April 25, 2018
Fort Myers, FL – The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) today officially completed the restoration of 1,000 acres of the Southern Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (CREW) in Lee County before handing the project over to its Land Stewardship Division for long term management.
With the memory of Hurricane Irma's devastating impacts throughout the region last September still on Floridians' minds, SFWMD is already well underway preparing to protect its 8.1 million residents from potential flooding from heavy rainfall or hurricanes this coming wet season.
April 12, 2018
West Palm Beach, FL – The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) Governing Board today approved a key land purchase from a willing seller necessary to build the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) Storage Reservoir.
April 12, 2018
West Palm Beach, FL – The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) Governing Board today approved the purchase of 2,510 acres in Glades County that will expand the ongoing Lake Hicpochee Shallow Hydrologic Enhancement Project. This project will benefit the Caloosahatchee River and Estuary and watershed by adding opportunities for water storage.
April 4, 2018
Moore Haven, FL – Crews from the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), Florida Forest Service and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will burn up to 5,000 acres of dried marsh along the southwestern rim of Lake Okeechobee today. This is all part of the ongoing effort to restore the ecology and habitat of the lake.
April 3, 2018
West Palm Beach, FL – From November through March, an average of 5.29 inches of rain fell District-wide. This total represents less than half of the average amount of rainfall that normally falls on the region during this same time period of the annual dry season.
April 3, 2018
Naples, FL - To help ensure flood protection for Collier County residents, the South Florida Water Management District's (SFWMD) Big Cypress Basin will begin work this week to clear trees and overgrown vegetation from the banks of a 6-mile stretch of the Golden Gate Main Canal. In recent weeks, Basin staff has been reaching out to property owners along the first phase of the project to keep them informed about this public safety measure.
March 29, 2018
West Palm Beach, FL – The 23rd annual South Florida Wading Bird Report released by the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) showed that several key "indicator species" of birds that are critical to gauging the health of the Everglades had an above average breeding season in 2017.
March 26, 2018
West Palm Beach, FL – The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) submitted its plan to build the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) Storage Reservoir for federal approval.
A Post Authorization Change Report (PACR) seeking to build the reservoir as part of the congressionally approved Central Everglades Planning Project (CEPP) was submitted to the Assistant Secretary of the Army (ASA) for Civil Works today in accordance with state law.
March 15, 2018
West Palm Beach, FL – An independent external peer review released this week found that the South Florida Water Management District's (SFWMD) plan for the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) Storage Reservoir is technically sound and based on a foundation of successful scientific practices and engineering. SFWMD's Tentatively Selected Plan (TSP) for the proposed EAA Storage Reservoir would reduce damaging discharges to the northern estuaries, deliver clean water for Everglades restoration and meet water quality standards.
