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President to read

For President Obama

2012 Progress Report on Everglades Restoration AVAILABLE NOW

CEPP - August 2013
Central Everglades Planning Project - Draft Integrated Project Implementation Report (PIR) and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

CEPP facts

A horrible bill

Gainesville.com

Environmental summit puts Northeast Florida water issues in the glare

StAugustine.com

Everglades restoration project snagged by funding dispute

Florida attorney general should focus on our water pollution problems

Palm Beach Post

Florida's water woes are seen as urgent — except in the House

Legislative Preview: Water a central issue for lawmakers this spring

Official: Plan to deepen inlet could worsen flooding threat

Palm Beach Daily News

Thousands oppose states' challenge of EPA

FDEP discovers massive BP oil mat on pristine Florida beach

Oil prospectors seek their next big strike in South Florida’s Everglades

Sale of sensitive statelands 'harebrained'

What’s under Florida’s Everglades could be the next fossil fuel boom

ThinkProgress.org

Will FPL run power lines through the Everglades ?

Funding eyed for south Lake water supply study

DailyCommercial.com

Keep the straws out of the St. Johns

FolioWeekly.com

Water district plan fails to protect precious asset

Daytona Beach News Journal

Big Sugar's influence stretches from Florida to Washington

Fla. lawmakers to talk water funding, not policy

Poor water quality leads to 'no swimming' advisory at Jupiter's Dubois Park

Reservoir proposal moves forward

Resevoir should help lower toxic algae entering Indian River Lagoon

Senator Soto, DEP trade letters over Everglades oil drilling concerns

Florida Current

Oil search raises water concerns

Florida water issues may be put off until 2015

Ken Pruitt's lobbying firm harvested $180,000 from Florida Crystals since 2012, investigation finds

Fertilizer makes a controversy grow

Daytona Beach News J.

Public hearing on drilling

Finding ‘new’ water for Florida

Growing search for oil near Everglades raises environmental concerns

Proposed project a major water threat

Visalia Times-Delta

Taxes, regulation dominate Florida's lobbying agenda

Orlando Sentinel

Bondi's duties elsewhere ?

Florida water advocates may have to put hopes on ice

News-JournalOnline.com

Fracking chemical disclosure bills revived in Florida

RingOfFireRadio.com

Let's start taking steps to restore lagoon

National Park Service wants public's opinion on acquiring FPL-owned Everglades land

Save our Florida springs

Jacksonville.com

Wakulla voters likely to decide wetlands issue

Tallahassee.com

Water conservation: Florida washed out

Fracking near the Everglades ?

Bradenton Times

In Florida, responsibility for clean water rests with all of its citizens

Live from the Everglades: a nature webcast

Panel wants faster pollution limits

FloridaToday.com

Stop the deception, U.S. Sugar

NorthFortMyersNeighbor.com

FPL eyes the Everglades

Focus on conservation to save resources, meet demand

Orlando Sentinel

Getting clean water from the sea, at a high price

Why taxpayers will bail out the rich when the next storm hits

Activists head to Tallahassee to rally against releases

Big Cypress National Preserve makes big history: The big 4-0

'Crisis mode' on Florida's environment

Everglades Benefit gives New Yorkers welcome escape from cold

Wall Street Journal

Florida lobbying haul for 2013? $226 million

Orlando Sentinel

Former Sen. Graham details opposition to latest Patronis permitting bill

Florida Current

Hearing planned on power lines through Everglades

Lee officials ask SFWMD for more flexibility in water releases

CaptivaCurrent.com

NWFWMD approves funding to improve water quality in Apalachicola Bay

Water War: Southern states battle to keep faucets flowing

Why we’re fighting against federal overreach on the environment

Floridians love water, but getting them to conserve it can be tough, survey shows

Jacksonville.com

Protecting the river

Jacksonville.com

Protections to come for Florida’s waters

Bradenton Times

Students to take virtual canoe tour

Concerns over possibility of oil drilling in Southwest Florida spur meetings

Associated Press

Toxicity monitor chosen for river cleaning project

Caloosahatchee reservoir project clears hurdle

Documentary to look at Florida’s springs

Everglades restoration project's cost going up

Voters can protect vital Florida resources

Business lobbying group says 'large parts of Florida' had 'years of below average rainfall'

