOLLARS MORE AT WORK
OPINION ~ 26 February 2008 ~
Why should the state need so many consultants to help restore the Everglades?
The state shouldn't. So, by the end of the year the South Florida Water Management District's new board members hope to cut ...read more
Disney exec seeks seat on water board
By ROBERT P. KING ~ Palm Beach Post ~February 26, 2008 ~
A Walt Disney executive is applying for a spot on the board that makes
decisions about drought.
Robert G. "Jerry" Montgomery, senior vice president for conservation and
envir...read more
Collier debate brews over town, panthers
February 24, 2008 ~ By Mary Wozniak
A classic confrontation between the pressure for more development in Southwest Florida and the protection of the endangered Florida panther is brewing in the corridors of power in Collier County.
The sh...read more
Corps Slams Florida for Violating Water Quality Standards
> Army Corps Refuses to Share Costs of Deficient Everglades Clean Up Projects ~ Washington, DC ~ The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers refuses to contribute a dime to Florida water projects to reduce high levels of&n...read more
New development plan set for Mirasol near Collier-Lee line
By ERIC STAATS ~ Naples Daily News ~ February 17, 2008 ~
A new version of a controversial golf course community in northern Collier County is raising new questions as it goes back through the county review process.
The Mirasol project...read more
Speech of HON. RALPH REGULA of Ohio in the house of representatives
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Mr. REGULA. Mr. Speaker, the Everglades National Park plays a major role in preserving an important ecosystem in the State of Florida. The Everglades act as a natural filter that helps provide fresh water to major cities ...read more
Come celebrate "Save the Florida Panther" Week March 8 - 16 with Collier County Residents!
Once a year, various organizations, residents, and businesses gather resources to help get people out into the habitat that the Florida Panthers depend on. The biggest threat facing one of the most endangered mammals in the world, is apathy - so we...read more
Spoonbills may be in danger
By ROBERT P. KING ~ Palm Beach Post ~ March 06, 2008 ~
A pathetic nesting season for Florida Bay's roseate spoonbills points to a "monumental ecological collapse" looming for the southernmost tip of the Everglades, an Audub...read more
Researchers say spoonbill decline signals Florida Bay problems
March 06, 2008 ~ By DINAH VOYLES PULVER ~ Environmental Writer
Guardians for some of the state's showiest residents want state lawmakers to take action soon to save their flamboyant friends and their home in Florida Bay.
The nesting season f...read more
Spoonbill's struggles worrying researchers
FLORIDA BAY AND THE EVERGLADES
An Audubon official said that the spoonbill's shrinking numbers indicate the Everglades is in dire need of water and help can't come soon enough.
BY CURTIS MORGAN
Roseate spoonbills are becoming a rare sight in t...read more
Speech of HON. RALPH REGULA of Ohio in the House of Representatives
Tuesday, March 4, 2008 ~
Mr. REGULA: "Mr. Speaker, the Everglades National Park plays a major role in preserving an important ecosystem in the State of Florida. The Everglades act as a natural filter that helps provide fresh w...read more
'Glades reservoir project in Martin on hold while money issues sorted out
TC Palm ~ By Gabriel Margasak ~
February 12, 2008 ~
Some hungry cattle are set to fill their bellies thanks to the delay of a massive Everglades restoration project in Martin County.
Because of ambiguity surrounding...read more
OPINION ~ SLAP AT SOUTH FLORIDA
9 February 2008 ~ The Palm Beach Post
Last year, South Florida finally got some hope that after nearly a decade Washington would begin paying the federal government's share of Everglades restoration. Put that hope on hold for another year....read more
FISCAL 2009 BUDGET: WATER RESOURCES AGENCIES - JOHN PAUL WOODELY
Congressional Testimony by CQ Transcriptions ~ Statement of John Paul Woodely Assistant Secretary Army for Civil Works Department of the Army Committee on House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment...read more
Large amount of water flowing into the lagoon from drainage pipes raises alarms
By Gabriel Margasak ~ Friday, February 8, 2008 ~
Fresh water from the Savannas has been flowing into the brackish Indian River Lagoon.
