Red tide comes from an organism that occurs naturally in the ocean. But people can make these harmful algal blooms worse.

Dead fish is the last thing beach-goers want to see, but that's exactly what washed ashore in south Sarasota County on ...

THEY SAY NUTRIENTS FROM LAKE OKEECHOBEE RELEASES CAN FEED RED TIDE BLOOMS POTENTIALLY. YES, IT DOES. AND IT ALL NUTRIENTS ARE CONTRIBUTING. LAKE OKEECHOBEE IS ONE OF THEM ARE POLLUTED WATERWAYS IN ...

The red tide is natural. But we think it may be worse because of excess man-made nutrient [sources]." One heavy source of nutrient-rich outflow is Lake Okeechobee, one of the largest freshwater lakes ...

Lake Okeechobee releases to the Caloosahatchee River will be consistent for the next several months as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers tries to lower the lake to recover lost aquatic vegetation.

We heard calls for sending the excess water south, and others calling for storage north of Lake Okeechobee. Also in 2018, we witnessed one of the worst red tide events in Florida history.

When the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flushes water from Lake Okeechobee down to rivers and estuaries, including the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie rivers, all the nutrient pollution and toxic ...

“Our beloved, chubby sea cows are dodging boat strikes, reeling from red tide and starving in the Indian River ... and Wildlife Conservation Commission to control aquatic weeds in Lake Okeechobee ...