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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

Alabama Gulf Coast, Florida Panhandle hit hard by flooding

Associated Press

Everglades component could miss congressional approval

Panel wants lagoon program out of water districts

U.S. and Florida resolve money disputes over two stalled Everglades projects

Congress considers collecting excess Caloosahatchee water

Everglades restoration postponed by U.S. Army Corps

Bradenton Herald

Budget deal disappoints groups seeking money for conservation lands and springs

Florida Current

Corps deals death blow to 'Glades plan

Florida Legislature passes bill to expand use of reclaimed water

Sunshine State News

'Funeral' for Indian River Lagoon planned for Saturday

Senator Negron announces full funding of Lagoon recommendations

CapitalSoup.com

South Florida Water District overstepped law, judge says

Founder of Fledgling Fund joins board of Everglades Foundation

PBchDailyNews.com

Lawmakers hammer out water differences at night

Orlando Sentinel

Scott, House must join Senate to protect Florida's springs

Stop making excuses: Save state's springs now

Orlando Sentinel

Volunteers scrub away Wekiwa Springs algae scum

Orlando Sentinel

Corps of Engineers concerns could delay Everglades cleanup for years

New online tool illustrates SouthCoast's timeframe for losing ground to the ocean

SouthCoastToday.com

Bureaucratic delay threatens Everglades, coastal waters

Invasive Species: Burmese pythons may be slithering up to a backyard near you

Silver Springs by the numbers

Springs and Legislature are in a sorry state

Tallahassee.com

Texas city prepares to become first U.S. city to convert sewage into water for homes

Do Lake County's shrinking lakes portend Florida's future ?

Orlando Sentinel

Pink shrimp may indicate whether or not the Everglades are healthy

Playing politics

Rising tide could swamp First Coast, Florida, members of Congress say

Jacksonville.com

Sterling takes over Indian River Lagoon estuary program

Additional Corps briefing needed prior to release of Central Everglades final report

Army Corps delays key Everglades restoration project

Florida Legislature's $75 billion budget talks are all wet

Orlando Sentinel

House, Senate environmental negotiators can't agree on most major spending items

Florida Current

Voters could pump cash into restoration of springs

Orlando Sentinel

Earth Day: Nine ways Florida is screwing up the environment

Everglades restoration project may be in peril

PostOnPolitics.com

Is help on tap for Florida's springs ?

Miami’s tourism industry isn’t ready for dramatic effects of Climate Change

Scott, House must stand up for Florida's springs

Orlando Sentinel

House, Senate close differences on citrus greening but remain apart on environmental spending

Florida Current

In Miami, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson holds sea level rise hearing Tuesday

At-risk cities may help drive climate change solutions

ClimateCentral.org

Florida lawmakers have a lengthy to-do list

Orlando Sentinel

Lawmakers aim cash at Everglades cleanup

Side with springs

Gainesville.com

Giant lasers could control the weather

Lake Henderson drawdown planned to fight hydrilla takeover

TheAdvocate.com

Locals gather to fight proposed sand mine

DailyCommercial.com

Opposition to inlet expansion is growing

PalmBeachDailyNews.com

Rescuing Florida's water resources

America's largest ecosystem restoration project is on the verge of moving ahead on Earth Day

Huffington Post

DEP fines oil company for unauthorized work on Collier oil well

Naples Daily News

Environmental group celebrates 50 years of conservation

Legislature appropriates money for Spring Lake, Peace River Center, AVID

Highlands Today

Work to protect the environment

A complicated argument against back-pumping, with no end in sight

Deep well for Piney Point waste called pending 'disaster'

DEP bends to oil company seeking to drill in Everglades, blows off Advisory Committee

County, water managers disagree on future sources

Crews work to ease Lake O releases

Experts address the water quality of the ocean and bay in the Keys

Plan to inject Piney Point water into aquifer raises concerns

Are those seeking to fix Lake O missing the real problem ?

