It wasn't enough to end the drought, but the region received more rainfall in 2009 than it had during the three previous years. ...more

December 25, 2009

Forecast shows a possible wet Christmas. ...more

December 24, 2009

Dianna Flynt warned him once she took off the mask he would have a fight on his hands. ...more

December 21, 2009

Water is the most critical conservation issue in Florida. We ping-pong between having enough and drought conditions, and it affects everything from economic development to the health of our citizens. ...more

December 18, 2009

More moisture Friday, then cold for the weekend. ...more

December 17, 2009

Saying the Tampa Bay area has made "substantial progress" in reducing its groundwater withdrawals over recent months, the Southwest Florida Water Management District eased water restrictions Tuesday. ...more

December 16, 2009

Lots of rain fell during the first week of December, but it wasn't enough to erase the effects of four years of drought, said Robyn Felix, spokeswoman for the Southwest Florida Water Management District. ...more

December 9, 2009

Archbold Biological Station announced plans recently to build a $4.3 million visitor's center, an interpretive center and a 14-room lodge. ...more

November 30, 2009

Seagrass in the 820 square miles of coastline between the Anclote River and Levy County appears to be holding its own, despite increasing pollution coming from springs and rivers. ...more

November 19, 2009

When the sprawling residential-commercial development project that was to be known as Serenova was still on the drawing board, one of the people involved in the project suggested that the center of economic activity in the county was even then shifting from West Pasco to Central and East Pasco. The U.S. 19 corridor would become economically "blighted" and have to be redeveloped, this person suggested. Serenova never got built and the 6,500 acres it would have occupied ended up in the hands of the Southwest Florida Water Management District. The U.S. 19 prediction, alas, is still looking viable. ...more

November 14, 2009