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Lake Okeechobee News

South Florida Watershed Journal: Lake O gets two for one (Naples Daily News)

Lake Okeechobee has been inching its way down for the past two months. Of all the famous things that Fay did, it's biggest trick was jolting the Big Lake out of its prolonged slump.

Thousands of Florida softshell turtles end up on dinner plates in Asia (Sun-Sentinel)

Hauled from canals and marshes around Lake Okeechobee, turtles arrive in the late afternoon at Jones Fish House, a corrugated metal structure on the Palm Beach County side of the lake.

Thousands of Florida softshell turtles end up on dinner plates in Asia (Sun-Sentinel)

Fishermen pluck softshells from Florida's waters to satisfy Asian appetites Hauled from canals and marshes around Lake Okeechobee, turtles arrive in the late afternoon at Jones Fish House, a corrugated metal structure on the Palm Beach County side of the lake.

Financial advisors: State bid too high for U.S. Sugar buyout (The Jupiter Courier)

The state’s bid to buy out U.S. Sugar Corp. and make way for Everglades restoration was $400 million too high from the start, according to the findings of outside financial advisors released Tuesday. Gov. Charlie Crist in June announced a $1.75 billion deal to buy all of U.S. Sugar’s land, facilities and equipment to restore water flows between Lake Okeechobee and the remaining Everglades. ...

Dragon Duo Blasts LaBelle (Highlands Today)

Yuridia Terrones completed scored a hat trick and Erica Resendez added two goals on Tuesday to lead the in Lake Placid girls soccer team to a 5-2 victory over LaBelle.

Palm Beach County metro report (The Palm Beach Post)

POLICE BLOTTER

South Florida fishing report (Miami Herald)

Trey and Terry Claus Jr. of Coral Gables landed a 300-pound swordfish that they called a pumpkin swordfish because of its orange-colored flesh, which is believed to occur after it ingested large amounts of some type of prawn.

Palm Beach County area deaths (The Palm Beach Post)

Palm Beach County

Florida trims Everglades buyback deal (Guardian Unlimited)

A revised plan for the state of Florida to buy thousands of acres of land to nurture and restore the Everglades sees fall in value and acreage

Lake Okeechobee, Caloosahatchee River begin the healing process (The News-Press)

As South Florida enters its six-month dry season, the water situation is pretty much back to what it should be.