TALLAHASSEE — A Florida Senate committee Tuesday will consider a plan that would make wide-ranging changes in the state’s water management districts, with backers saying the proposals would ...

With heavy rains forecasted for this week, water management and drainage districts across the area are preparing canals to handle the expected influx.The South Florida Water Management District ...

Water management districts in South Florida are closely watching Tropical Storm Idalia as it moves toward the state. The Lake Worth Drainage District is one of the groups watching the storm closely.

A Florida Senate committee has unanimously approved a bill that would bring significant changes to the state's water management districts, with a focus on increased transparency and a renewed ...

Southwest Florida Water Management board. By Seán Kinane/WMNF News (Dec. 2015). By Jim Saunders ©2025 The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — A Florida Senate committee Tuesday will consider a plan ...

Simmons has drafted but not filed a bill that would identify 21 “outstanding” Florida springs that the state and water management districts have to protect.

The Florida Water Management Project was intended to educate the people of Florida, but in 2010 when Rick Scott came into office he put an end to that. The project was left in limbo for almost a ...

Just five months ago, some of Florida’s water management districts were barely hanging on, their governing boards so decimated that a couple of them couldn’t muster a quorum. We’r… ...

Today, there are nearly 3,000 conservation districts nationwide involved in efforts to conserve, protect, and sustain the health of our soil and water. Should this bill pass, Florida would be the ...

To hear Florida’s water-management districts tell it, we have a water crisis on our hands — and you need to do your part. You can be fined for watering your lawn more than once or twice a week.

Bill sponsor Sen. Travis Hutson said a bill to eliminate soil and water conservation districts had nothing to do with the outcome of an election two years ago.