HENDRY COUNTY, Fla., Jan.

By Curtis Morgan, The Miami Herald Jul. 11--Water managers vowed Thursday to close the $1.75 billion deal for the U.S. Sugar Corp without hiking taxes on South Florida homeowners, but the big buyout will come at the cost of delay for other Everglades projects.

By Frank Sargeant, Tampa Tribune, Fla. Aug. 3--It

By Florida Keys Keynoter, Marathon Aug. 1--Both perspectives were on display this week at a regional water summit organized by the South Florida Water Management District. The gathering drew water managers, utility representatives, environmentalists, elected officials, farmers and others.

Environmentalists are hailing a new bill to expand Everglades cleanup by extending the effort to the northern reaches of the ecosystem. A bill lawmakers sent last week to Gov.