Florida vacationers might want to avoid this snake and alligator-infested lake with toxic levels of cyanobacteria on their ...

A study by Lake.com declared Florida's Lake Okeechobee the most polluted lake in the United States. High levels of phosphorous and turbidity, resulting from decades of pollution, contributed to the ...

The lake currently sits about two feet lower than it was last year, partly due to a new release schedule implemented last ...

PORT MAYACA, Fla. (CBS12) — This weekend, the Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is going to begin a massive release of water from Lake Okeechobee for the first time in months. The lake is currently more ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The rainy season is far from over and worries grow about what that could mean for communities on the Treasure Coast and in Palm Beach County. The water level in Lake Okeechobee ...

Discover the best lures, fishing tactics, and tournament insights for bass fishing on Lake Okeechobee in February 2025. / B.A.S.S. As anglers begin heading to the second event of the 2025 Bassmaster ...

Huge green blooms now regularly infest much of Lake Okeechobee’s 730-square-mile surface during the summer, producing toxic vapors and waterborne poisons potent enough to kill pets, or send their ...

A group of scientists and environmental experts met Wednesday in Stuart to discuss new ways to fight pollution in Lake ...

STUART, Fla. (CBS12) — This summer, experts braced for an explosion of blue-green algae which could threaten local waterways on the Treasure Coast, including the St. Lucie River and the Indian River ...

STUART, Fla. — The rain has been coming down all throughout the Sunshine State, so what impact will that have water levels at Lake Okeechobee? We took that question to staff with the Florida ...

The situation seemed dire two years ago when Bass Masters removed Lake Okeechobee from its Top Ten Bass Lakes in the United States. However, things got worse in August when the lake was declared the ...