Fertilizer runoff is a major contributor to water quality degradation throughout Florida. The haphazard use of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers in lawns, landscapes and golf courses has been implicated as a pollutant of major water bodies. ...more

August 16, 2009

A marine science teacher at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg campus is one of 100 science, math and engineering teachers nationwide to receive a Presidential Award of Excellence. ...more

July 10, 2009

Environmental scientists have identified large swaths of algae blooms in Old Tampa Bay, from the Howard Frankland Bridge to north of the Courtney Campbell Causeway. ...more

June 20, 2009

Scientists have long known that the nitrogen that makes your lawn green also chokes the oxygen out of water, making it hard for fish, crabs, shrimp and other marine life to breathe. ...more

January 11, 2009

It's a Web site that can be useful to teachers writing lesson plans, scientists tracking water quality, real estate agents selling waterfront properties and anglers looking for a good fishing hole. ...more

September 17, 2008

The city has postponed a mail-in referendum to determine whether waterfront homeowners are willing to pay a special tax for dredging the canals in their backyards. ...more

June 28, 2008

More water will be conserved and natural vegetation preserved under a stricter county landscaping ordinance approved Tuesday. ...more

January 16, 2008

In an effort to clean up pollution that washes off new subdivisions and shopping centers, state regulators are writing new stormwater treatment regulations that could change the face of development in Florida. ...more

October 29, 2007

After decades of inaction, the federal government is finally forcing states to clean up their polluted rivers, lakes and bays, but is providing virtually none of the funding to do so. ...more

October 25, 2007

A move to provide more protections for the Alafia River was delayed for 60 days to give several concerned groups more time to study technical and economic data collected by the area's regional water supplier, Tampa Bay Water. ...more

October 16, 2007