The Lake Okeechobee event in Southern Florida runs from February 27th to March 2nd, 2025. The Bassmaster’s top level pros will be battling for their chance to take home a big, blue trophy and ...

The community of Florida residents didn't fare much better as the 20th century rolled in. In 1928, a devastating hurricane resulted in the deaths of thousands when the Lake Okeechobee dam broke.

Florida DOH office in Martin County issued a health advisory May 21 for cyanobacteria at Port Mayaca on C-44 Canal side of Lake Okeechobee.

Lake Okeechobee is the largest lake in Florida and the second largest in the Southeastern United States. Over the past two decades, blooms of blue-green algae (Microcystis) have emerged in the ...

Florida's Lake Okeechobee is essential for water management but faces harmful algal blooms, which thrive in warm, nutrient-rich waters. Daily vertical migration enables them to survive in ...

The Ortona Lock and Dam, a structure on the Caloosahatchee River in Florida that was built for navigation and flood control; algae on Lake Okeechobee and along the shore; the Northshore Park ...

Water is the lifeblood of Southwest Florida. From the Gulf to the estuary, Caloosahatchee River, the canals and all the way up stream to Lake Okeechobee. May 15 traditionally marks the beginning ...

Nutrient availability in a freshwater-to-marine continuum: Cyanobacterial blooms along the Lake Okeechobee Waterway. Harmful Algae, 2024; 139: 102710 DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2024.102710 ...