Lake Okeechobee discharges 'killing' St. Lucie Estuary, Florida Oceanographic Society director says
Mark Perry, the longtime executive director of the Florida Oceanographic Society, has spent his adult life trying to protect the waters of the St. Lucie River Estuary.
Lake Okeechobee releases suspected in nontoxic algae bloom in Manatee Pocket, Port Salerno
The state confirmed a nontoxic algae bloom in Manatee Pocket in Port Salerno on Jan. 2.
A prime suspect is Lake Okeechobee discharges that started a month ago, which floods the brackish St. Lucie River with freshwater and nutrients that feed algae, said Mark Perry, executive director of the Florida Oceanographic Society in Stuart. Perry has asked the Department of Environmental Protection to do more tests to prove him right or wrong.
Another 5.43 billion gallons of Lake O water headed for St. Lucie River this week
Lake Okeechobee discharges to the St. Lucie River will continue as water managers aim to lower the lake level to save lake plants that are drowning in too much water from four years of heavy rains in the summer wet season.
Lake Okeechobee releases began Saturday; are they necessary?
Lake Okeechobee discharges to the St. Lucie River began Saturday as water managers aim to lower the lake level to save lake plants that are drowning in too much water from four years of heavy rains in the summer wet season.
Water releases from Lake Okeechobee to begin Dec. 7 as groups plea to 'halt these operations'
WPTV reporter Cassandra Garcia learned Thursday that the Army Corps of Engineers will begin water releases from Lake Okeechobee next month, setting off another round of concerns from residents and environmental groups.
