“Basically, since we have fertilizers in our water, all these lakes are going to eventually have algal blooms,” he said. “If you have a lake and it’s getting water from urban runoff […]
Florida not ready to fix the problem
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Some Cyanobacteria Are Deadly
Florida may have more to worry about than just slapping Band Aids on the blue-green algae problem, as we see here that some cyanobacteria may be elephant killers. The article does not say and it […]
More of the same and close to home
We spoke with engineer Shane Williams who added that some of the problem likely comes from septics around the lake. Some blueberry farms and silviculture are also nearby. Additionally, Florida has an abundance of phosphorus […]
Why put up with monitoring? We should demand a cure.
Why do the people of Florida put up with merely monitoring our ills? We should be spending time and money on cleaning up the mess and hitting the sources. FDEP knows the sources but is […]
DeSantis Gives Can a Mighty Kick Down The Road
Every taxpayer in Florida should write their governor and complain that he is absolutely wasting their money. The algae in the big lake has been studied to death, even by its very own task force, […]
Your lawn is killing the environment — but there are alternatives | Opinion
Lawns we don’t need, they bring poisons and pollutants to our water. If you must have green, plant ground cover such as some of the dozens of types of jasmine, (asiatic, snow-in-summer, or summerset-sunset […]