It may be a blessing that the eroding economy claimed Gov. Charlie Crist's ambitious plan to buy 180,000 acres for Everglades' restoration. ...more

April 13, 2009

A historic land deal aimed at helping restore the dying Everglades, and lauded by Gov. Charlie Crist as "monumental as the creation of our nation's first national park," may end up dead in the water. ...more

February 24, 2009

The South Florida Water Management District faces a Tuesday deadline to decide whether to pay $1.34 billion to the struggling U.S. Sugar Corp. for its farmland. ...more

December 14, 2008

U.S. Sugar Corp., the nation's largest producer of cane sugar, has agreed to sell its nearly 300 square miles of farmland to the state of Florida for Everglades restoration. ...more

November 25, 2008

The state has agreed to pay the nation's biggest producer of sugar cane $1.34 billion, instead of the $1.75 billion originally proposed, under a revised deal to buy up vast tracts of farmland to restore the Everglades, the company said in statements Tuesday. ...more

November 12, 2008

By the year 2050, the population of the seven-county Tampa Bay region is expected to double to 7 million people. To protect our economic vitality, sense of community and natural resources, we have a shared responsibility to participate in shaping future growth within the region. ...more

September 8, 2008

The Amish are expanding their presence in states far beyond Pennsylvania Dutch country as they search for affordable farmland to accommodate a population that has nearly doubled in the past 16 years, a new study found. ...more

August 21, 2008

Perhaps the best measure of Ruskin after 100 years is its people. Forged by pioneer families who plucked a living from land and sea, the community has an enduring character that, in many ways, remains the same, despite encroaching development. ...more

August 6, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - They frolic naked in the sun, defend an often misunderstood lifestyle and boost the local economy in ways few people realize. ...more

June 7, 2008

They frolic naked in the sun, defend an often misunderstood lifestyle and boost the local economy in ways few people realize. ...more

June 6, 2008