Drowning is preventable, and the State of Florida works to educate Floridians and visitors on safe recreation...
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Special to Lake Okeechobee News
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5/26/23
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Across the United States over the past decade, an average of over 61,000 wildfires have burned...
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By Kirsten Romaguera
UF/IFAS | 5/19/23 |
National Safe Boating Week, an annual campaign encouraging boaters to be responsible on the water...
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Special to Lake Okeechobee News
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5/19/23
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The long-spined sea urchin Diadema antillarum is a keystone species. Coral reefs rely on healthy sea urchins to eat algae ...
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By Tory Moore
UF/IFAS | 4/24/23 |
Pharmaceutical contaminants have been found in the blood and other tissues of redfish in Florida waters ...
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By JoAnn Adkins
FIU News | 4/6/23 |
From its sawgrass marshes and freshwater ponds to its prairies and forested uplands...
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News from SFWMD
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4/4/23
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The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) is encouraging residents and businesses in Lee and Collier counties...
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News from SFWMD
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3/30/23
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On and off over the past four decades, scientists have tried a handful of times to restore sea urchins on coral reefs...
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By Brad Buck
UF/IFAS | 3/27/23 |
Another new mosquito species has made its way across the tropics into Florida, making a permanent home in at least three counties.
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By Lourdes Mederos
UF/IFAS | 3/23/23 |
The Florida Department of Health in Collier County (DOH-Collier) is issuing updates regarding Red Tide...
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Special to Immokalee Bulletin
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3/17/23
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Thanks to a unanimous Cabinet vote, 21,063 more acres of the Florida Wildlife Corridor gained permanent protection ....
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Special to Lake Okeechobee News
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3/14/23
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Wading birds are important indicators of ecosystem health in the River of Grass...
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News from Audubon Florida
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3/14/23
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It is very common to find your yard being dug up throughout the year in our area due to...
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By Wayne Hobbs
UF/IFAS | 3/13/23 |
NAPLES — The Florida Department of Health in Collier County (DOH-Collier) has issued a Health Alert for the presence of a red tide bloom
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Special to Caloosa Belle Independent
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3/7/23
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When invasive lionfish came on the scene in the Gulf of Mexico, one proposed solution came with them ...
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By Samantha Murray
UF/IFAS | 2/24/23 |
The Florida Department of Health in Collier County (DOH-Collier) has issued a Health Alert for the presence of red tide near...
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News from DOH Collier County
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2/23/23
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According to Pennsylvania Dutch tradition, on Feb. 2, if the groundhog comes out of his burrow and sees his shadow, it means six more weeks of winter ...
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By Katrina Elsken
Lake Okeechobee News | 2/1/23 |
The entire Big Cypress Basin (BCB) Board along with officials from Collier County and Audubon’s Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary...
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News from SFWMD
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2/1/23
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Do you have a Cuban tree frog invasion in your yard? You can help UF/IFAS study these frogs...
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By Susan Gildersleeve
UF/IFAS | 1/23/23 |
Eight hundred Florida manatees died in 2022, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
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By Katrina Elsken
Lake Okeechobee News | 1/11/23 |