Good flooding? Scientists use rice cultivation to preserve soil in Florida’s Everglades Agricultural Area
One way to slow down subsidence is to flood the area during Florida’s rainy season and use the fields to ...
Tag: Everglades Agricultural Area
In the Florida Everglades, a greenhouse gas emissions hotspot
Drainage has exposed the fertile soils of the Everglades Agricultural Area, a region responsible for much of the nation’s sugar ...
New UCF project examines key role soils play in keeping the planet cool
The research will examine a method to keep carbon from escaping soils and trapping heat in Earth’s atmosphere.
Challenging harvest for Florida sugar farmers this year
By Matt Hoffman Last month, the Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida celebrated the close of our 60th crop. Farmers in ...
Gov. DeSantis’ welcome commitment to Lake Okeechobee reservoir and Everglades restoration
South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Board Twenty years after creation of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, evidence is building that ...
The water level in Lake Okeechobee is low because there’s been little rain and farmers continue to get a lot of water for irrigation
By Maggy Hurchalla, environmental activist The assertion that Republican U.S. Rep. Brian Mast has forced the U.S. Army Corps of ...
Please Gov. DeSantis, no victory lap; tell the Legislature that there’s a lot more work needed to protect the environment
By Howard L. Simon, Clean Okeechobee Waters Foundation Gov. Ron DeSantis will soon sign what the Legislature, in an example ...
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