Fox 4’s Austin Schargorodski reports on the African American “Mucksteppers” who helped build Clewiston’s sugar industry - and the woman ensuring their legacy lives on ...

Lake Okeechobee, or the "Big O," is the largest ... stay and some unique activities in their own right. The community of Clewiston, a particularly "sweet" destination, offers some non-fishing ...

LOCAR is a proposed reservoir to hold 65.17 billion gallons of Lake Okeechobee water, some of which gets discharged to the St. Lucie River now.

A prime suspect is Lake Okeechobee discharges that started a month ago, which floods the brackish St. Lucie River with freshwater and nutrients that feed algae, said Mark Perry, executive director of ...

The vast majority of the water flowing into the St. Lucie Estuary is from local communities — not Lake Okeechobee.' ...

In the summer of 1928, heavy rainfall raised Lake Okeechobee’s water level three feet above normal. And in the fall, a hurricane smashed the coast of Florida. The impact flooded Lake Okeechobee.

From Southwest Florida beaches to the shores of Lake Okeechobee and every river and creek in between, water drives the health of the environment, economy, and us. In Florida, water once slowly ...

With the C-44 Reservoir complete and the EAA Reservoir under construction, water managers are planning a new reservoir north of Lake Okeechobee being designed to help curb discharges to the St ...