Questions about how it got there, whether it was allowed and if the marsh discharge damaged ...read more
Water managers dump million of gallons despite drought
By Robert P. King ~ Palm Beach Post ~
Thursday, February 07, 2008 ~
NORTH PALM BEACH — Water managers dumped millions of gallons out to sea today through a floodgate east of Interstate 95, calling it ...read more
Retain county control over road-rock mining
Palm Beach Post ~ Friday, February 08, 2008 ~
The task force that spent six weeks looking at mining regulations in Florida doesn't know if there's a critical shortage of aggregate rock, which mines produce for building roads. The ta...read more
FIRST LADY LAURA BUSH DELIVERS REMARKS AT A JUNIOR RANGERS EVENT IN EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK - NEWS EVENT
6 February 2008 ~ Political Transcripts by CQ Transcriptions ~
LAURA BUSH DELIVERS REMARKS AT A JUNIOR RANGERS EVENT IN EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK, HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA, AS RELEASED BY THE WHITE HOUSE
SPEAKER: FIRST LADY LAURA BUSH
[*] BUSH: T...read more
Speech of HON. ADAM H. PUTNAM
110th Congress - Second Session Tuesday, March 4, 2008 ~
Mr. PUTNAM. "Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of House Resolution 845 to bring awareness and recognize the 60th anniversary of our beautiful and unique Everglades National Park.
...read more
Southwest Florida Restoration Study: five years later, costs $5 million more
By JEREMY COX ~
Tuesday, December 25, 2007 ~
A map of the ecological restoration needs of Southwest Florida won’t emerge until the end of 2009, nearly five years past its original due date, a South Florida Water Management District off...read more
We need new approach to fertilizer ~ Editorial from the Ft. Myers Press
It's always easier to demand change from others than to change our own way of doing things.
Originally posted on January 03, 2008 ~
After heavy rains in 2004 and 2005 forced releases of polluted water from Lake Okeechobee, coastal communities re...read more
Florida's Top Planner Tells Legislators: Tackle Sprawl or Voters Will
Aaron Deslatte | Tallahassee Bureau ~
December 13, 2007 ~
Orlando Sentinel ~
TALLAHASSEE - With a public fuming over congestion and sprawl, state planners and legislative leaders are again seeking ways to better manage Florida's growth.But unl...read more
Rural Mecca Farms Re-designated for Residential Use
By Josh Hafenbrack ~
South Florida Sun-Sentinel ~
January 4, 2008 ~
Mecca Farms is back where it started: an orange grove with a rural zoning designation.More than four years after the county bought the 1,919-acre property with a sprawling Scrip...read more
RELENTLESS ENGINEER KEPT PUSHING DEAL
By ROBERT P. KING ~ Palm Beach Post Staff Writer ~ 30 December 2007 ~ The Palm Beach Post FINAL Copyright 2007. The Palm Beach Post, All Rights Reserved.
Gov. Jeb Bush's emissary stood at a public podium, delivering one final nudge for ...read more
EVERGLADES, INSURANCE TOP AGENDA IN NEW SESSION
By LARRY LIPMAN ~ Palm Beach Post ~ Washington Bureau
~Sunday, January 13, 2008~
WASHINGTON - Restoring the Everglades and helping to resolve the homeowners
insurance crisis top the agenda for local members of Congress as they...read more
EVERGLADES COALITION OPTIMISTIC AS CRIST BACKS RESTORATION EFFORT
By ROBERT P. KING ~ Palm Beach Post Staff Writer ~
Monday, January 14, 2008 ~
CAPTIVA - Jeb who?
