Don’t let Florida officials get their grubby little hands on fragile federal lands
By Carl Hiaasen, Miami Herald Columnist One of the only positive things about having Rick Scott in Washington is that ...
Tag: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Water board indicates that it will study the potential problems of drilling 80 wells to store water underground
By Eric Eikenberg, Everglades Foundation The South Florida Water Management District recently approved a $14 million contract that could ultimately ...
Miami’s new Resilience Officer says it’s time to move from planning to implementation
Alan Dodd, Chief Resilience Officer, City of Miami Resilience in Miami is no longer just a slogan – it is ...
Republican leaders say Florida must prepare for sea-level rise
By Chris Sprowls and Wilton Simpson Throughout our history, Floridians have reveled in our state’s natural resources. With our miles ...
Our elected officials are bungling the response to Florida’s rising seas
By Tania Galloni, Earthjustice It’s about time: the head of America’s disaster response department, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is ...
Bureaucratic bungling may delay the start of the vital Everglades Reservoir project
By Eric Eikenberg, Everglades Foundation Florida’s most effective response to the increasing threat of rising sea levels is one that ...
Fight brewing over how high to keep Lake Okeechobee
By Jenny Staletovich, WLRN Media As the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers gathers public input on how to operate Lake ...
The water level in Lake Okeechobee is low because there’s been little rain and farmers continue to get a lot of water for irrigation
By Maggy Hurchalla, environmental activist The assertion that Republican U.S. Rep. Brian Mast has forced the U.S. Army Corps of ...
Broward County adopts regulations that require property owners to fix seawalls and disclose whether property is in ‘tidal-flooding area’
Albert J. Slap, Coastal Risk Consulting, and Jeff Marcus, Miller Legg, Inc. Broward County has passed an ordinance that sets ...
The seas are rising, expensive real estate is at risk and our leaders need to stop ignoring the threat
The talk about sea-level rise has been going on for years. Some think storm surge is the main problem. After ...