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SFWMD CUP Agricultural, Nursery, and Aquaculture Permits with Groundwater Sources in the Lower East Coast Service Area

Juan Tobar wrote 2 months ago: SFWMD CUP Agricultural, Nursery, and Aquaculture Permits with Groundwater Sources in the Lower East … more →

Tags: Cartography and Visualization, Consumptive Use Permits

LiDAR Availability for South Florida

Juan Tobar wrote 2 months ago: This map shows the extent of currently available LiDAR data in the vicinity of the South Florida Wat … more →

Tags: Cartography and Visualization, Maps, LIDAR

Officials Hope Canal Project Improves Florida Bay

cbs4lisa wrote 4 months ago: FLORIDA CITY (CBSMiami/AP) — There’s a major move Friday to improve the health of the ailing Florida … more →

Tags: News, Local, Everglades, Everglades National Park, South Florida Water Management District, Florida Bay, Everglades restoration, Everglades Restoration Project, C-111 Spreader Canal

FEMA dings SFWMD, moves to take back more than $10 million

John Wark wrote 6 months ago: by John Wark The Everglades Review has learned that as the result of an audit by the Department of H … more →

Tags: Political, fema, Hurricanes, Hurricane Francis

Following the Ripples1 comment

John Wark wrote 6 months ago: by John Wark Our thanks to Eco-Voice.Org  for reminding us that the South Florida Water Management D … more →

Tags: Environmental, Everglades restoration, The Ripple Effect, Eco-Voice.Org, Caloosahatchee River, Priority Water Bodies

The New Reality

John Wark wrote 7 months ago: by John Wark The old school mind-set about how to fix the Everglades collided with the hard reality … more →

Tags: Environmental, Political, Everglades Foundation, Everglades restoration, Mather report, water management district spending, Eric Bauermann, Bruce Ritchie, Florida current

The Problem with Standardizing Source Data

Juan Tobar wrote 8 months ago: This is the 1st post on building a geospatial data library. Other posts on this topic: 1. The Proble … more →

Tags: geospatial data, SDSFIE, Organization

S. Fla. Water Management District Working To Avoid Flooding

cbs4lisa wrote 8 months ago: WEST PALM BEACH (CBSMiami) – The South Florida Water Management District has been hard at work in an … more →

Tags: News, Local, Hurricane News, Keys, Jeff Berardelli, David Bernard, Craig Setzer, hurricane, flooding

What Would Emma Say? Current effort to return Everglades to pre-human state thwarting bolder plans to preserve this environment?

John Wark wrote 9 months ago: Emma Marris: In Defense of Everglades Pythons – NYTimes.com. Author of “Rambunctious Gar … more →

Tags: Environmental, Flora, Fauna, pythons, Everglades restoration, mårris, Rambunctious Garden, restoration costs, original state

Saw Palmetto Season Brings Illegal Activity to CREW2 comments

CREW Land & Water Trust wrote 9 months ago: Saw palmetto berries on bush It’s summer. It’s hot. It’s humid. And it’s saw … more →

Tags: CREW Trails, Florida, fwc, saw palmetto, serenoa

Weren’t we told SFWMD was done buying land? Misled again? Here's Mecca!3 comments

John Wark wrote 9 months ago: by John Wark Today’s news that the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) is moving forward … more →

Tags: Environmental, Agricultural, Political, Palm Beach Post, Everglades restoration, Melissa Meeker, Jim Moran, taxpayers, Audubon Florida

Everglades History: Man vs. Nature

sandylynne5 wrote 11 months ago: Here’s an awesome documentary on the history of the Florida Everglades’ waterways that I … more →

Tags: Everglades, CERP, History, Video, water

Pines Blvd., C-9 EXT

sandylynne5 wrote 11 months ago: I read a PDF from South Florida Water Management District this morning on the importance of knowing … more →

Tags: Florida, Pembroke Pines, Sunset, Broward County

ALL $2 Billion In Everglades Land Deals Need Scrutiny

John Wark wrote 11 months ago: ALL recent land deals involving the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) should be invest … more →

Tags: Environmental, Agricultural, Political, Everglades Foundation, Adam Putnam, Palm Beach Post, "George Lemieux, Eric Eikenberg, united states sugar

Wait! Isn't the State Everglades Restoration Figure In Fact $3.3 Billion?

John Wark wrote 11 months ago: At a governing board meeting on Monday, South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) Executive Di … more →

Tags: Environmental, Agricultural, Agriculture, Everglades restoration, phosphorous reduction, EPA, dep, melissa meek, $3.3 billion restoration plan

Where is Critical Public Collaboration in Everglades Plan?

John Wark wrote 11 months ago: It’s an $11.5 billion dollar Everglades restoration plan. Really, it’s that big. And the … more →

Tags: Environmental, Agricultural, Fauna, Everglades restoration, David Guest, EarthJustice, $11.5 billion plan, public hearings

It's Now a $1.5 Billion Everglades Restoration Plan!

John Wark wrote 11 months ago: The Everglades Review intends to look more deeply in coming days into the new $1.5 billion Everglade … more →

Tags: Environmental, Agricultural, Fauna, Everglades restoration, EPA, dep, Melissa Meeker, Everglades water quality standard, Eric Draper

Flood Of Trouble In S. Fla., More Rain Possible1 comment

cbs4maclauchlan wrote 11 months ago: MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Parts of rain soaked South Florida may have a hard time drying out due to the thr … more →

Tags: News, Local, Syndicated Local, David Sutta, Storms, Flood, rain, National Weather Service, South Florida Water Management District

Drought Conditions Worsen in March 2 comments

cbs4maclauchlan wrote 1 year ago: MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Hit and miss showers in the month of March did little to help our drought situati … more →

Tags: News, Local, Syndicated Local, Lake Okeechobee, rain, South Florida Water Management District, Drought, dry conditions, Susan Sylvester


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