This year, April 22nd, marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, a day celebrated by millions of people across the world. Since the first Earth Day in 1970, the United States…

Lance Lumbard has been on the FLMS Board since 2011 and has acted as Treasurer since 2014. In his day job, he is a mild-mannered senior scientist with Wood PLC.…

WASHINGTON (March 30, 2020) — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is encouraging all Americans to only flush toilet paper, not disinfecting wipes or other non-flushable items that should…

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler sent a letter to Governors in all 50 states, territories and Washington, D.C. urging them to ensure that drinking…

The department announces the availability of the 2019 Strategic Monitoring Plans and IWR Run 56 database. These plans represent the water quality and biological monitoring needs identified by the department…

The North American Invasive Species Network (NAISN) was formed in 2010 by university and government scientists across North America.Once a year, NAISN identifies the ten most important invasive species or…

TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Water Resources Monitoring Council has released the “Water-CAT,” an interactive, searchable, web-enabled catalog of Florida-based monitoring efforts which was developed under contract by the University of…

On September 9, 2013, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved the revisions to Florida’s criteria for Dissolved Oxygen (DO) as part of the recent Triennial Review of surface water…

As required under Chapter 2013-71, Laws of Florida, and as Part of the “Path Forward” Agreement with EPA, the Department submitted a report to the Governor and Florida Legislature, titled…