Everglades

At its 40th conference, the Everglades Coalition held a series of panels looking at progress and what lies ahead. They celebrated the durability and 'all-in' attitude of the wide-ranging group, but also looked at setbacks.

Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida President-elect Donald Trump to give Florida authority over federal money for Everglades restoration projects. The proposed budget includes $805 million for Everglades restoration and $330 million for targeted water quality projects.

A captive breeding program for the endangered Cape Sable seaside sparrow could increase the number of wild birds and help manage disappearing nesting habitat that could flood under Everglades restoration.

For Florida’s Native American tribes, the watershed is sacred. A new National Academies report says the federal and state agencies guiding Everglades restoration can learn a lot from them.

Alligators are sensitive to environmental changes in the Everglades. That makes them what scientists call a good “indicator species” for assessing progress in Everglades restoration.

In case you missed the event, you can listen to the two panel discussions between WLRN Environment Editor Jenny Staletovich and experts at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School and its signature Climate Café series.

Listen to the live event and panel discussion between WLRN Environment editor Jenny Staletovich and a team of experts tackling today's Everglades challenges.

The three-judge court said it found ample evidence that Tom Van Lent intentionally violated an order not to delete computer files in a "scheme" to steal confidential information from the Everglades Foundation.

Farming in the Florida Everglades Agricultural requires a delicate touch. The area has lost nearly 6 ft. of soil in the past century through a process called subsidence. One way to slow down this subsidence and preserve the nutrient-rich soil is to flood the area during Florida’s rainy season and use the fields to grow rice.

Joan Browder worked at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's South Florida ocean lab for 46 years and was one of the few women studying wetlands ecology when she earned her PhD from the University of Florida.

Scientists believe modern flamingos, which state wildlife officials do not believe are native, are reclaiming their historic range and want the birds reclassified. A new Audubon count has raised their optimism.

May is the beginning of flamingo nesting season, and researchers are crossing their fingers that the large, apparently healthy population could start popping out fledglings on Florida soil for the first time in a century.