A year after taking office, Gov. Charlie Crist is receiving almost giddy
reviews from many Everglades activists, who appear eager to move past thei...read more
EVERGLADES: Advocates focus on White House race in bid to revive restoration
Greenwire - An E&E Publishing Service ~(Wednesday, January 9, 2008) ~Daniel Cusick, Greenwire reporter~
Everglades advocates gathering in Florida this week for their annual meeting
are hoping to rekindle enthusiasm for the ambitious envi...read more
This was sent out by the Governor ~ January 11, 2008 ~
Dear Friends,
Today I am addressing Everglades advocates at the Everglades Coalition 23rd annual conference in Captiva Island. I am honored to follow in the footsteps of great conservationist, President Teddy Roosevelt, who said, "Th...read more
MAHONEY CITES SUCCESS OF WRDA, LAYS OUT VISION FOR ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION FOR RURAL FLORIDA
12 January 2008
(c) 2008 States News Service
The following information was released by the office of Florida Rep. Tim Mahoney:
Congressman Tim Mahoney (FL-16) addressed the Everglades Coalition Annual Conference, the largest annual forum for...read more
Focusing on Everglades funding - Senator Bill Nelson
(c) 2008 Federal Information & News Dispatch, Inc.
Friday, Jan. 11, 2008
Contact: Dan McLaughlin; or Bryan Gulley
Eds. note: U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson is scheduled to address the Everglades Coalition Conference at 7: 25 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 12,...read more
Crist plans to seek more Glades restoration funds
Since 2000, the massive project has stumbled.
By CRAIG PITTMAN ~ Times Staff Writer ~Published January 12, 2008 ~
CAPTIVA ISLAND -- While admitting he faces "some challenges" with the budget this year, Gov. Charlie Crist said Friday h...read more
Fishing trip invite a bait and switch
Key West Citizen ~
BY TIMOTHY O'HARA ~
Gov. Charlie Crist has been invited on a special fishing trip in the Florida Keys.
But what the coalition of anglers and conservationists who invited him have in mind isn't your typical be...read more
Commercial Fishermen and Florida Guides: Enough is Enough
Midcurrent (Fly Fishing News) ~ January 15, 2008 ~
Given the he-said-she-said tactics used by both federal and state government agencies to avoid spending money on Everglades restoration in the past two decades, it's not at all surprising to see lo...read more
LAKE O HAS ITS LIMITS
Palm Beach Post, 1/14/2008 ~
Water managers say they have no other choice: If the drought continues, they may have to drain Lake Okeechobee to supply water for farms and groves. South Florida Water Management District Board Chairman Eric ...read more
Fight swirls over pipes under I-75
Culverts may flood houses, drain wetlands
Ryan Hiraki • rhiraki@news-press.com • January 15, 2008A proposal to build culverts in Estero under Interstate 75 could stall the highway’s $430 million widening project, flood nearby r...read more
Drainage plan may delay I-75 widening
Complaints about possible flooding could lead to lawsuit and roadblock in adding two new lanes to highway ~
By JULIO OCHOA ~ Updated 10:29 a.m., Tuesday, January 15, 2008 ~ A controversial proposal to pipe water from wetlan...read more
Everglades Coalition: Get back on track with SWF environmental study
By JULIO OCHOA ~ Friday, January 11, 2008 ~Southwest Florida’s environment received a boost Friday from the Everglades Coalition by making the group’s short list of 2008 priorities.
At its annual meeting in Captiva I...read more
Wise up to water-district folly: Harvest what we waste
GOALS 2008 GUEST VIEWS: CHARLES LEE
Charles Lee | Special To The Sentinel ~ January 1, 2008 ~
Most of Florida remains in the grip of a record drought. Central Florida's Withlacoochee River went completely dry in 2001 and again in 2...read more
FPL Asks Panel to Allow Two More Nuclear Reactors
State utility regulators heard FPL, and nuclear-power critics, make the case for and against two proposed new reactors near Homestead.
~ Miami Herald ~ By CURTIS MORGAN ~
Florida Power & Light began making its case to state regu...read more
Reservoir at Ten Mile Won't Be Ready Soon
GABRIEL MARGASAK
~ 27 January 2008 ~
Treasure Coast Newspapers ~ St. Lucie County ~ Copyright 2008 Scripps Howard Publishing, Inc.
