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South Florida Water Management District

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    Hungry Hungry Pythons Decimate Mammal Populations in Everglades

    ​It's no secret that Burmese pythons have been wreaking havoc in the Everglades, but the extent of their destruction has been hard to grasp. A new study provides some of the first hard statistics on how these invasive reptiles are altering the food chain, and the numbers are downright scary.Betwee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2011

    Gov. Scott Presents Plan for Everglades Restoration -- Meaning More Engineering

    ​The Everglades is too far gone for anyone to let it take its natural course. South Florida's entire inland economy depends on a water system that stays around the same level all year long, avoids flooding communities (cough, Weston, cough) that are stupidly built in the natural flow of water from ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2011

    South Florida Environmentalists Say Sale of Any Water District Lands Is a Dumb Idea

    U.S. Fish & Wildlife ServiceDear humans, Get off my land. Love, this panther​The South Florida agency charged with securing water -- the stuff that makes your shampoo foamy -- for future generations has been having a tough time lately.Rick Scott and the GOP-led Legislature capped property taxe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2011

    William Stewart: Second Person This Week to Be Caught Mid-Download on Alleged Child Porn

    Palm Beach County Sheriff's OfficeWilliam Kenneth Stewart, wearing what appears to be a South Florida Water Management District shirt.​For the second time this week, cops served a warrant on a child-pornography suspect and allegedly found pictures and videos of naked kids mid-download on their com ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2011

    Huizenga CFO on Water Management Board; Does This Have Anything to Do With Yachts?

    Flickr user: totalAldoHuizenga is building a megayacht center in Riviera Beach.​Rick Scott's decision to appoint a pro-business corporate executive to the South Florida Water Management District's governing board is not exactly stunning. This is the governor, after all, who declared Florida "open ... More >>

  • News

    July 14, 2011

    A Tour of Gov. Rick Scott's Dirtiest Deeds

    Flickr user: totalAldoHuizenga is building a megayacht center in Riviera Beach.​Rick Scott's decision to appoint a pro-business corporate executive to the South Florida Water Management District's governing board is not exactly stunning. This is the governor, after all, who declared Florida "open ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    Rick Scott's Dirty Deeds That Didn't Make Top 12 List

    ​This week's New Times cover story, "Enemy of the State," details the dozen worst accomplishments from Gov. Rick Scott's first six months in office. Unsurprisingly, there were plenty of dirty deeds that didn't make the list. Here are a few of the highlights:1. Following a property-tax-cutting prop ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2011

    Rick Scott's Quiet Campaign Against the Environment

    Parks and trees? Who needs 'em!​Remember the environmental apocalypse Rick Scott was supposed to create?While campaigning for governor, Scott called the Department of Community Affairs, the state agency charged with overseeing local development projects, a "jobs killer." He said he'd heard complai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2011

    Florida Wildlife Commission: Be on the Lookout for Freak Seven-Foot Lizards

    U.S. Geological SurveyThis is a Nile Monitor lizard, which you should not wrestle​If you see a seven-foot lizard in your Broward or Palm Beach residence, that's a problem, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.Nile Monitor lizards, native to Africa, have been popping u ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2011

    Rick Scott Appoints Businessman With History of Everglades Pollution to Board That's Supposed to Keep it Safe

    Smokestacks similar to this one spewed some nasty stuff under Portuondo's reign at Montenay.​If there was any question whether Florida Gov. Rick Scott favored business over the environment, this week he ended the debate. Scott appointed a businessman with a history of environmental problems to ove ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2011

    Burmese Pythons Not Going Anywhere

    Courtesy, AP/Everglades Nat'l Park​At left, you'll find the single most interesting picture taken in Florida in the last five years. (Other than this one, I mean.) Pictured is a 13-foot Burmese Python which has bitten off more than it can chew -- except the python has dispensed with the biting, an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2010

