PORT MAYACA, Fla. — Buckle up: it could be a rough summer. At least, that's what Mark Perry, the executive director of the Florida Oceanographic Society is forecasting. According to the latest report ...

Expert insights on bass behavior, proven tournament baits, and the best fishing spots for bass fishing on Lake Okeechobee at Clewiston, Florida. As anglers begin heading to the second event of the ...

Huge green blooms now regularly infest much of Lake Okeechobee’s 730-square-mile surface during the summer, producing toxic vapors and waterborne poisons potent enough to kill pets, or send their ...

PORT MAYACA, Fla. (CBS12) — This weekend, the Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is going to begin a massive release of water from Lake Okeechobee for the first time in months. The lake is currently more ...

STUART, Fla. — The rain has been coming down all throughout the Sunshine State, so what impact will that have water levels at Lake Okeechobee? We took that question to staff with the Florida ...

Intense heat battered Floridians this summer like never before. The Northern Hemisphere experienced its warmest summer on record. Combined with hurricane season, the intense heat brought algae blooms ...

Spring is the time of year when the Caloosahatchee River needs water most from Lake Okeechobee, and pulse releases are ongoing to feed the river's delicate estuary. But Okeechobee releases may slow ...

While it’s undeniable that Lake Okeechobee is critical to South Florida communities, recent decisions related to its management have raised questions about future allocations in water supply. Lake ...

A study published in the journal "Harmful Algae" suggests that human waste is a major contributing factor in toxic blue-green algae blooms that have occurred on Lake Okeechobee over the past 20 years.

A Palm Beach County representative is making the most of this legislative session so far for the western part of the county. Representative Kelly Skidmore is sponsoring a dozen bills aimed at fixing ...

The U.S. Amry Corps of Engineers is planning a reservoir north of Lake Okeechobee in hopes of getting more storage in a system that's been off balance, hydrologically, for decades. Jennifer Reynolds, ...

Mariners traveling Florida waters will not have access to the east-west shortcut across Lake Okeechobee for three months beginning Jan. 4 — the busiest part of the state's boating season. That means ...