All Entries Tagged With: "Everglades"
South Florida Farmers Achieve Record Year in Water Quality Success
Farmers in the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) achieved a record-setting phosphorus reduction in the water leaving the farming region — more than three times less phosphorus than the state requirement.
Florida finalizes Everglades deal with U.S. Sugar
On October 12, 2010, a deal turning over a portion of sugar farmland in the Florida Everglades back to the state was finalized.
Finding Money for Florida Sugar Deal
Buying U.S. Sugar’s land is more important to Everglades restoration than lesser projects under way, writes the Palm Beach Post.
US Sugar Deal Sparks Call for Oversight
With lawmakers already frustrated over a lack of oversight, recent reports on the state’s landmark $536 million Everglades agreement with U.S. Sugar Corp. may add momentum for a legislative response in an attempt to prevent a repeat of the controversial deal.
US Sugar May Benefit from Everglades Deal
Gov. Charlie Crist fired back today at critics who pummeled him for a $536 million Everglades land deal that they describe as a giveaway to U.S. Sugar Corp.
Water Managers Work to Finance US Sugar Deal
Water managers in south Florida may offer Wall Street more than a quarter-million acres of state-owned lands, including thousands of acres of Everglades restoration tracts, as collateral to finance the large land deal with U.S. Sugar Corp.