Iron wires dangle from a boat in a cool brown river deep in the Everglades. On this breezy April morning, a few [...]
State lawmakers in Miami-Dade County are questioning the wisdom of the state’s planned $1.34 billion buyout of U.S. Sugar Corp.
A press release from state Rep. Juan Zapata, R-Miami, chairman of the Miami-Dade legislative delegation, said the delegation of lawmakers has serious concerns about the expense [...]
Water modification to improve Everglades and Miccosukee tribal lands
By Daily News staff
WEST PALM BEACH — Thousands of acres of wetlands will be returned to a more natural [...]
By Andy Reid |South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Doubling the budget for South Florida water managers and potentially shelving some Everglades restoration projects are among the ways proposed to pay for the state's bid to buyout U.S. Sugar.
The South Florida Water Management District [...]
Years from now, historians may look back upon the month recently concluded as the pivotal moment in the preservation and restoration of the Everglades.
Gov. Charlie Crist rocked the environmental world in late June when he announced a tentative deal with U.S. Sugar to purchase [...]
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Standing on his skiff, hedge fund billionaire Paul Tudor Jones II grew more confident with each cast into the salty shallows of Florida Bay - snook or no snook.His goal was more [...]
The Rivers Coalition, a Treasure Coast environmental group that has sued the federal government to stop discharges from Lake Okeechobee into the St. Lucie Estuary, unanimously approved a resolution Thursday supporting a deal between the state and U.S. Sugar Corp. designed to move the [...]
In a surprise move environmentalists call "breathtaking," U.S. Sugar Corp. plans to announce today a deal to sell the state 187,000 acres in the Everglades for $1.75-billion.
If approved, it would be the largest conservation purchase the state has ever made, helping restore the ecosystem's natural flow and providing [...]