DEP receives public input on waterway projects goals

DredgingToday.com

Time for action, not more studies, on lagoon

Two wins for the Everglades

Brooksville residents don't want more mining

Florida lawmakers proposing a salve for ailing springs

Florida senators moving on bill to protect springs, but House efforts stall

Governor Rick Scott talks lagoon on Treasure Coast

Long-term predictions for Miami sea level rise could be available relatively soon

Plenty of data shows nitrogen hurting lagoon

Water managers update Strategic Plan

DailyCommercial.com

Environmental services draws investor attention

InvestmentNews.com

Forums talk water quality in Everglades

In the window to the aquifer

Lake levels are up but nowhere near normal

Daily Commercial

Newsmaker Q&A with Rob Moher

'Think' before we act, spend on lagoon

Judge decision a victory for south Florida's water

State officials approve Everglades restoration plan

At-risk cities hold solutions to climate change: UN report

Everglades booster pitches Tamiami bridge project in DC

A plan to move runoff water away from the St. Lucie Estuary is a step closer to reality

Central Everglades pollution plan gets key go-ahead

Eikenberg presses for more Everglades funding in D.C.

Mayors hook up on Okeechobee water releases

South Florida trying hard to catch up on rising seas

Destructive lionfish growing in numbers

Florida officials prefer dirty coal to clean sunshine for energy sources

Give springs the right to use their own water

Tallahassee.com

Good news on 11-year legal battle over Lake O back-pumping

FtMyersBch Bulletin

Polluting of Lake Okeechobee must end, court rules

Earthjustice.com

Project to move water through Everglades may move forward

Senate, House differ widely on water projects spending

Florida Current

TECO breaks ground on $700 million project in Polk

Treat Florida's environment as a treasure

Everglades oil drilling plans spark contamination concerns

Potential algae bloom sighted near Cocoa

Bills delaying ban on spreading septic waste are moving with environmental support

Florida Current

Foundation releases Everglades lesson plans for K-12 students

Palm Beach Post

Protecting our vital water supply

Second Senate panel grills SFWMD chief Guillory in confirmation hearing

Palm Beach Post

South Florida gets $29 million in clean-water loans

Give priority to Florida's springs, reduce pumping

Much of Florida is banking on a largely untapped underground reservoir ...

Daily Commercial

NBC's scare: ‘Violent conflict over shortages of food and water’ to come from climate change

BizpackReview.com

Small but promising step in restoring Everglades

Associated Press

State cancels lecture by Florida State professor and Rick Scott critic

Urban wetland at Deering Estate offers glimpse at successful Everglades restoration

Environmental Protection Agency may give more regulatory control back to Florida

Mine expansion in PB could kill rare snakes

Rick Scott announces $29 million to improve South Florida water quality

Sunshine State News

Victory for clean water

Associated Press

What I would have said about water

Tampa Bay Times

Daniel Martin Cary

Westfield Republican

Desalination, Treated Wastewater: Best options for Florida's Space Coast ?

WaterOnline.com

EPA withdraws federal Water Quality Rules for Florida

Large water conservation project underway

Sea rise seen as threat

The natural wonders, beauty of the Florida Everglades

Around Town: When new developments are going up doesn't mean preservation isn't happening

Naples Daily News

Ghost traps major problem in the Keys

Action is needed now for a healthier St. Johns River

Jacksonville.com

Court ruling could block pumping of farm pollutants into Lake Okeechobee

Draft Everglades SSR available for public review

DredgingToday.com

Firm strives to protect Everglades from the dry season

Constr. Equip. Guide

Florida’s Water: Protect springs, aquifer

On the marshes of Lake Okeechobee, a remarkable comeback

Panel recommends denying drilling permit in SW Florida

Scott gets some sugar

South Florida's water managers may appeal federal judge's ruling for water pumped into Lake O

Associated Press

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APRIL 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 ?

MARCH 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)

March end :

Bill to reduce fed control over Florida's water issues passes House Committee

SunshineStateNews.com

Everglades literacy focus of new curriculum

PalmBeachPost.com

Regional partnerships can help save our troubled water supply

Orlando Sentinel

Shawn Benge appointed acting superintendent of Everglades, Dry Tortugas national parks

Associated Press

New lake promises to be fishing Mecca

UN science report: Warming worsens security woes

Conservation land money falls short

Keep oil away from Florida coast

Some second guess Everglades restoration project in Fort Myers

Vast reservoir expected to prevent Everglades pollution

Clean Water Act: Lawsuits come and go, but debate over EPA veto rages on

Court finds fault with federal water transfer regulation

Delray wetlands a great place to see tropical birds, fledglings

More water from Lake Okeechobee ?

PalmBeachPost.com

State lawmakers propose big budgets for Everglades and Lake Okeechobee restoration

U.S. District Court Judge: 'Back pumping' into Lake O violates Clean Water Act

Tradition a delicate balance for Florida tribes

Associated Press

Water projects, Education funding - key differences between legislative budget proposals

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