State Agriculture Secretary Charles Bronson and other opponents of a federal plan to decrease the pollution of Florida's rivers, lakes and bays say the restrictions would generate billions of dollars of costs for businesses and local governments. ...more

December 3, 2009

It's a fishing free-for-all at Medard Reservoir for at least the next few weeks. ...more

October 28, 2009

It's a fishing free-for-all at Medard Reservoir for at least the next few weeks. ...more

October 28, 2009

Colonial Manor Utilities Inc. wants to increase rates for more than 1,800 drinking water customers in west Pasco County, saying the added revenue is needed to cover the cost of installing a new filtration system on its nitrate-contaminated wells. ...more

August 30, 2008

Standing near the edge of the Hillsborough River at Rotary Riverfront Park on Thursday morning, City Councilman Frank Chillura turned to a group of about two dozen river supporters. ...more

July 2, 2008

Standing near the edge of the Hillsborough River at Rotary Riverfront Park on Thursday morning, City Councilman Frank Chillura turned to a group of about two dozen river supporters. ...more

July 2, 2008

Things look promising this summer for those who love the taste of bay scallops. The season opened Tuesday, and the annual scallop survey conducted by the Florida Wildlife Research Institute in St. Petersburg showed numbers at least doubling in some areas since last year. And even locations where scallops have been absent for decades are showing good populations, according to FWRI biologist Steve Geiger. ...more

July 2, 2008

The deal announced Tuesday by Gov. Charlie Crist for the state to buy 187,000 acres of U.S. Sugar land south of Lake Okeechobee and put it back into natural marsh is epic both in the size of the parcel and the impact it will have on the environment in South Florida. ...more

June 25, 2008

County officials are warning residents to be wary of phone calls and e-mails from solicitors offering to test their drinking water. ...more

February 25, 2008

State regulators have presented city officials with another laundry list of concerns about plans to dredge a waterway linking Lake Deedra to the Pithlachascotee River, one of three permit requests for a multimillion-dollar project. ...more

January 26, 2008