While red tide invades our shoreline, there’s a lot of debate over how Lake Okeechobee contributes to the outbreak. A lot of fingers are pointing to Lake Okeechobee for the most recent outbreak ...

Over the long-term record, there’s “consistent evidence” that Lake Okeechobee discharges are making red tides worse or enabling them to last longer, according to David Kaplan, an associate ...

Study shows releases from Lake Okeechobee could be impacting red tide locally. ... Satellite imagery shows the red tide bloom ...

Red tide is very rare on the East Coast, with only eight events documented since the early 1950’s, according to the FWC. "It's happened twice here in my experience," Mark Perry, executive ...

Lake Okeechobee and the Caloosahatchee River "brings a lot of freshwater with it," the Mote scientist said. "Karenia brevis (red tide bacteria) is a marine organism; it doesn’t really like ...

In the big picture, no, Lake Okeechobee water has nothing to do with red tide outbreaks. Red tide blooms occurred long before Lake Okeehochobee was connected to the Caloosahatchee River in order ...

Scientists suspect contaminated water spilling into the Gulf from Lake Okeechobee is intensifying the red tide crisis choking Florida’s coastline and killing hundreds of thousands of fish, sea ...

When Okeechobee's goo mixed with an unfortunately timed but natural Red Tide in Boca Grande Pass, where my brother had operated his business for 43 years, 15,000 silver king tarpon averaging 100 ...

Meanwhile, scientists have ample proof that red tide grows by feasting on fertilizer contaminating the water. Gray says the toxins on Lake Okeechobee fertilize the algae.

The discharges likely help drive the catastrophic “Red Tide” algae blooms killing Florida’s coastal wildlife. The groups are challenging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ plan to extend through 2025 ...

The signs of bacterial blooms, the algae blooms, in Lake Okeechobee, and then on the other side, you have red tides. On both sides of Florida, you’re getting hit on the freshwater side, and the ...

A long-awaited new operations plan for Lake Okeechobee aimed at reducing damaging dirty discharges to coastal estuaries is being delayed another six months over new concerns about red tide and ...