The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that it will let stand a lower court ruling that guarantees, for the time being, a sustained flow of water to Florida's Apalachicola River but unravels Georgia's long-term water plans for the Atlanta region. ...more

January 13, 2009

Laura Swain served for four years on the Hillsborough County Planning Commission, helping write the language for rural design standards. ...more

November 17, 2007

WASHINGTON - Reducing the water flow into Florida's Apalachicola River and other areas as a way to keep drought-stricken Atlanta's water supply from slipping lower likely will kill some mussels and Gulf sturgeon, a new report says. But the "biological opinion" announced this morning by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service concludes the U.S. Corps of Engineers' water-flow reduction plan will not jeopardize the existence of federally protected mussels as a species or Gulf sturgeon. ...more

November 16, 2007

Just nine days ago, Florida, Georgia and Alabama seemed on the verge of resolving a 17-year-old battle over each state's share of water in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint rivers system. ...more

November 10, 2007

Banana spiders weave giant webs between the trees, and insects buzz and flap everywhere, joining the occasional cow in a countryside serenade. ...more

September 30, 2007

PLANT CITY - Banana spiders weave giant webs between the trees, and insects buzz and flap everywhere, joining the occasional cow in a countryside serenade. ...more

September 29, 2007