A Palm Beach County judge has ruled that the state can move ahead with a planned $536 million deal to buy land from U.S. Sugar Corp. for Everglades restoration. ...more

August 26, 2009

It reads like something written yesterday. "Development or progress, so called, is destroying much of the habitat of all our wildlife at an alarming rate," reads the column that appeared in a local newspaper. "(T)he decrease in numbers of many of our most interesting members of the bird world is a sad thing to contemplate." ...more

February 27, 2009

There are problems there, too, owner of first site says. ...more

September 17, 2008

The county is sailing full steam ahead with plans to place the slurry dredged from the bottom of the Hernando Beach channel on an alternate site. ...more

September 17, 2008

A second group of petitioners who oppose a plan to dump material dredged from the channel onto a parcel on Eagle Nest Drive will get a hearing in front of an administrative judge. ...more

September 10, 2008

Dumping thousands of cubic yards of slurry dredged from the bottom of the Hernando Beach channel onto a property on Eagle Nest Drive could harm the water quality of nearby Minnow Creek and poses a flooding risk for neighboring homes. ...more

August 5, 2008

Petitioners want judge to hear their case. ...more

August 5, 2008

Two Democratic Florida congressmen Thursday posed more than two dozen detailed questions about Gov. Charlie Crist's proposal to save the Everglades through a $1.75 billion buyout of U.S. Sugar. ...more

August 1, 2008

TAMPA - The Southwest Florida Water Management District plans to open up thousands of acres around Tampa Bay Water's regional drinking-water reservoir for hiking, biking, horseback riding and other recreational activities. ...more

June 25, 2008