What happened to that muck-trap that was supposed to protect the Lake Worth Lagoon from the deluge of Lake Okeechobee discharges? The trap, a 15-foot deep gash in the floor of the C-51 Canal began as ...

For more than 20 years, Palm Beach County has worked to improve Lake Worth Lagoon -- a 20-mile body of water stretching from North Palm Beach to Boynton Beach. It’s the county’s largest estuary and ...

MELBOURNE — Toxic algae fouling the Indian River Lagoon and Lake Okeechobee. Melting, unstable ice near the poles and rising seas. Unsustainable land-use patterns. A panel of scientists, resource ...

An experiment to slow ecological Armageddon in the Lake Worth Lagoon was started in 2007 when thousands of pounds of licorice-colored goo was scraped from the depths of the C-51 canal to create a ...

The Lake Worth Lagoon, as seen from a boardwalk at John D. MacArthur Beach State Park. The story of the Lake Worth Lagoon is a tale of survival. Over the past 100 years, urbanization has imperiled the ...

A program aimed at conserving environmentally sensitive lands in three Central Florida counties was recently awarded $25 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to fund its efforts. The money will ...

A new 11-acre lagoon — a man-made recreational lake — will be created by Orlando-based Tavistock Development Co. LLC and Miami-based Crystal Lagoons US Corp. as the centerpiece of a new luxury resort ...

The Black Lagoon on the Detroit River in Trenton, Mich. will be the first contaminated sediment site to be cleaned up under the Great Lakes Legacy Act. Site preparation begins this week and the ...

It is a project over two years in the making, but soon Round Lake Park residents will again begin to see fish swimming through the Whipple O. Parrot lagoon. Round Lake Park officials recently agreed ...

Seaweed and lily pads are invading lakes in Brightwaters, and Mayor John Valdini is trying to get to the root of the problem. Valdini said the village is in the early stages of figuring out how to ...