FORT PIERCE -- The new yet problem-filled reservoir at Ten Mile Creek -- billed to store and clean water be...read more
Bush Official, Who Downgraded Everglades, Headed for Revolving Door
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Just four months after U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson publicly demanded his resignation, a Bush administration official who removed Florida’s Everglades National Park from a U.N. list of endangered sites is resigning to become a lob...read more
Finding the Perfect Orchid at the World Orchid Conference
BY J. PAT CARTER ~ 29 January 2008 ~
(c) 2008 The Canadian Press. MIAMI ~ Jim Miller, a Tallahassee videographer, is searching for the perfect orchid.
Walking the floor last week at the football field-sized World Orchid C...read more
WATER DISTRICT EYES LAND SALE 3,000 ACRES COULD FETCH $54 MILLION, MANAGERS SAY
By Andy Reid Staff Writer ~ 30 January 2008 ~ Palm Beach
Copyright 2008, South Florida Sun-Sentinel. South Florida water managers propose selling 3,000 acres of public land, at the same time that they are shopping for thousands of acres for wate...read more
Costs Erode Water District's Support for Storage Wells
By ROBERT P. KING ~ Palm Beach Post
Monday, January 28, 2008 ~
Ten years ago, an ambitious, controversial technology lay at the heart of the state's plans for restoring the Everglades and expanding South Florida's water supply...read more
Southern Estates Restoration Stalls as Budget Decisions Loom
ERIC STAATS ~ 27 January 2008 ~ Naples Daily News ~
A project to restore natural water flows through Southern Golden Gate Estates is in for a slow year in 2008 as money to pay for it dries up.
The restoration, a joint effort ...read more
Snub Florida, a campaign promise kept - Opinion
BRENT BATTEN ~ 23 January 2008 ~
Naples Daily News ~
Earlier this month, a memo from Barack Obama expressed the sentiment that in Democratic presidential politics, Florida doesn't matter.
I guess he wasn't kidding...read more
Save Coral Reefs for Future Generations
By STEPHANIE MEEKS, CARTER ROBERTS and PETER SELIGMANN ~ Jan. 25, 2008 ~ Miami Herald ~
Coral reefs are more than just aesthetic pleasures. Home to a rich diversity of marine life, these ocean habitats are central to the economi...read more
GIULIANI TOURS EVERGLADES, SUPPORTS PRESERVATION EFFORTS
By GEORGE BENNETT ~ 20 January 2008 ~
The Palm Beach Post ~
Rudy Giuliani toured the Everglades Saturday and said he's committed to preserving the legendary River of Grass.
Accompanied by his wife, Judith, the Republ...read more
Major Presidential Candidates' Positions on Florida Issues
21 January 2008 ~ Associated Press Newswires ~
A look at where the major presidential candidates stand on issues important to Florida voters:
EVERGLADES
Democrats
--Hillary Clinton: Unclear.
--John Edwards: Unclear.
--Barack O...read more
'Glades restoration tops agenda for Crist-Nelson meeting today
17 January 2008 ~ Congressional Documents and Publications
(c) 2008 Federal Information & News Dispatch, Inc.
U.S. Senate Documents ~ UNITED STATES SENATE ~
BILL NELSON ~
Jan. 17, 2008
Pols pushing 'Glades restoration
TALLAHASSEE...read more
Majority Leader Says Greenhouse Gas Bill Could Be Moved to House Floor by Summer
Thursday, January 17, 2008 ~Legislation that would require cutting U.S. greenhouse gas emissions could be brought to the House floor before the end of 2008, perhaps by this summer, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said Jan. 16.