    Warren Newell and Tony Masilotti, Out of Prison and Crying Innocent

    Warren Newell wants his conviction tossed.​There's nothing quite so heartwarming as a convicted political felon crying foul and asking for his hard-earned bribes back. Two former Palm Beach County commissioners are fighting that fight, and their chutzpah is admirable.Warren Newell and Tony Masilot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2010

    Rick Scott Property Tax Calculator Ignores Small Fact: Florida Law

    ​GOP candidate for governor Rick Scott released this pretty snazzy new website on Friday: It's a property tax calculator that figures out a Floridian's tax if Scott gets elected versus Democratic opponent Alex Sink. There's just one problem with his site: It ignores the Florida Constitution.Scott' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2010

    Controversial Herbicide Atrazine Will be Used Through At Least September

    Flickr: Loz FlowersSugar Cane Atrazine = BFF?​Farmers equate saying goodbye to atrazine to depleting Floridian agriculture. But a growing number of scientists believe atrazine, an herbicide widely used to remove weeds and promote the growth of cash-crop sugar cane, may cause cancer and birth def ... More >>

  • News

    April 29, 2010

    Did Friendship Cost a Young Scott Rothstein Lawyer Her Life?

    Flickr: Loz FlowersSugar Cane Atrazine = BFF?​Farmers equate saying goodbye to atrazine to depleting Floridian agriculture. But a growing number of scientists believe atrazine, an herbicide widely used to remove weeds and promote the growth of cash-crop sugar cane, may cause cancer and birth def ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2010

    Pompano City Manager Making Changes Following Corruption Charge Against City Official

    Photo: City of Pompano BeachDennis Beach​Dennis Beach, city manager of Pompano Beach, wants to put prospective volunteers through a more rigorous training course before allowing them to volunteer on city committees. He hopes that it will help to prevent arrests like the one that occurred Monday, w ... More >>

  • News

    December 3, 2009

    Harvey Oyer, the Lawyer Who Inked Deals That Put a Politician in Prison, Still Walks Free

    Photo: City of Pompano BeachDennis Beach​Dennis Beach, city manager of Pompano Beach, wants to put prospective volunteers through a more rigorous training course before allowing them to volunteer on city committees. He hopes that it will help to prevent arrests like the one that occurred Monday, w ... More >>

  • News

    November 19, 2009

    The Rise and Fall of South Florida's Daily Newspapers

    Photo: City of Pompano BeachDennis Beach​Dennis Beach, city manager of Pompano Beach, wants to put prospective volunteers through a more rigorous training course before allowing them to volunteer on city committees. He hopes that it will help to prevent arrests like the one that occurred Monday, w ... More >>

  • News

    September 3, 2009

    On the Hunt for Exotic Lizards in the Florida Everglades

    Photo: City of Pompano BeachDennis Beach​Dennis Beach, city manager of Pompano Beach, wants to put prospective volunteers through a more rigorous training course before allowing them to volunteer on city committees. He hopes that it will help to prevent arrests like the one that occurred Monday, w ... More >>

  • News

    December 18, 2008

    The Dirty Dozen of 2008

    If only we could fit all the bums in...

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2008

    Morning Juice: Kids Forced to Buy Beer at Gas Stations, Rare Woman with Two Homes Found, Box Home Better Than Condo

    Banned from Clubs, Kids Buy Beer Again in front of HessPalm Beach County has made it illegal for anybody under 21 to get into alcohol-serving night clubs. Now I know what you're probably saying, "Get your hands off my Bud Lite Lime, old man." But this new ordinance passed yesterday is actually good ... More >>

  • News

    November 20, 2008

    Residents of a Davie trailer park think their contaminated water made them sick

    Banned from Clubs, Kids Buy Beer Again in front of HessPalm Beach County has made it illegal for anybody under 21 to get into alcohol-serving night clubs. Now I know what you're probably saying, "Get your hands off my Bud Lite Lime, old man." But this new ordinance passed yesterday is actually good ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2008

    Crist's Secrecy Prompts Suit

    Banned from Clubs, Kids Buy Beer Again in front of HessPalm Beach County has made it illegal for anybody under 21 to get into alcohol-serving night clubs. Now I know what you're probably saying, "Get your hands off my Bud Lite Lime, old man." But this new ordinance passed yesterday is actually good ... More >>

  • News

    May 3, 2007

    River of Greed, Part 2

    When it comes to the Broward School Board, bad plans never really die

  • News

    April 19, 2007

    River of Greed

    The plan includes playing footsie with a controversial land baron and paving over a piece of the Everglades

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2006

    Did John Gotti Do Anything Right?

