A federal plan to reduce water flows in the Apalachicola River won't irreversibly doom four federally protected species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Monday. ...more

June 3, 2008

Longtime oysterman Keith Millender sees every shower taken or car washed in metropolitan Atlanta as a small threat to his family, which has harvested seafood from northwest Florida's Apalachicola Bay for generations. ...more

May 26, 2008

The developers of Cypress Creek Town Center have been cleared to do additional earthwork on their mothballed mall site, but only to prevent flooding should the site be hit with heavy rainfall this summer. ...more

May 22, 2008

In February, facing a severe drought and serious water shortages, Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue eased outdoor watering restrictions. Why? He wanted to help the landscaping industry. ...more

May 13, 2008

In October 2004, the U.S. Army issued an urgent bulletin to commanders across Iraq, warning them of a deadly new threat to American soldiers. ...more

May 4, 2008

The city's Port Authority board wants it; so do the mayor and several city council members. And a group of residents has been calling for it for months. ...more

February 23, 2008

Environmental officials from Hillsborough County say they haven't seen any downstream impacts from the plume of muddy water that polluted Cypress Creek last month. ...more

February 19, 2008

WESLEY CHAPEL - In the latest effort to control flooding, the developers of Cypress Creek Town Center today expect to complete a berm ringing their troubled site at the southwest corner of Interstate 75 and State Road 56. ...more

February 13, 2008

Repeated environmental violations at the site of the 1.3-million-square-foot Cypress Creek Town Center project in Wesley Chapel shows what happens when government regulators rely on assurances by developers, instead of laying down the law before land is cleared. ...more

February 11, 2008

The developers of Cypress Creek Town Center on Thursday outlined plans to correct problems that last month flooded a nearby creek with muddy water. ...more

February 8, 2008