
Clean up in Florida Waterways
Florida governor announces sweeping changes in water policy

Florida governor announces sweeping changes in water policy

Earlier this month Governor Rick Scott declared a State of Emergency over the Lake Okeechobee algae bloom.

An environmental nightmare is playing out about 35 miles from Lake Okeechobee, the source of a green-and-blue algae bloom that is plaguing South Florida. At

The EPA says that summer algae blooms are one of the nation’s most widespread, costly and challenging environmental problems. It’s game on in what’s going to be a battle to end the problem.

Not since the 1960s has pollution of our waterways made such headlines. From Chesapeake Bay to the Pacific Northwest, summer toxic blue-green algae blooms have been shutting down recreation areas and constitute another barrier to new boaters joining our ranks.

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