    The plan includes playing footsie with a controversial land baron and paving over a piece of the Everglades

  • News

    June 23, 2005

    Attack of the Killer Weed

    Can a hardy little moth stop the fern that wants to eat the Everglades?

  • Subtropical Life

    May 12, 2005

    Best Power Couple

    Mary and Kevin McCarty

  • News

    January 6, 2005

    Scripps...Shut Up!

    Why don't Jeb Bush's men want us to know about Scripps?

  • News

    August 26, 2004

    Bitter Sugar

    Forget the awful past, Palm Beach's sugar barons say. It's time to make nicey-nicey and go into real estate.

  • News

    March 13, 2003

    Don't Drink the Water

    A deceptive city manager. A Machiavellian administrator. An incompetent lab director. Are the Pompano taps to be trusted?

  • News

    July 18, 2002

    For the Birds

    Should 2700 little sparrows be allowed to hold up the reclaiming of the Everglades?

  • Sports and Recreation

    May 16, 2002

    Best Place to Canoe

    Loxahatchee River Canoe Outfitters

  • News

    January 3, 2002

    West of Eden

    On a ranch that's almost the Everglades, the Weekley family has built an unlikely empire

  • News

    October 4, 2001

    A Defanged Doppelgänger

    SoFla's sci-fi fans once had a place to call home. Now they're nomadic, dwindling in numbers, and graying.

  • News

    September 13, 2001

    The Glades Trade

    The state has a big job in trying to save the Everglades. Question is, Does it know what it's doing?

  • Calendar

    August 16, 2001

    Party on the Playa

    Eighth Annual Hollywood Beach Latin Festival

  • News

    December 21, 2000

    Deep Roots

    The wide and welcoming branches of the baobab beckon our humble scribe

  • News

    June 1, 2000

    Take It to the Ribbit

    Old-school frogger Norman Padgett may be the last of a dying breed: He makes a living off our slimy, fly-eating friends

  • News

    November 4, 1999

    The Joy of Sect

    For members of Soka Gakkai, the path to enlightenment (and maybe a new car) is through chanting

  • News

    July 17, 1999

    Postcards From the Edge

    Peace and quiet, great fishing, tax-free land. Welcome to the Everglades, where "hunt camps" are enjoying a new lease on life.

  • News

    July 8, 1999

    Postcards From the Edge

    Peace and quiet, great fishing, tax-free land. Welcome to the Everglades, where "hunt camps" are enjoying a new lease on life.

  • News

    March 25, 1999

    A Natural Alliance

    Buck Island Ranch is home to the threatened caracara, and it's a laboratory where ranchers and conservationists are learning to work together

  • News

    March 18, 1999

    A Tree Hugger Turned Tree Hater

    Determined to save his beloved Everglades, Chris Murch has become a melaleuca hit man

  • Best of BPB

    March 11, 1999

    Best Scenic Drive

    Fort Lauderdale to Lake Okeechobee by levee

  • Sports and Recreation

    March 11, 1999

    Best Freshwater Fishing

    Everglades Holiday Park

  • News

    September 17, 1998

    Undercurrents

    Everglades Holiday Park

  • News

    July 2, 1998

    Demon Seed

    Patient Zero in the melaleuca plague is hiding out in plain sight in Davie

  • News

    January 8, 1998

    The Hunted

    Tracking animals in the Everglades is a tiring, maddening business. Which is just how a decreasing number of hunters like it.

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