FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 11, 2016
DEP and FWC Issue Orders to Allow Army Corps of
Engineers to Ease Effects of Flooding
TALLAHASSEE,
Fla. –
Today, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission (FWC) issued orders that will allow the U.S. Army Corps to move more
water south through Shark River Slough to ease the effects of flooding in South
Florida. Click HERE to
see the orders.
Earlier
today, Governor Scott sent a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to take
immediate action to relieve the flooding of the Everglades Water Conservation
Areas and the releases of water from Lake Okeechobee to the Caloosahatchee and
St. Lucie Estuaries. To read the letter, click HERE.
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