Fertilizer runoff is a major contributor to water quality degradation throughout Florida. The haphazard use of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers in lawns, landscapes and golf courses has been implicated as a pollutant of major water bodies. ...more

August 16, 2009

A multibillion-dollar effort to restore Florida's Everglades has made little progress amid funding shortfalls, bureaucratic red tape and disagreements, according to a congressionally mandated report that warns the vast wetland is in peril. ...more

September 30, 2008

In June, Gov. Charlie Crist announced that Florida would buy one of the state's two big sugar enterprises, the United States Sugar Corp. He billed the purchase as a "jump-start" in the environmental restoration of the Everglades, which cane growers are accused of polluting with fertilizer runoff. ...more

September 15, 2008

Lake Roberta is a lime green shade these days, covered with tiny floating duckweed. To many residents, the vegetation is an unexpected outcome of the lake's recent cleanup. ...more

September 3, 2008

Lake Roberta is a lime-green shade these days, covered with tiny floating duckweed. To many residents, the vegetation is an unexpected outcome of the lake's recent cleanup. ...more

September 3, 2008