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Army Corps Increasing Lake Okeechobee Releases to Fort Myers-Sanibel Area

Army Corps Increasing Lake Okeechobee Releases to Fort Myers-Sanibel Area

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin large-scale Lake Okeechobee releases to the Caloosahatchee due to high lake levels and continued El Nino conditions. The Army Corps is targeting 4,000 cubic feet per second as measured from the Julian Keen Jr. Lock and Dam near Moore Haven.

Water Wars

Water Wars

People who look out for Florida’s single most essential treasure — not the sunshine, but our water — didn’t traditionally have to be masters of the good simile or navigators of the body politic. But that’s changed.

Officials Investigating Fuel Spill in North Fort Myers Canal

Officials Investigating Fuel Spill in North Fort Myers Canal

The FDEP is investigating after fuel was found in a North Fort Myers canal along North Gulf Circle. Calusa Waterkeeper, Codty Pierce said this could be a deadly mistake. It only takes a small amount of fuel to kill marine life.

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