The state awarded the county $640,000 for the large project. Officials say it will help improve flood management. “Funding this initiative is the right thing for the State of Florida to do. This ...
In Osceola County, East Lake Toho is 58 feet above sea level. While officials said that on the high end, but normal, some residents believe that lake water is seeping into their homes. East Lake Toho ...
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Officials with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will work this week to combat an invasive aquatic plant in Osceola County. FWC plans to treat a growing ...
On a sunny Monday afternoon boat ride on West Lake Tohopekaliga, Captain Steve Niemoeller speeds past rows of large homes with empty docks surrounded by a thick bed of aquatic weeds. Niemoeller had to ...
A woman was killed by an alligator Tuesday, May 6, while on Lake Kissimmee. The Florida Fish and Wildfire Conservation Commission lists Lake Kissimmee as a Florida lake with the second highest ...
KISSIMMEE, FL — The sun was starting to break through some morning clouds and shower us with the first light of the morning as guide Randy Yager piloted his boat through a thick mat of vegetation.
THIS IS A LAKE CLEANUP BOABYT CORRECT CRAFT. IT HAS A VACUUM THAT CAN PICKUP ABOUT 80 GALLONS OF LITTER. THE TEAM AND VOLUNTEERS HAVE CLEANED UP WASTE ON CLEAR LAKE IN ORLANDO, WATERSPORTS PARK AND ...
ST. CLOUD -- Freshwater bass anglers can expect some exceptional catches at East Lake Tohopekaliga on the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes north of St. Cloud following a major drawdown and habitat enhancement ...
State wildlife officials hope to get rid of nearly 750 acres of water plants on the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes, making the lakes a better habit for fish and wildlife, including an endangered bird of ...
Hoplosternum littorale is a South American catfish (Family Callichthyidae) first discovered in the United States in 1995 in Florida. The presence of H. littorale was documented from early 2002 to late ...
As a youth, Andy Denton piloted a johnboat to scour the backwaters and marshes of lakes Hatchineha and Tohopekaliga on Polk County's eastern fringe. He has since upgraded. It's Capt. Denton, now. And ...
A woman was killed by an alligator Tuesday, May 6, while on Lake Kissimmee. The Florida Fish and Wildfire Conservation Commission lists Lake Kissimmee as a Florida lake with the second highest ...