Hoyer...read more
Make National Parks a National Priority
PRESIDENT'S OUTLOOK ~
Kiernan, Thomas C ~ 1 January 2008 ~
I know I don't need to remind anyone that 2008 is an election year. For the most part, the political discourse this year will focus on the wars overseas, health car...read more
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SECRETARY ADDRESSES ANNUAL EVERGLADES CONFERENCE
US Fed News ~ 12 January 2008 ~
CAPTIVA ISLAND, Fla., Jan. 12 -- The Florida Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release:
Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Secretary Michael W. Sole...read more
CLIMATE: Dingell floats auto industry exemption in cap-and-trade bill
Wednesday, January 16, 2008 ~
Darren Samuelsohn, E&E Daily senior reporter ~
The chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee signaled yesterday
that the auto industry may get a pass as he drafts global warming legislation
this y...read more
Everglades activists urge farmland purchase
By Robert P. King ~ Palm Beach Post Staff Writer ~
Friday, January 11, 2008 ~
CAPTIVA ISLAND — Everglades activists are advocating a government initiative to buy another huge chunk of farmland south of Lake Okeechobee, adding to the high-s...read more
Everglades project can ease harm of climate change, scientist says
By ROBERT P. KING ~ Palm Beach Post Staff Writer ~
Sunday, January 13, 2008 ~
CAPTIVA — Global warming means South Florida faces a future of eroded coasts, flooded barrier islands, mud-clogged bays, dying coral reefs, swaths o...read more
CRIST SEEKS FEDERAL AID TO RESTORE EVERGLADES
By LARRY LIPMAN ~ Palm Beach Post
13 February 2008 ~
WASHINGTON ~
Gov. Charlie Crist went to the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday to try to get more federal money released quickly for Everglades restoration.
Crist, a Republican, ...read more
Oozing red ink Our position: Bush's budget irresponsibly increases the ballooning deficit
OPINION / EDITORIAL / Sage / 13 February 2008 ~
Orlando Sentinel ~
With President George W. Bush in his final year in office and the country increasingly fixated on his possible successors, Congress might pay little heed to his latest ...read more
Crist lobbies Congress members for Everglades restoration funds
By LARRY LIPMAN ~ Palm Beach Post ~
Tuesday, February 12, 2008 ~
WASHINGTON - Gov. Charlie Crist went to the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday to try to get more federal money released quickly for Everglades restoration. Crist, a Republican, ...read more
Fla. congressmen seek help from Crist as he seeks help from them
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON ~ Associated Press Writer ~
12 February 2008 ~
WASHINGTON (AP) - Gov. Charlie Crist went to Washington Tuesday with a list of federal priorities he wants the state's congressmen to address and left with...read more
Florida Bay and The Everglades, Miami Herald
Spoonbill's struggles worrying researchers
An Audubon official said that the spoonbill's shrinking numbers indicate the Everglades is in dire need of water and help can't come soon enough.
Roseate spoonbills are becoming a rare sight in the Everg...read more
EDITORIAL: Corps' Glades fix too little, too late: ELIMINATING TAMIAMI TRAIL BLOCKAGE IS BEST LONG-TERM REMEDY
The Miami Herald
6 March 2008
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' latest proposal to unclog the Tamiami Trail's water blockage in the lower Everglades has only a faint resemblance to the logical solution for this long-festering problem. The ...read more
Governor Crist: State of the State ~ Tuesday, March 4, 2008
"We must maintain our commitment to protect Florida's natural beauty and resources. We must establish a successor to Florida Forever. To strive for natural water flow, I also propose that we fully-fund Florida's share of Everglades restoration and ...read more
Senate President Pruitt ~ Opening Day March 4, 2008
"And we will move forward on Energy independence for our state. We are all aware of the scientific and political debates on global warming. Let's not get caught up in that debate. Rather, we must realize that increasing Florida's energy independenc...read more
HOUSE UNANIMOUSLY PASSES REPS. HASTINGS, DIAZ-BALART EVERGLADES RESOLUTION: BILL COMMEMORATES 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK
US Fed News
WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla. (25th CD), issued the following press release:
The United States House of Representatives unanimously passed H.Res.845, a resolution today honoring the 60th anniversary of Evergla...read more
EPA Kisses Off Florida's Wetlands ~ Developer Sway in EPA Breeds Algal Blooms and Aquifer Contamination
WASHINGTON, DC - February 20 - Overruling its own specialists, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is opening the door to a new wave of mega-developments that will sharply erode Florida's already declining water quality...read more
Undermining the Everglades
By Joel Engelhardt, Palm Beach Post February 12, 2008
Existing regulations will protect the environment, the landowner says, so Palm Beach County needs to quit stalling and let mines move forward in the vast Everglades Agricultural Area south...read more
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