Welcome to our new weekly column where we share the hottest outdoor links from around the web, ranging from local impact pieces to feel-good fishing stories. Do you have a story that merits inclusion in our next edition? Let us know!
- David Fleshler of the Sun Sentinel writes on the contents of Burmese python stomachs recently harvested in the everglades, “Call them a plague, but don’t call them picky eaters.”Will pet owners ever learn that releasing their pets into the wild destroys the environment?
- According to the TCPalm Editorial Board, the toxic algae in our waterways is both an environmental and political crises. Check out their 6 suggested steps that may point us in the right direction out of this mess.
- Jenny Staletovich of the Miami Herald explains that despite rampant change in South Florida throughout the decades, one thing remains remarkably constant: pollution in Lake Okeechobee. Jenny writes,
In 1985, 500 metric tons of phosphorus flowed into the lake. Last year, the total was 450 tons. In the years between, amounts of the damaging nutrient went up and down but nearly always remained three to four times higher than a target the state set in 2000. At a meeting in March, just before another algae bloom slimed the Treasure Coast following massive releases of polluted lake water, the state’s own scientists concluded that there had been no improvement at all.
- While levels of pollution in Lake Okeechobee have remained unchanged, the amount of phosphorous loading has similarly remained static, writes Katrina Elsken.
- Top professional bass angler Arthur “Ott” DeFoe explains that Moms are often overlooked when it comes to cementing a child’s love for fishing.
- Katrina Elsken of Okeechobee News argues that there’s more to the story when it comes to the invasion of the algae megabloom.
- Katrina Elsken provides a recap of the July 26 Lake Okeechobee Watershed Project meeting.
- Sawfish are being spotted and hooked in good numbers around the Treasure Coast nearshore waters. Ed Killer of the TCPalm asks, “Are Treasure Coast waters teeming with endangered sawfish?“
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