Florida is packed with excellent beaches, but these spots in the Sunshine State take the fun under the water with seriously ...

Its web page features maps covered in ... for the poor drainage. The county acquired the “Unit 11” property over a decade and worked to restore the original wetlands. It's now part of ...

Manatee County's stormwater maintenance team has completed approximately 600 of nearly 800 outstanding work orders.

The protections, which had been on the books for decades in Manatee County to shield sensitive environmental areas from development, required buffers of 30 to 50 feet between wetlands and new ...

County staff say they need extra help to finish clearing debris from last year’s storms and prevent more flooding.

Clearing the Braden River's banks of debris and downed trees landed in the first phase of a nearly $10 million project.

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A foul situation in Manatee County causing neighbors to raise a stink. Tens of thousands of raw sewage overflowed on Monday in Bradenton. The spill happened at the end of Old Farm ...

(WFLA) — A foul situation in Manatee County was causing ... spewing the raw wastewater into nearby wetlands. Leo Govoni locked out of his Pinellas County businesses as court seeks to recover ...

McClash's lawsuit, filed in November 2023, was supported by many Manatee County residents who opposed the reduction of wetlands buffer requirements from 50 feet to 25 feet, the hiring of a ...

After a brutal 2024 hurricane season, commissioners are looking to residents to help fund stormwater solutions.