U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said it has started cutting back on discharges from Lake Okeechobee.

The proposed legislation comes as Gov. Ron DeSantis initiates a DOGE-like cost-cutting effort and suggests Florida should take over Everglades restoration from the federal government.

The headquarters in Jacksonville will not be terminated after being listed by DOGE as one of more than hundreds of offices to be shut down.

The federal government moved to end its lease for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers office in Jacksonville, headquarters of the Jacksonville district and home to about 800 of the nearly 1,100 Florida-based employees.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Jacksonville District is responsible for Everglades restoration and hurricane response, among other duties. Some say the move is “shocking.”

A swath of red tide stretching for more than 200 miles has formed from Tampa Bay to Key West and the bloom started near Tampa Bay shortly after Hurricane Milton in October.

Florida environmental agency quotes record-high price for critical dam records.

As major dams are taken down in other parts of the country, Florida holds tight to its dams and reservoirs, some aging and putting nearby residents and homes at risk.

Despite strong indications that billions of gallons of water would not gush down the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie rivers from months on end when the new management plan for the big lake was finalized earlier this year, that's exactly what is poised to occur.

It returned the permitting authority to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

There has been a change of heart that releases of polluted water from Lake Okeechobee into the Caloosahatchee River are no longer a near-apocalypse happening but rather a beneficial event

The Army Corps of Engineers has stopped releasing 3.5 million gallons of water every day from Lake Okeechobee into the Caloosahatchee River for two weeks to allow the environment to recover.