Todd Tongen Local 10 ABC News MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Parts of Florida’s Everglades are so waterlogged that deer, wading birds and other animals are running out of dry ground. State officials said heavy rains this month have left water levels 2 feet higher…
Eric Chaney weather.com The Everglades are in the midst of a “catastrophic” flood event. So says Ron Bergeron, a 10-year commissioner with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, who has watched heavy rains in South Florida over the past month…
Nancy Smith Sunshine State News South Florida Water Management District staff were in emergency-operations mode Wednesday to control severely flooded Everglades water conservation areas (WCAs) and relieve inundated stormwater treatment areas (STAs). Heavy June rainfall throughout South Florida, with some areas receiving more than…
Kimberly Miller Palm Beach Post Water will be allowed to flow south out of swollen water conservation areas to alleviate flood concerns and save wildlife, but the move could damage nests of the endangered Cape Sable seaside sparrow. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife…
Emergency pumping to ease Everglades flooding could end up worsening pollution in Lake Okeechobee. At the start of the summer rainy season, western Broward and Miami-Dade counties are already filling up with too much water too fast. That has triggered extra…
Epic rains this month quenched Florida’s drought, but sparked a tragic battle for survival in the Everglades with officials forced to choose which flora and fauna will live or die. To protect the nearly extinct Cape Sable seaside sparrow, federal wildlife…
By Steve Waters Sun Sentinel Heavy rains earlier this month caused water to rise so high that the Everglades could be irreparably damaged, says a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission official. “We have the highest water level ever since records…
By Anthony Man | Contact Reporter Sun-Sentinel on Bergeron, the Broward County developer, entrepreneur and conservationist, is still actively considering running for Florida governor. The man known as Alligator Ron said in an interview he’d probably announce his plans “somewhere around…
By Chad Gillis | Contact Reporter News-Press Environmental groups breathed a sigh of relief Wednesday after the state voted to not hold a bear hunt this year. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission voted 4-3 Wednesday to hold off on…
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Article: Jenny Staletovich Photo: Carl Juste WLRN So much rain so early in the wet season has led to a…
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Parts of Florida’s Everglades are so waterlogged that deer, wading birds and other animals…
Jenny Staletovich Miami Herald So much rain so early in the wet season has led to a slow-moving crisis…
CBS Miami All that rain in the beginning of June is causing big problems in the Everglades. It’s flooded. “It’s…
Todd Tongen Local 10 ABC News MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Parts of Florida’s Everglades are so waterlogged that deer, wading birds and other…
Eric Chaney weather.com The Everglades are in the midst of a “catastrophic” flood event. So says Ron Bergeron, a 10-year…
Nancy Smith Sunshine State News South Florida Water Management District staff were in emergency-operations mode Wednesday to control severely flooded Everglades water conservation…
Kimberly Miller Palm Beach Post Water will be allowed to flow south out of swollen water conservation areas to alleviate flood…
Emergency pumping to ease Everglades flooding could end up worsening pollution in Lake Okeechobee. At the start of the summer…