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Army Corps to suspend flows from Lake Okeechobee(what a mess)
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Posted on 07/09/2018 7:28:33 AM PDT by janetjanet998

GLADES COUNTY, Fla. -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will suspend water releases from Lake Okeechobee into the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie Estuaries starting Monday morning.

"As we look at operations in the system, we believe we can pause discharges for a short time to get additional input from staff on available options for moving water," said Col. Jason Kirk, Jacksonville District Commander. "We have implemented higher stages in the canal along the Tamiami Trail and we have implemented deviations to generate flexibility in operations at the southern end of the system to move additional water south. We want to ensure we are using all available flexibility before we resume discharges east and west."


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To: Presbyterian Reporter

The Glades is one of the most delicate ecosystems in the world.

There’s already a billion dollar plan to restore some of the original water flow south. The Ag fields south of Lake Okeechobee pollute the glades and kill off the saw grass if phosphate levels are not kept to a minimum.

A portion of the plan that has been partially implemented is to restore a ring of filter marshes between the Ag ares south of the lake and the glades which significantly reduces phosphate levels farther down the drainage.

The complexity of the system wasn’t a concern when the Army Corps drained the swamp.

A good video showing the propaganda mindset back in the day:
Waters of Destiny. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIi4OzKsFiU


41 posted on 07/09/2018 8:35:43 AM PDT by Rebelbase ( Tagline disabled.)
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To: janetjanet998

They will now be called the neverglades


42 posted on 07/09/2018 8:36:45 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... In August our cities will be burning))
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To: Rebelbase

I live by that first big bay, about 30 miles north of the Caloosahatchee river. On July 4th we dined at a waterfront place in Fort Myers on that river (the first big one as you come north on the west side of Florida). Green slime was pouring out, covering the surface of the water. The beaches for about 30 miles south and 15 miles north have brown water now.

Since the local economy is semi-dependent on tourism, this is a bad thing. Fortunately it is summer here, the quiet season. The businesses that stay open year round are being destroyed.


43 posted on 07/09/2018 8:38:07 AM PDT by FXRP (Just me and the pygmy pony)
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To: WMarshal

yes YES , agree , I once was mentored by a
US Army Green Beret Captain from “Nam”
He explained that the MEKONG DELTA was the perfect
ancient model of how to maintain a river like Mississippi.
He explained natural seasonal rural flooding would increase farming with ground nutrients


44 posted on 07/09/2018 8:42:10 AM PDT by huckleberry55
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To: janetjanet998

Big Sugar is a large part of the problem.


45 posted on 07/09/2018 8:49:11 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: janetjanet998
Just spray some Clorox on it. It'll be fine. No, really. 🙀👍🏼🛰. /s
46 posted on 07/09/2018 8:50:57 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: billyboy15
Will they eat pythons and iguanas too? 👹🍿🍻
47 posted on 07/09/2018 8:54:28 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: Red Badger

Invasive species.
Nope.


48 posted on 07/09/2018 9:16:07 AM PDT by Freeport (The proper application of high explosives will remove all obstacles.)
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To: janetjanet998

Nothing good ever comes from anything “managed” by the Army Corps of Engineers. How they’ve got their hands into manifold domestic “water conservation” issues is hard to understand.


49 posted on 07/09/2018 9:21:15 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: rktman
Will they eat pythons and iguanas too? No, but the good news is the pythons and iguanas won't eat the fish either😊
50 posted on 07/09/2018 9:23:00 AM PDT by billyboy15
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To: Rebelbase

Thanks for the map.


51 posted on 07/09/2018 9:50:58 AM PDT by blam
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To: Rebelbase

My favorite book about Florida has a chapter or two regarding the building of the dykes around Lake Okeechobee.
A Land Remembered, by Patrick D Smith is a work of historical fiction about a Florida family over 100+ years.
Absolutely beautiful descriptions of the wildlife and fauna.


52 posted on 07/09/2018 9:56:19 AM PDT by Honest Nigerian
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To: janetjanet998

Rick Scott is running for the US Senate. He is a take-no-prisoners campaigner. His home is in Naples so he has clout and credibility on this.
Not saying this gets us to the proper solution, but at the end of the day, “It’s all politics”. And the voters are just a means to an end.


53 posted on 07/09/2018 10:01:48 AM PDT by Honest Nigerian
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To: janetjanet998

In the fwiw dept, my dad help build the dike and locks in Clewiston, etc.

5.56mm


54 posted on 07/09/2018 10:04:03 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: Rebelbase; janetjanet998
The way man screwed it up.

Converting south and central Florida into productive land is a process that began over a century ago and was very successful.

Stop and think. Why is it only recently, in the past few years that these big algae blooms have been occurring in Okeechobee? Might it have something to do with environmentalists dismantling the old flood control system???

55 posted on 07/09/2018 10:19:16 AM PDT by fso301
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To: fso301

not form dismantling flood control

from 2016

n recent decades, Lake Okeechobee has been been loaded with excessive amounts of nitrogen and phosphorus from a variety of sources, including fertilization runoff from farms and urbanization, according to John Campbell, spokesman for the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Jacksonville District.

Such nutrients, along with other environmental factors (such as warmer temperatures), promote the growth of blue-green algae, also known as cyanobacteria.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/causing-toxic-algae-blooms-infesting-floridas-coastlines-waterways/story?id=40346683


56 posted on 07/09/2018 10:26:30 AM PDT by janetjanet998
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To: All

Toxic Algae: Complex Sources and Solutions - Full Episode

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DVkHW2W0yE


57 posted on 07/09/2018 10:32:14 AM PDT by janetjanet998
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To: Honest Nigerian

A Land Remembered is my favorite book also. I’ve read it three times this year. It would make a great movie. I can’t understand why it hasn’t already been made into one.


58 posted on 07/09/2018 10:34:54 AM PDT by Rebelbase ( Tagline disabled.)
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To: janetjanet998

All I need to know is when POTUS Trump will be blamed for making the Army Corp of Engineers blow up Levees to punish the poor Black Folk.

Remember during Katrina how the topic of POTUS Bush blowing up the Levees was discussed as plausible Reality?


59 posted on 07/09/2018 10:35:03 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (The only good Commie is a dead Commie. Cast your Ballot Accordingly.)
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To: Kickass Conservative

NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla - Repairs on the Herbert Hoover dike near Lake Okeechobee will be fast tracked after the Trump administration and congress approved 500 million dollars for the project.

Once completed, the lake will be able to store more water when levels get high, rather than sending it south through the Caloosahatchee River.
https://www.fox4now.com/news/local-news/lake-o-dike-funding-wont-solve-algae-problems-right-away


60 posted on 07/09/2018 10:50:17 AM PDT by janetjanet998
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