The Southwest Florida Water Management District has closed the Lake Hancock water control structure. About 15 miles of the Upper Peace River is expected to run dry. The region is currently facing a 13 ...

For the first time in 20 years, Swiftmud has updated minimum flows on the Upper Peace River, which could affect future water ...

C&D Ranch and Rock Bend Ranch cover land half-again as large as New York City’s Central Park and are on their way to conservation status under the Florida Forever program ...

An infusion of federal money could help prevent agricultural properties around the Peace River in Polk County from converting to subdivisions or shopping centers. The Florida Conservation Group has ...

The Peace River isn’t going down without a fight. A week and a half after authorities blocked a main source of the river’s water, levels had not yet dropped drastically in the Bartow and Fort Meade ...

Perhaps you’ve already kayaked our rivers, gone tubing on freshwater springs, hiked through swamps and driven back roads to nowhere. But have you tried an airboat tour? Airboats are large, flat-bottom ...

Area officials on Wednesday unveiled the newest segment of the Peace River Manasota Regional Water Supply Authority’s regional transmission system, which will add another 10 million gallons of ...

Ned Hancock wants to get into heaven, so he's not selling. A generational citrus grower and cattleman in the Peace River Valley in Hardee County, Hancock remembers his great-aunt drilling into his ...

DESOTO COUNTY, Fla. — Two commercial airboats collided on the Peace River in DeSoto County on Jan. 6, leading to several injuries. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), DeSoto ...