And algae season is only getting started. Writer Dan Egan and photographer Josh Ritchie reported from Okeechobee’s shores, dodging the lake’s noxious fumes to understand the crisis and its costs.

To understand the challenges at Lake Okeechobee, a vast inland sea in Florida, The New York Times piloted a drone. By Terence McGinley Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers ...

A sweeping overhaul of the management of Lake Okeechobee is now part of a federal plan to reverse decades of environmental damage to the Everglades and coastal communities. The proposal from the ...

Lake Okeechobee gates are open again on the Caloosahatchee River side as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Friday that discharges to the west coast will increase starting Saturday.

The Lake Okeechobee drainage system is more likely to see a blue-green algal bloom next spring as a result of Hurricane Ian. Lt. Col. Todd Polk, with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, said Ian ...

MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. — Freshwater releases from Lake Okeechobee into the St. Lucie Estuary will stop this weekend for the first time in over three months. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ...

There's a troubling trend of painting farmers as the scapegoats for environmental issues surrounding Lake Okeechobee. Having grown up in Clewiston, I've witnessed firsthand how certain groups ...

Lake Okeechobee's water level is declining, approaching the lower management threshold, which could impact water supply for agriculture. Despite the ecological challenges, fishing in the ...

Between Feb. 17 and Feb. 26, about 15 billion gallons of freshwater from Lake Okeechobee poured into the brackish St. Lucie River at Stuart, according to data provided by the Army Corps of Engineers.