OUT IN POLK COUNTY. A MISSING CHILD HAS BEEN RECOVERED IN POLK COUNTY. LAKE OUT THERE. INVESTIGATORS SAY A 12 YEAR OLD WAS OUT SWIMMING WITH FAMILY BEFORE HE GOT PULLED UNDER THE WATER.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is conducting a prescribed burn west of Lake Okeechobee. The prescribed burn is expected to cover 28,000 acres. Residents in St. Lucie County ...

and the South Florida Water Management District announced on Thursday they were conducting a prescribed burn in the Moore Haven Marsh, which is located on the west side of Lake Okeechobee.

Lake Okeechobee's water level is declining, approaching the lower management threshold, which could impact water supply for agriculture. Despite the ecological challenges, fishing in the ...

Spring is the time of year when the Caloosahatchee River needs water most from Lake Okeechobee, and pulse releases are ongoing to feed the river's delicate estuary. But Okeechobee releases may ...

Nowadays, it consists of more than 700,000 acres tucked primarily into the south flank of Lake Okeechobee, roughly creating ... in charge of Everglades restoration, the South Florida Water Management ...

Those areas are north of Lake Okeechobee in the Kissimmee River area ... species that live on the Treasure Coast too. The FWC and SFWMD contract with 100 hunters who track and remove pythons ...

He will discuss discharges, the Lake Recovery Plan, and using hydrogen peroxide to kill toxic algae blooms. Lake Okeechobee ... the South Florida Water Management District Water Resources Division ...