INDIAN SHORES — While the environment has not taken much prominence in the race for governor, public opinion surveys have consistently shown Floridians place high value on issues like marine protected...

Interstate water cooperation, Green says, is "going to require working not just across state lines. That's going to require working across party lines. And I'm looking forward to doing that.”

"The Corps' current effort to manufacture need from the prospect of future [river] traffic rests on an unmistakable 'if you build it, they will come' theory," EPD director Jeff Cown wrote.

A federal agency received $3 million in 2024 to analyze options for restarting dredging for the first time since 2001.

The new ban continues Mr. Trump’s attempt to prevent the free flow of information in American society.

A new report says the Atlanta area is the fastest-growing region in the nation for planned new data centers.

Here’s some bad news: Sometimes the coyote does win.

Environmental groups are challenging a lower court ruling backing the 2017 federal decision to provide more water from the Chattahoochee River to Georgia cities

The lawsuit challenges the record of decision released Friday, which governs how Colorado River water is divided among the seven basin states. Under the decision, Nevada's 300,000-acre-foot allocation...

Data center moves in Georgia, Judge agrees to delay Flint Riverkeeper case v. Griffin

Longtime Florida environmental reporter Bruce Ritchie introduces a new semi-regular series on his ACF River News Substack, revisiting three decades of litigation and cooperative efforts among Alabama,...

A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesperson said the bay still is rebounding despite a recent unexplained oyster die-off.

Georgia environmental group earlier called federal lawsuit against city of Griffin a ‘friendly’ action to stop sewer spills into the river.

The group alleges that fuel, untreated sewage, chemicals and trash are flowing into the Flint River below its headwaters near the airport runways.

Local leaders in Ware and Charlton counties oppose World Heritage Site status for the Okefenokee, leaning into America First values.

The nonprofit buying The Macon Telegraph and the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer will invest in expanding local coverage in the publications.

Kala Hunter covers climate change in Georgia, from sweeping changes by the EPA to disasters like Hurricane Helene, to the clean energy transition & the resistance to change. Find everything here.

Blue Spring is the latest state park to require visitors to pay for a day-use pass online before visiting, prompting mixed reactions from visitors.

The Georgia Trust for Local News purchased The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer from McClatchy, backed by local donors and the Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley.

Georgia water policy planner says Lake Lanier hasn't recovered yet. But Apalachicola Riverkeeper says downstream water needs are "absorbing the cost."

A Georgia state agency said dead fish were found for 15 miles along the river after the May 20 discharge during a heavy rainstorm.

Mayor said closing of the state-run immigration detention camp there presents historic opportunity for Everglades preservation.

Rains ease drought along the Flint River but agricultural water-use planning and conservation efforts continue

The state is asking an appeals court to reject arguments from a company wanting to drill for oil along Florida’s Apalachicola River

Airport officials are investigating a new report of petroleum in the Flint River as contamination incidents from April and January remain unresolved.

Losing funding for the districts could threaten water quality and make coastal communities more vulnerable to flooding, House Democrats argued.

River Notes, June 2, 2026

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