U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Alternatives for how the U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers plans to manage the lake all propose increasing water levels during the dry season to above 17 feet, raising concerns about the health of the lake.

Gov. Ron DeSantis, and three of his four Florida Cabinet members, rejected a judge's order that found Miami-Dade County plans for the highway failed to comply with state growth laws.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released technical modeling results this week for operating Lake Okeechobee once it completes $1.8 billion in repairs on the Herbert Hoover Dike.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released technical modeling results this week for operating Lake Okeechobee once it completes $1.8 billion in repairs on the Herbert Hoover Dike.

For decades, the Las Palmas neighborhood on the eastern edge of Everglades National Park has confounded water managers trying to restore the River of Grass, and stood as a warning to compromising on restoration work.

A legacy of the hasty construction of the dam and reservoir in the 1960s is that it left many trees in the reservoir's boundary.

Heavy rains that lingered weeks after the official end of the wet season left farmers struggling with flooded fields and meager crops.

A judge has given the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers a year to assess the damage caused to sea turtles, manatees and other protected species by dirty water released from Lake Okeechobee.

Florida has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to have control over permitting in the wetlands. Only two other states, New Jersey and Michigan, do their own permitting.

The program manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it, as well as Florida, will need to spend close to a billion each year through 2026.

The federal government is planning a massive system of floodwalls, pumps and surge barriers for Miami. But it doesn't address the more frequently felt threat from rising sea levels.

Coping with storm surge fueled by rising seas in the Keys means elevating homes, buyouts in vulnerable areas, protecting important places like hospitals...