Craig Pittman wrote an excellent series of stories about the improper and highly-politicized permitting process for Highlands Ranch. (“At Highlands Ranch Mitigation Bank (HRMB), we take pride in our ability to assist our clients in avoiding the difficult and costly wetland … Continue reading
One of the hardest things to notice sometimes is absence. Florida’s diminished water management systems carries forward on past momentum, still issuing press releases and reports about water management projects, still issuing environmental and water use permits, still holding governing … Continue reading
A new national study from IFAS researchers tries to assess the water scarcity problems of the top 225 metropolitan regions in the United States. Miami comes in next to the very bottom (lowest availability) due to a combination of low … Continue reading
According to FDEP Secretary Herschel Vinyard’s op-ed yesterday, critics of his policies like Bob Graham and Nathaniel Reed actually are attacking agency staff: It may be popular in some circles to criticize the 4,000 DEP employees or the 3,000 employees from … Continue reading
Florida’s water management system is probably still one of the best in the country even with crippling legislative restraints imposed in the last 10-15 years and after successful attacks by the current one-term governor. Assaults on the state’s water management … Continue reading