Crocodiles can climb trees — and they’re good at it, researchers say

Washington Times

Florida population growth returns to form

Florida Weekly.com

Inlet dredging plan puts town on alert

Palm Beach Daily News

Lake O increased releases: a healthy decision

Ft. Myers Beach Bulletin

Pafford named CEO of Marshall Foundation for the Everglades

Palm Beach Post

Response to Judah commentary

Ft Myers Beach Bulletin

Department of Environmental Protection wants to investigate why herbicides in lagoon surface water

Florida gubernatorial candidates clash over nutrient rich water

Make all lobbyists come clean

New reverse osmosis plant helps FL city meet water supply demands

US Sugar statement on recent court ruling re. Works of the District permits

Why are Florida leaders involved with Chesapeake Bay ?

Jacksonville.com

Carl Hiaasen: Muddying the waters far from home

Thursday's free forum explores lagoon woes

Reclaiming our springs

Wading bird nests increased in 2013, but some smaller species still doing poorly

Palm Beach Post

Lagoon dolphins harbor potentially deadly bacteria

Typical Miami schizophrenia on Cuba

HavanaTimes.org

AIF's Florida H2O Coalition weighing in on water issues

Gainesville.com

Lake discharges to start towards SW Florida

Tides have turned on Lake O water releases

18-foot Burmese python found in Florida Everglades

Four signs of restoration progress across four corners of the Everglades

Huffington Post

Experts split on Scott environmental pivot

Wealthy special interests endangering environment

Palm Beach Post

Finding alternative water sources before it is too late

DailyCommercial.com

Manatee deaths unsolved amid effort to reverse Indian River collapse

Orlando Sentinel

Rights, animal and mineral: conservation land could still be a drilling site

The Nature of Things: Invasive snail pffers rare benefit to Fla.

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FEBRUARY 2014

Notable 2013
Summer-Fall
wet season :
DAMAGING
FRESHWATER
WASTING

LO water release

Contemporary Question:

WHY NOT "Move it South" ?

Meaning "dirty" water from Lake Okeechobee - and instead of disastrous releases into the St. Lucie and Caloosahatchee Rivers, move it where it used to flow - South.

Is it possible ? Would the bridge on US-41 do the trick ?

JANUARY 2014

Timeless :

Click for milestone REPORT :

WHO Pollutes ? WHO Pays ?

"Enterprise Assessment for the Reduction of Nutrient
Pollution in South Florida Waters"

(by RTI International)

January end :

Environment offers fodder for gubernatorial race

Florida gets positive ruling in nutrient case

WaterOnline.com

Lagoon cleanup won't work until pollution ends

Summer sea levels rising along Florida coast

AuthintMail.com

Fining polluters won't solve lagoon woes

South Florida water managers report modest gains in wading bird nesting; 48,291 nests in 2013

Associated Press

State funds trickle down

Statewide rallies to focus on water quality

Ft.Myers Beach Bulletin

To heal Fla. springs, hold polluters accountable

Orlando Sentinel

Wading birds making progress in Everglades habitat, report says

Conservation Amendment: Floridians value water

Conservationists hold clean-water event in Orlando

Meeting held to stop toxic runoff

'Earth needs new laws,' 300 told at Silver Springs forum

Gainesville.com

University of Tennessee Florida Everglades research to help climate change mitigation

What's eating Florida ? These six voracious species

Conflict in Tate's Hell: Military, environmentalists at odds

Florida amendment to secure conservation funds makes it to 2014 ballot

Captiva Current

Florida’s disaster of a land deal

Quarries threaten Florida wildlife

Tampa Bay Times

Encouraging signs for Florida’s environment

'Getting water right' requires us all to change

Re-election brings out politician in Scott

Southwest Florida's Last land grab

Bradenton Times

Spring into action

Gainesville.com

Water wars: Dig deeper, please

StAugustine.com

Congressman Murphy: Political gridlock ‘even worse’ than it appears

PalmBeachDailyNews.com

Draft outlines district's water plan

St. Augustine Record

Keys among South Florida counties being proactive, tackling climate change and more

Scott’s drop in the bucket

January 2014 - - (CLICK here for JANUARY 2014 separate continuation)

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